July 28, 2025

Kyle Larson of Hendrick Motorsports had one of the strongest performances of the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Sunday, but fell short of the ultimate prize as he finished the race in second place. Larson began the race from the 13th position, but made some progress right from the first stage as he went up to the eighth position by the end of it and gained a few stage points. In the second stage, Larson and his No. 5 team worked around some pit strategies by pitting on a different time frame compared to the competition, which worked out due to a caution on lap 90, allowing him to stay out and gain track position. He then went on to finish stage two as the runner-up to Ryan Blaney, which gave Larson more stage points. In the final stage, Larson acquired the lead for the first time and led until his green flag pit stop, where he fell a few positions back. Larson eventually made it back up to second, passing 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick, and had his sights set on his teammate, who was leading, Bubba Wallace. Larson was gaining time on Wallace until a caution came out for rain with six laps to go. After NASCAR dried the track, the race went into overtime, and despite his best efforts on the two overtime restarts, Larson could not get past Wallace and settled for second. --Sean Engel - RotoBaller
Source: NASCAR.com