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Justin Allgaier placed second in the Indiana 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, 0.132 seconds off the winning pace.

Kyle Busch brought home the win in the race, with Noah Gragson crossing the finish line third. Jeb Burton took fourth place, followed by Justin Haley to round out the top five.

Brandon Jones picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Allgaier won Stage 2 to pad his totals for the weekend.

Allgaier earned 50 points over the weekend, giving him 940 on the year. He ranks No. 4 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series standings. Allgaier collected one playoff point in the race and is now up to five for the 2019 season.

The 10-year driver qualified in the eighth position at 165.383 mph. He led on three occasions for a total of 24 laps.

Allgaier has tallied 10 career victories, 79 top-five finishes and has placed in the top 10 in 169 races.

Allgaier battled 37 others cars in the field and the race endured eight cautions and 31 caution laps. There were 14 lead changes before the checkered flag.

With Busch driving to victory in Joe Gibbs’ Supra, Toyota added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 898 points, followed by Chevrolet in the No. 2 spot with 893. Ford sits at No. 3 with 886 points on the season.

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Jimmie Johnson placed 35th in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Kevin Harvick came away with the victory in the race, with Joey Logano finishing second, and Bubba Wallace crossing the finish line third. William Byron took fourth place, followed by Clint Bowyer to round out the top five.

Logano picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Harvick took Stage 2.

Johnson earned 10 points over the weekend, giving him 609 on the year. He ranks No. 18 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points standings. Johnson did not pick up any playoff points Sunday and has yet to tally his first playoff points of the season.

The 19-year driver qualified in the fifth position at 185.181 mph. He led once for a total of four laps but relinquished the lead for good after Lap 91.

Johnson has tallied 83 career victories, 227 top-five finishes and has placed in the top 10 in 360 races.

Johnson battled 39 others cars in the field and the race endured nine cautions and 48 caution laps. There were 14 lead changes before the checkered flag.

With Harvick finishing out front in Stewart-Haas Racing’s Mustang, Ford added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 948 points, followed by Ford in the No. 2 spot with 923. Chevrolet sits at No. 3 with 883 points on the season.

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Daniel Suarez crossed the finish line 11th in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday.

Kevin Harvick came away with the victory in the race, with Joey Logano finishing second, and Bubba Wallace placing third. William Byron brought home fourth place, followed by Clint Bowyer in the No. 5 spot.

Logano picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Harvick took Stage 2.

Suarez earned 31 points over the weekend, giving him 648 on the year. He ranks No. 17 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series standings. Suarez did not earn any playoff points Sunday and has yet to tally his first playoff points of the season.

The third-year driver qualified in 20th position at 183.643 mph.

Suarez still is looking for his first career win but boasts seven top-five finishes and 30 finishes in the top 10.

Suarez battled 39 others cars in the field and the race saw nine cautions and 48 caution laps. There were 14 lead changes before the checkered flag.

With Harvick driving to victory in Stewart-Haas Racing’s Mustang, Ford added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 948 points, followed by Ford in the No. 2 spot with 923. Chevrolet sits at No. 3 with 883 points on the season.

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Ryan Newman placed eighth in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. It’s Newman’s ninth top-10 finish of the season.

Kevin Harvick earned the checkered flag in the race, with Joey Logano following in second, and Bubba Wallace placing third. William Byron took fourth place, followed by Clint Bowyer in the No. 5 spot.

Logano picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Harvick took Stage 2.

Newman earned 35 points over the weekend, increasing his total to 2000 on the year. He ranks No. 16 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series overall points standings.

Newman did not collect any playoff points Sunday and still is seeking his first playoff points of the season.

The 20-year driver qualified in 22nd position at 183.273 mph.

Newman has tallied 18 career victories, 113 top-five finishes and has placed in the top 10 in 256 races.

There were 40 cars in the field and the race endured nine cautions and 48 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag, there were 14 lead changes.

With Harvick driving to victory in Stewart-Haas Racing’s Mustang, Ford added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 948 points, followed by Ford in the No. 2 spot with 923. Chevrolet sits at No. 3 with 883 points on the season.

