NASCAR returns to the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway this weekend with the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity Series.
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Additionally, the Truck Series is back in action with their event at the Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park.
NASCAR Cup Series’ Brickyard 400
Sunday, July 27
2 p.m. (All times Eastern)
160 laps
Stages end on laps 50, 100, 160
TNT (stream on Max), IMS, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
Last year’s winner: Kyle Larson
Photo: Dominic Aragon/TRE
With 39 drivers entered for the Brickyard 400, all drivers will make the show.
This will be the first week 23XI Racing’s and Front Row Motorsports’ three-car entries will be racing as open teams.
Along with the six open entries between 23XI and FRM, other entries include:
Jesse Love: No. 62 for Beard Motorsports
Josh Bilicki: No. 66 for Garage 66
Katherine Legge: No. 78 for B.J. McLeod Motorsports
Odds for NASCAR Cup Series at Indianapolis 2025
Dover winner Denny Hamlin is the odds-on favorite prior to any on-track activity, per Caesar’s Sportsbook. Below are the opening odds for all drivers as of Monday, July 21.
Denny Hamlin +400
Kyle Larson +550
Ryan Blaney +650
William Byron, Tyler Reddick +1000
Chase Elliott +1100
Chris Buescher +1200
Christopher Bell, Chase Briscoe +1400
Ty Gibbs +1800
Brad Keselowski +2000
Joey Logano +2500
Carson Hocevar +2800
Alex Bowman +3300
Kyle Busch +4000
Ross Chastain, Bubba Wallace +4500
Josh Berry +5000
Austin Cindric, Erik Jones, John Hunter Nemechek, Ryan Preece +7500
Daniel Suarez +10000
A.J. Allmendinger +20000
Austin Dillon, Cole Custer, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., +25000
Zane Smith +30000
Noah Gragson, Jesse Love, Michael McDowell +35000
Todd Gilliland, Shane Van Gisbergen +50000
Justin Haley +75000
Ty Dillon, Riley Herbst +100000
Josh Bilicki, Cody Ware +150000
Katherine Legge +200000
NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Pennzoil 250
Saturday, July 26
100 laps
Stages end on laps 30, 60, 100
CW, IMS, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90
Last year’s winner: Riley Herbst
Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images
No cars will miss the race with 38 drivers entered for the 38 available spots.
Notable on the entry list includes:
Logan Bearden: No. 07 for SS-Green Light Racing
Garrett Smithley: No. 14 for SS-Green Light Racing
Kyle Larson: No. 17 for Hendrick Motorsports
Aric Almirola: No. 19 for Joe Gibbs Racing
Katherine Legge: No. 32 for Jordan Anderson Racing
Mason Massey: No. 45 for Alpha Prime Racing
Joey Gase: No. 53 for Joey Gase Motorsports
Leland Honeyman Jr.: No. 70 for Cope Family Racing
Dawson Cram: No. 74 for Mike Harmon Racing
Josh Bilicki: No. 91 for DGM Racing x JIM
Dominic Aragon is currently the editor-in-chief for The Racing Experts.
From Grants, New Mexico, USA, Aragon started watching NASCAR in 2004 and has been covering the sport since 2009. Aragon is a 2012 graduate of Grants High School and a May 2016 graduate of the University of New Mexico with a B.A. in Mass Communications & Journalism. Aragon has worked in local and national media, as a musician, and an educator. He is co-author of the 2024 book “All of It: Daytona 500 Champion Tells the Rest of the Story” with racer Geoff Bodine.
Aragon, his wife Feliz, and son Christopher currently reside in Grants, New Mexico, USA.
You can reach Dominic at daragon@theracingexperts.net.