NASCAR Verizon 200 at the Brickyard: Tyler Reddick wins in overtime

The NASCAR Cup Sequence wrapped up its July schedule Sunday with the Verizon 200 on the Brickyard, the place Tyler Reddick edged Ross Chastain by simply over half a second to safe the win in extra time.

The two.5-mile, 160-lap race returned for the primary time since 2020 and was simply the second on Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s 14-turn highway course configuration. 

Listed here are the highest moments from Indiana:

Inexperienced!

It was five-wide going into Flip 1, which did not work out properly for anybody concerned, particularly Justin Haley, who went for an early spin and needed to go to pit highway.

In the meantime, Reddick led the opening lap, whereas Chase Briscoe and Austin Cindric battled for second.

Round they go

It was extra chaos early, as Chastain spun in Flip 1, adopted by Denny Hamlin spinning out in Flip 6. Each drivers had been in a position to proceed, however they fell again to twenty ninth and thirty second, respectively.

Mayhem!

Issues obtained off to a wild begin and stayed that approach as the primary stage continued. 

Chris Buescher’s No. 17 Ford went up in flames, as he introduced it to pit highway on the finish of the stage.

Elsewhere, Chase Elliott spun coming into Flip 1 and went over a curb.

Heating up

Briscoe won the first stage, opting to remain out on the monitor, earn some stage factors and decide up a playoff level. He was adopted by Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, William Byron and Elliott.

Briscoe went to pit highway from the race lead, whereas Blaney opted to remain out and inherit the highest spot.

Elsewhere, it was hassle once more for Kevin Harvick in Flip 1, going for a spin in entrance of visitors due to Alex Bowman and getting hit by Hamlin within the course of to start out the second stage.

The horrible flip

AJ Allmendinger went off right into a sand entice, whereas Harrison Burton and Cole Custer each spun out in Flip 1.

Toyota 1-2-3 in Stage 2 

Christopher Bell took the second stage win, adopted by Kyle Busch and Bubba Wallace.

In the meantime, Reddick and Bell had been racing neck-and-neck because the third and ultimate stage obtained underway.

Yellow flag

The warning was out with 22 laps to go on this one, as Ty Dillon took a tough hit from Kyle Larson, who misplaced his brakes coming into Flip 1, to the suitable aspect of his automobile. Each drivers exited their automobiles.

Dwelling stretch

The inexperienced flag returned with 18 laps remaining, as drivers pulled out all of the stops to get an edge. Reddick held a 3.2-second lead over Blaney with simply 10 laps to go.

Scorching on his tail

Elliott dove to the within of Blaney coming into Flip 1 to take second as the ultimate few laps approached.

Late restart

Bell blew a proper entrance tire down the entrance stretch, and particles from his automobile scattered everywhere in the monitor, inflicting a restart inside 5 laps to go.

Round they go

The sphere went spinning round Flip 1, as Reddick and Elliott had been on the entrance row preventing for the win. Busch, Briscoe and Byron obtained caught within the crossfire and had been spun round as properly. 

Then, Erik Jones obtained circled in Turns 3 and 4, after which Austin Dillon obtained spun into the sand entice by Martin Truex Jr. to convey the warning flag out once more.

Winner!

Reddick obtained round Chastain to take the highest spot in extra time and seal the win.

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