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Clint Bowyer placed fifth in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. It’s Bowyer’s sixth top-five finish of the season.

Kevin Harvick took the checkered flag in the race, with Joey Logano finishing second, and Bubba Wallace placing third.

Logano picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Harvick took Stage 2.

Bowyer earned 38 points over the weekend, increasing his total to 2000 on the season. He ranks No. 15 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points standings. Bowyer did not earn any playoff points Sunday and still is seeking his first playoff points of the season.

The 15-year driver qualified in the third position at 185.277 mph.

Bowyer has tallied 10 career victories, 79 top-five finishes and has placed in the top 10 in 208 races.

There were 40 cars in the field and the race endured nine cautions and 48 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag, there were 14 lead changes.

With Harvick driving to victory in Stewart-Haas Racing’s Mustang, Ford added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 948 points, followed by Ford in the No. 2 spot with 923. Chevrolet sits at No. 3 with 883 points on the season.

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Bubba Wallace crossed the finish line third in the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday. It’s Wallace’s first top-five finish of the 2019 season.

Kevin Harvick secured the win in the race, with Joey Logano taking second. William Byron took fourth place, followed by Clint Bowyer in the No. 5 spot.

Logano picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Harvick took Stage 2.

Wallace earned 34 points over the weekend, increasing his total to 351 on the season. He ranks No. 27 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series overall standings. Wallace did not muster any playoff points Sunday and has yet to tally his first playoff points of the season.

The third-year driver qualified in 15th position at 184.030 mph.

Wallace still is looking for his first career win but boasts two top-five finishes and four finishes in the top 10.

Wallace battled 39 others cars in the field and the race saw nine cautions and 48 caution laps. There were 14 lead changes before the checkered flag.

With Harvick finishing out front in Stewart-Haas Racing’s Mustang, Ford added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 948 points, followed by Ford in the No. 2 spot with 923. Chevrolet sits at No. 3 with 883 points on the season.

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Joey Logano crossed the finish line second in the Big Machine Vodka 400 At The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, 6.118 seconds off the winning pace.

Kevin Harvick finished first, with Bubba Wallace placing third. William Byron took fourth place, followed by Clint Bowyer to round out the top five.

Logano picked up 10 bonus points by winning Stage 1, and Harvick won Stage 2 to pad his totals for the weekend.

Logano earned 52 points over the weekend, increasing his total to 2028 on the year. He ranks No. 5 in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series overall points standings. Logano collected one playoff point in the race and is now up to 28 for the 2019 season.

The 12-year driver qualified in the fourth position at 185.193 mph. He led on two occasions for a total of 11 laps.

Logano has tallied 23 career victories, 114 top-five finishes and has placed in the top 10 in 194 races.

There were 40 cars in the field and the race endured nine cautions and 48 caution laps. Prior to the checkered flag, there were 14 lead changes.

With Harvick finishing out front in Stewart-Haas Racing’s Mustang, Ford added 40 points to its season totals. Overall, Toyota ranks No. 1 with 948 points, followed by Ford in the No. 2 spot with 923. Chevrolet sits at No. 3 with 883 points on the season.

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SPEEDWAY, Ind. —  It was the kind of day Bubba Wallace had likely pictured as a kid — a triumphant performance on one of racing’s brightest stages. His third-place finish in Sunday’s Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard was his best showing since a runner-up finish in the 2018 season-opening Daytona 500.

Certainly, Wallace knows where to make an impact, but he’d love to have even more of these “wow” days in the iconic No. 43 Richard Petty Motorsports Chevrolet. This weekend was a strong statement that Wallace and the team are jelling.

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“It was a good day for my team, we needed this, we needed this weekend,” said Wallace, who took the checkered flag just behind a pair of NASCAR Playoffs contenders, race winner Kevin Harvick and reigning series champion Joey Logano, who finished second.

This race outcome was no fluke for the Petty team. Wallace was fast from the time the car was unloaded in Indy. He was fifth fastest in opening practice Saturday and answered it with a 16th- place run in the second practice. He then went on to start 15th in the Brickyard 400 after a rare race-morning qualifying session.

