Five cars will drop to the rear of the field to start Sunday’s Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Denny Hamlin, who was fastest in Saturday’s practice session, crashed in the subsequent qualifying session and will start the 160-lap race from the rear in a backup No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota.
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John Hunter Nemechek, who was quickest in lap averages across consecutive runs of five, 10 and 15 laps, brushed the wall twice on his qualifying effort with his No. 42 Legacy Motor Club Toyota. The team repaired the car, but will be forced to start from the rear of the 39-car field due to unapproved adjustments.
Joining him at the tail of the pack for unapproved adjustments will be Michael McDowell in the No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevrolet, Zane Smith in the No. 38 Front Row Racing Ford and Jesse Love in the No. 62 Beard Motorsports Chevrolet.
Sunday’s race will be the 32nd time the NASCAR Cup Series has raced at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the 29th time on the 2.5-mile oval.
Chase Briscoe will lead the field to the green flag in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota alongside Bubba Wallace in the No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota.