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2024 Brickyard 400

2024 Brickyard 400

Race details[1][2][3][4]
Race 22 of 36 in the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series
Date	July 21, 2024 (2024-07-21)
Location	Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayinSpeedway, Indiana
Course	Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4 km)
Distance	160 laps, 400 mi (640 km)
Television in the United States
Network	NBC
Announcers	Rick Allen, Jeff Burton and Steve Letarte
Radio in the United States
Radio	PRN/IMS Radio
Booth Announcers	Doug Rice, Mark Jaynes and Jeff Hammond
Turn Announcers	TBA

Motor car race

The 2024 Brickyard 400 is an upcoming NASCAR Cup Series race that will held on July 21, 2024, at Indianapolis Motor SpeedwayinSpeedway, Indiana. Contested over 160 laps on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) oval, it will be the 22nd race of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season. It is the 30th running of NASCAR at Indianapolis, and first oval race 2020.^[5]

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Background[edit]

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, (anenclave suburb of Indianapolis) in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.

Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.

Considered relatively flat by American standards, the track is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km), nearly rectangular oval with dimensions that have remained essentially unchanged since its inception: four 0.25-mile (0.40 km) turns, two 0.625-mile long (1.006 km) straightaways between the fourth and first turns and the second and third turns, and two .125-mile (0.201 km) short straightaways – termed "short chutes" – between the first and second, and third and fourth turns.

This will be the first NASCAR race on the oval version since 2020, as the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard was held on the GP version from 2021 to 2023.

Following this race, NASCAR will take a 2 week bye week, as NBC is covering the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Entry list[edit]

• (R) denotes rookie driver.
• (i) denotes driver who is ineligible for series driver points.

Media[edit]

Television[edit]

NBC Sports will cover the race on the television side. Rick Allen, Jeff Burton, and Steve Letarte will call the race from the broadcast booth. Reporters TBA will handle the pit road duties from pit lane.

Radio[edit]

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network and the Performance Racing Network jointly co-produce the radio broadcast for the race, which will be simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio, and aired on IMS or PRN stations, depending on contractual obligations. The lead announcers and two pit reporters will be PRN staff, while the turns announcers and two pit reporters are from IMS.

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