Bubba Wallace became the first Black driver to win a major race on Indianapolis Motor Speedways 2.5-mile oval, surviving a late rain delay, two overtimes, concerns over running out of fuel and a hard-charging Kyle Larson on Sunday in the Brickyard 400.
The third NASCAR Cup victory of Wallaces career was also his most significant his first win at one of the series four crown jewel races.
It snapped a 100-race winless streak that dated to 2022 at Kansas. He also won at Talladega in 2021, but this milestone victory also gave him a playoff spot. No Black driver has won the Indianapolis 500, and Formula 1 raced on the tracks road course.
Unbelievable, Wallace shouted on his radio after crossing the yard of bricks.
And while the final gap was 0.222 seconds, he didnt reach victory lane without some consternation.
Larson trailed by 5.057 seconds with 14 laps to go but the gap was down to about three seconds with six remaining when the yellow flag came out because of rain. The cars rolled to a stop on pit lane with four to go, giving Wallace about 20 additional minutes to think and rethink his restart strategy.
But after beating Larson through the second turn, a crash behind the leaders forced a second overtime, extending the race even more laps as Wallaces team thought he might run out of gas.
Wallace risked everything by staying on the track then beat the defending race winner off the restart again to prevent Larson from becoming the fourth back-to-back winner of the Brickyard.
It also alleviated the frustration Wallace felt Saturday when he spent most of the qualifying session on the provisional pole only to see Chase Briscoe surpass with one of the last runs in the session.
He made sure there was no repeat Sunday, giving an added boost to the 23XI Racing co-owned by basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and last weeks race winner, Denny Hamlin, as it continues to battle NASCAR in court over its charter status.
The race inside the race the In-Season Challenge went to Ty Gibbs, who had a better car than Ty Dillon in qualifying and on race day. Gibbs finished 21st o win the inaugural March Madness-like single-elimination tournament and collect the $1 million prize.
Dillon, a surprise championship round entrant after making the field as the 32nd and final driver, finished 28th.
Three-time series champ Joey Logano appeared to have the edge with 26 laps to go until his right rear tire went flat. Though he was able to drive it into pit lane for a tire change, he lost power and struggled to get back on the track, knocking him out of contention.
Ryan Blaney held off Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin to win the second stage, giving Blaney his fifth stage win of the year. Pole winner Chase Briscoe won the first stage, finishing ahead of Bubba Wallace and William Byron. It was Briscoes second stage win of the season, his first since Pocono.
布巴·华莱士（Bubba Wallace）成为首位在印第安纳波利斯赛车场2.5英里卵形赛谈上获得要害比赛的黑东谈主车手。在周日的砖厂400赛事中，他历经了降雨导致的延长、两次加时赛、燃油消耗的担忧以及凯尔·拉森（Kyle Larson）的锋利追击，最终脱颖而出。
华莱士行状生计中第三次获得NASCAR杯赛冠军，这亦然他最具道理的一次得手——他在该系列赛四大王冠明珠赛事中初度夺冠。
这场得手闭幕了自2022年堪萨斯站以来长达100场比赛的冠军荒。他曾在2021年于塔拉迪加夺冠，但这次里程碑式的得手更为他获得了季后赛席位。当今尚无黑东谈主车手获得过印第安纳波利斯500大赛，而一级方程式赛车则在该赛谈的公路赛段进行角逐。
“难以置信！”华莱士冲过绝顶线后，通过无线电喊谈。
尽管最终差距仅为0.222秒，但他并非毫无鬈曲地抵达突脱手车谈。
比赛还剩14圈时，拉尔森过期5.057秒；当因降雨触发黄旗时，剩余6圈的他已将差距收缩至约3秒。悉数赛车在剩余4圈时停入维修区，这为华莱士提供了约20分钟的非常技能仔细考虑重启战术。
但在华莱士（Wallace）通过第二个弯谈超越拉尔森（Larson）后，特出车手后方发生碰撞，导致比赛干涉第二次加时，圈数进一步延长——其车队那时担忧他的燃油可能消耗。
华莱士冒险聘请留在赛谈上，并在比赛重启后再次打败卫冕冠军，奏效破损拉尔森成为砖厂（Brickyard）赛事历史上第四位蝉联冠军的车手。
这也缓解了华莱士周六的悔恨热沈——那时他在排位赛大部分技能里暂居首位，却最终在终末一轮被蔡斯·布里斯科反超。
他确保周日不会习故守常，为23XI车队注入了新的能源。该车队由篮球名东谈主堂成员迈克尔·乔丹和上周比赛冠军丹尼·哈姆林共同领有，当今仍在法庭上就其在NASCAR的特准计较权地位伸开接触。
在这场赛季中期挑战赛（In-Season Challenge）的较量中，泰·吉布斯（Ty Gibbs）凭借排位赛和正赛中优于泰·狄龙（Ty Dillon）的赛车发扬胜出。吉布斯最终以第21名的成绩获得了这场访佛'豪恣三月'单败淘汰制的首届赛事，并得益了100万好意思元奖金。
看成第32位亦然终末一位入围的车手，爆冷晋级冠军赛的狄龙最终名依次28位。
三届系列赛冠军乔伊·洛加诺（Joey Logano）在还剩26圈时底本占据上风，不虞右后轮一霎爆胎。尽管他奏效将车驶入维修区更换轮胎，但能源丧失且难以重返赛谈，最终退出争冠行列。
瑞安·布莱尼（Ryan Blaney）力克凯尔·拉尔森（Kyle Larson）与丹尼·哈姆林（Denny Hamlin）云开体育，获得第二赛段得手，这亦然他今年度第五次斩获赛段冠军。杆位得主蔡斯·布里斯科（Chase Briscoe）则在第一赛段拔得头筹，特出小华莱士（Bubba Wallace）和威廉·拜伦（William Byron）完赛。这次是布里斯科本赛季第二次获得赛段冠军，亦然自波科诺站后首度登顶。