dale earnhardt won the first brickyard 400 in 1994.
dale earnhardt won the first brickyard 400 in 1994.
who won the first brickyard 400 in 1994?
dale earnhardt
2015: the race was first aired on nbcsn. kyle busch won his first brickyard 400, holding off joey logano in a green–white–checker finish. busch swept the weekend, winning also the xfinity race on saturday. attention for the weekend was focused heavily on a new "high-drag" aerodynamic rules package implemented to improve competition. jeff gordon, racing for the final time at the brickyard, was involved in a spin on lap 50, brushed the wall, and placed 42nd. with logano's second place, team penske – still winless in the brickyard 400 – finished 2nd for the fourth time.
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2017: in the first brickyard 400 to include stage racing, the first two stages were dominated by kyle busch. however, he was involved in an accident with martin truex, jr. on lap 111 following a restart that took out both cars. during the final stage, darkness began to become a factor following a red flag for rain early in the race, and two additional red flags for cleaning up following multiple wrecks. it appeared that trevor bayne, who was gambling on fuel mileage, was headed for his second career cup series win; but a caution came out at lap 150 that foiled his plan. kasey kahne had just pitted for fresh tires and fuel moments before the caution came out, and used that to take the lead after everyone else pitted. kahne was able to stay in front for the first attempt at a restart finish, but was overtaken by brad keselowski on the second of these restarts. the caution came out again for bayne and others crashing on the frontstretch. this brought another restart, but with keselowski as the control car and kahne second. kahne amazingly managed to outrun keselowski into the first corner and down the backstretch, and took the victory in overtime for his first win since 2014 when the caution came out yet again, this time for denny hamlin spinning into the wall, but as they had crossed the overtime line at the end of the straight, the race was finalized under yellow. this was the tenth victory for hendrick motorsports in the brickyard 400. the race was the longest running event at indianapolis motor speedway since the 1913 indianapolis 500 due to rain delays, red flags, and crashes that causes the lengthening of the race.
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