Carson Hocevar of Spire Motorsports displayed plenty of speed in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but faded from the fight for the win at the end. Hocevar started the race from the pole and led the race's opening 31 laps before his first pit stop in green-flag conditions. From there, Hocevar fell back to the top five after a caution on lap 44 shuffled the field up and eventually ended the first stage in fourth after struggling to return to the lead. In the second stage, Hocevar ran as high as second, but failed to regain the lead throughout the stage. After more cautions continued to shuffle the field around through pit stops, Hocevar fell back more positions and ended the second stage in sixth, earning five stage points. In the final stage, Hocevar ran inside the top 10 through most of the stage and fell back a few positions to eventually finish the race in ninth. With a new career-best finish at Indianapolis, Hocevar moves up to fifth in the Cup Series standings after 22 races.

Team Penske's Joey Logano finished in third after a hard-fought day in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Logano began the race from the 19th position and was stuck in the middle of the pack through the first and second stages of the race. The No. 22 Ford driver placed 16th at the end of both stages as he struggled to gain positions. In the final stage, Logano's team executed pit stops well and gained positions on pit road, setting him up to run in the top five through the rest of the race. In the race's final restart, Logano pulled away from Denny Hamlin to reach third and then spent the rest of the race chasing down Corey Heim and Christopher Bell. Despite gaining time on both drivers, he could not pass either one in the closing laps and settled for third place. After finishing in the top five for back-to-back weeks for the first time this season, Logano moves up to 13th in the Cup Series standings after 22 races.

Corey Heim was one of the top performers in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as he led the most laps and went on to win. Heim started the race from the seventh position and ran inside the top 10 through the whole race outside of pit stops. In the first stage, Heim gained positions through pit road and restarts and finished the first stage in second, falling short of beating Ty Gibbs. In the second stage, Heim fell back to third and rode through most of the stage in that position before leading for the first time on lap 75. After hitting pit road on lap 92, Heim lost the lead but went on to end the second stage in fifth after a lap 96 caution ended the stage. In the final stage, Heim continued to fight for the lead with Ty Gibbs and eventually Denny Hamlin, but pulled ahead of both of them to take the lead for good. Christopher Bell challenged Heim for the rest of the race, but Heim held Bell off for his second career Cup Series victory and his first on an oval track. Heim will next race in the Cup Series at Daytona International Speedway for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 on August 29th.

Ty Gibbs of Joe Gibbs Racing ran well through most of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, but was not a factor for the win by the end of the race. Gibbs started the race from fourth and ran inside the top five through most of the stage until Kyle Larson crashed on lap 44. Thanks to a fast pit stop, Gibbs positioned himself for the lead on the following restart and held on to win the first stage. Gibbs continued to lead throughout the second stage until taking a pit stop midway through the stage. Although he was expected to cycle back to the lead once everyone went to pit road under green, Gibbs never made it back to the lead in the stage due to a caution on lap 96 before everyone finished pitting. Gibbs ended the second stage in fourth. In the final stage, Gibbs regained the lead until a lap 115 caution made everyone hit pit road. Gibbs took a longer pit stop as he needed more fuel to make it to the end and fell out of the top 10. The No. 54 Toyota driver spent the rest of the race recovering positions, but made it as far as 12th, setting a new career-best Cup finish at Indianapolis. Despite finishing outside of the top 10, Gibbs remains fourth in the Cup Series standings after 22 races and clinched a spot in this year's Chase.