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Kissing the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
By Staff Report | Published: August 11, 2021 16
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Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Thank Dale Jarrett and crew chief Todd Parrott for the tradition of kissing the bricks at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. After winning the Brickyard 400 in 1996, the pair decided to walk out to the start-finish line, kneel and kiss the "Yard of Bricks" in honor of the track's history. Now open-wheel competitors do it, as well, but the tradition started in NASCAR.
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Joe Gibbs, Jimmy Makar and Bobby Labonte celebrate their victory at the Brickyard in 2000.
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Bill Elliott drove of the No. 9 Evernham Motorsports Dodge to victory in the Brickyard 400 in 2002.
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Indiana native Tony Stewart got his first win at the prestigious speedway in 2005. Along with the bricks, the trophy often gets a kiss.
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Jimmie Johnson and Rick Hendrick put lips to masonry after Johnson's first victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2006.
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Tony Stewart crossed the "Yard of Bricks" first again in 2007.
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Jimmie Johnson and crew chief Chad Knaus sealed their second of four Brickyard 400 wins with a kiss of the bricks in 2008.
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Jamie McMurray piloted the No. 1 Earnhardt Ganassi Racing Chevrolet to Victory Lane in the Brickyard 400 in 2010.
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Jimmie Johnson kisses the bricks alone in 2012 before his team joins in for the festivities.
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Jeff Gordon's third and final time kissing the bricks as the No. 24 Chevrolet driver for Hendrick Motorsports in 2014.
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Kyle Busch gives baby Brexton a smooch as well as the bricks along with wife Samantha in 2015.
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Back again in 2016, a bigger Brexton chased some Skittles while Mom, Dad and the No. 18 team kissed the bricks.
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Kasey Kahne nabbed his final NASCAR Cup Series win in 2017 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Brad Keselowski kisses the bricks with his No. 2 team and wife Paige, but daughter Scarlett wants no part of it.
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Kevin Harvick won back-to-back races at the Brickyard in 2019-20. Here, he is with his family and crew at the "Yard of Bricks" after his victory in '19.
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Indianapolis native Chase Briscoe kisses the bricks after winning the first race on the Indianapolis Road Course for the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020.