So understandably, Wallace was optimistic, even confident about his race chances.

“I was bragging to everybody saying this 43 could be kissing some bricks Sunday afternoon,” Wallace said. “We were just shy of it. It’s incredible to think about. Where the season started and where we were 10 races in, but ever since Charlotte, we’ve been bringing some heat.”

After scoring only a single top-20 finish through the opening 17 races of the season, the No. 43 team has found speed and reason to look forward to the remaining 10 weeks left in the season.

He’s had two top-15 finishes in the last three races – including a 14th-place run three weeks ago at Bristol. And after a headline-making rookie season where he finished runner-up at Daytona, Wallace has been adjusting to the increased level of competition while running for a small single-car team.

“It’s just the passion and the drive my team has,” Wallace said. “It’s a blast coming to the race track and being away from the race track with my guys.

“Smaller teams, you’re more like family. That truly means a lot. It’s an unforgettable day here in Indy.”

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SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Eleven laps into Sunday’s Big Machine Vodka 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Daniel Suarez drifted too high in Turn 2 and hit the outside wall, but that wasn’t what cost him a spot in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Suarez recovered quickly from the early incident and drove forward. He was fourth for a restart on Lap 112 of 160 and ahead of Ryan Newman in the battle for the final playoff spot. Suarez’s No. 41 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford, however, picked up a vibration, forcing him to pit road on Lap 126. Three laps later, a caution for Kyle Larson’s wreck trapped Suarez a lap down.

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Though Suarez returned to the lead lap as the beneficiary under the yellow, the vibration and the inopportune caution proved the telling blow. Suarez chased Newman over the closing laps but finished 11th to Newman’s eighth and finished the regular season four points behind Newman.

“I made a little mistake there,” Suarez said of the early brush with the wall. “I wasn’t expecting how aero-loose the car got when I got behind the 24 (William Byron). The car actually was pretty good after that, though.

“The guys were able to fix it. It was mostly cosmetic. The guys were able to fix it, and the car was just as good as before. I feel like after that the day went smooth, other than getting caught in the pit road cycle on the last stop.

“That made us lose all our track position, and it was very difficult to overcome that. We fought hard. We made it all the way back to 11th, and I feel like if we had 15 more laps, I was going to get the 6 (Newman) but that’s racing. It just wasn’t meant to be.”

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The race-winning No. 4 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford driven by Kevin Harvick passed post-race technical inspection Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with no issues.

The No. 4 Ford was found to be compliant with the 2019 NASCAR Rule Book after Harvick won the Big Machine Vodka 400 at the Brickyard. Additionally, no cars are headed back to the R&D Center after the race.

With post-race teardown complete, the race results are official.

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The post-race process is part of a new, more timely approach to inspection for all three NASCAR national series. Competition officials announced in February that thorough post-race inspections would take place shortly after the checkered flag at the track instead of midweek at the NASCAR Research & Development Center in Concord, North Carolina.

Those inspections come with a stiffer deterrence structure that includes disqualification for significant rules infractions — “a total culture change,” according to Steve O’Donnell, NASCAR Executive Vice President and Chief Racing Development Officer. In the past, race-winning teams found in violation of the rules were penalized with post-race fines, points deductions and/or suspensions, but victories were allowed to stand.

Competition officials introduced the quicker post-race inspection timetable in an effort to make the results official on race day, aiming for a 90-minute target time frame to complete their scrutineering. The new post-race inspection process was also designed to deal with potential violations more promptly, avoiding any midweek news that might cloud the previous week’s results or the build-up to the following week’s event.

NASCAR will still inspect cars and parts at the R&D Center as needed, but the more comprehensive at-track inspection will take priority.

According to NASCAR statistical archives, the last time a premier-series driver was disqualified occurred in 1973, when early retiree Buddy Baker was demoted to last place in the National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The last time an apparent race winner in NASCAR’s top division was disqualified came on April 17, 1960, when Emanuel Zervakis’ victory at Wilson (N.C.) Speedway was thrown out because of an oversized fuel tank on his No. 85 Chevrolet.