Who won the NASCAR race today? Kyle Larson wins controversial Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis

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NASCAR is returning to the oval at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, after the Brickyard 400 moved to the inside and became the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard for the past three years.

It's been so long since the last traditional Brickyard 400 that the most recent champion is now retired. Kevin Harvick won at Indianapolis in both 2019 and 2020, but a new winner will ascend on Sunday.

Tyler Reddick won the pole in qualifying on Saturday, doing so for the eighth time in his career, but it's Ryan Blaney who is coming off a win at Pocono Raceway. With two wins in his last five races, Blaney is entering Indianapolis as hot as anyone as he looks to surge up the playoff standings.

Here's a look at the results and full standings from Sunday's Brickyard 400 in Indianapolis.

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Who won the NASCAR race today?

Kyle Larson picked up his fourth win of the season on Sunday, winning the Brickyard 400 after the race went to two overtimes due to late crashes. He finished just ahead of Tyler Reddick and Ryan Blaney. 

Larson pulled ahead on the restart lap, and a crash involving Ryan Preece helped seal it for him. After the white flag came out for Larson, a caution flag came out for Preece and that decision paved the way for a Larson victory. The decision to put the caution flag out after the white flag created some controversy surrounding the win. 

It's Larson's first victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Larson raced in the Indy 500 at the track last month, finishing 17th, but he was unable to race in the Coca-Cola 600 later that night as he had hoped due to a rain delay. 

Brickyard 400 NASCAR lineup, results

PositionDriverCar Make
1Kyle LarsonChevrolet
2Tyler ReddickToyota
3Ryan BlaneyFord
4Chase ElliottChevrolet
5Todd GillilandFord
6Noah GragsonFord
7Austin CindricFord
8Carson HocevarChevrolet
9Bubba WallaceToyota
10Ricky StenhouseChevrolet
11Daniel SuárezChevrolet
12Corey LaJoieChevrolet
13Austin DillonChevrolet
14Ross ChastainChevrolet
15Christopher BellToyota
16Michael McDowellFord
17Zane SmithChevrolet
18Ty DillonChevrolet
19Justin HaleyChevrolet
20Cody WareFord
21Brad KeselowskiFord
22Chris BuescherFord
23Ty GibbsToyota
24Chase BriscoeFord
25Kyle BuschChevrolet
26Ryan PreeceFord
27Martin TruexToyota
28Erik JonesToyota
29John H. NemechekToyota
30Daniel HemricChevrolet
31Alex BowmanChevrolet
32Denny HamlinToyota
33Jimmie JohnsonToyota
34Joey LoganoFord
35Josh BerryFord
36Harrison BurtonFord
37AJ AllmendingerChevrolet
38William ByronChevrolet
39BJ McLeodFord

NASCAR playoff standings 2024

Here's a look at the Cup Series playoff standings heading into Sunday's race.

RankDriverPointsWins
1Chase Elliott7031
2Kyle Larson7003
3Tyler Reddick6881
4Denny Hamlin6833
5William Byron6463
6Martin Truex Jr.6400
7Ryan Blaney6272
8Christopher Bell6163
9Brad Keselowski5991
10Alex Bowman5961
11Ty Gibbs5700
12Chris Buescher5470
13Ross Chastain5300
14Joey Logano5221
15Bubba Wallace5030
16Chase Briscoe4550
17Daniel Suarez4311
18Kyle Busch4280
19Austin Cindric4081
20Todd Gilliland4030
21Josh Berry3860
22Michael McDowell3780
23Carson Hocevar3580
24Noah Gragson3540
25Ricky Stenhouse Jr.3430
26Erik Jones3200
27Ryan Preece3180
28Daniel Hemric3090
29Justin Haley3020
30Corey LaJoie3010
31John Hunter Nemechek2930
32Austin Dillon2700
33Harrison Burton2370
34Zane Smith2280
35Kaz Grala1660
36Joey Hand430
37Jimmie Johnson350
38Derek Kraus320
39Cody Ware280
40David Ragan170

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Dan Treacy is a content producer for Sporting News, joining in 2022 after graduating from Boston University. He founded @allsportsnews on Instagram in 2012 and has written for Lineups and Yardbarker.