NASCAR heads to the home of American automobile racing for an albeit distinctive type of race weekend. For 1, Cup cars will share the phase with the IndyCar sequence with both of those staging whole-size races on the exact same circuit on Saturday and Sunday. For a different, it is functioning clockwise on the renowned speedway and using the infield highway program.
Here’s everything you need to have to know for the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard weekend.
Weekend agenda and how to watch
Lovers in the United States can watch pieces of all periods and the race on the United states of america community, the Usa mobile application (necessitates a cable or satellite membership), the NBC Sports application and Peacock system. Radio coverage is readily available on the Motor Racing Community and SiriusXM.
(All situations ET)
Saturday, July 30
Follow and qualifying: 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. (United states of america, MRN, SiriusXM)
Sunday, July 31
Verizon 200 at The Brickyard: 2:30 – 6 p.m. ET (NBC, MRN, SiriusXM)
Best drivers and very best bets for the Verizon 200
Cup collection road race ace Chase Elliott is the most loved in accordance to BetMGM at +450. It is not devoid of precedent, as he has gained seven street program races in 22 profession commences, such as a staggering 6 wins in 15 starts off considering the fact that 2019. Elliott, the present-day details leader, is on a gorgeous operate of form, ending in the top two in just about every of the last five races this period and was fourth on the Indy street study course in 2021. Hendrick Motorsports teammate Kyle Larson, one more street program ringer, and Ross Chastain clock in with the subsequent-very best odds at +700, adopted by Daniel Suarez and Tyler Reddick both at +1000.
Yahoo Sports’ Nick Bromberg likes very last year’s race winner, AJ Allmendinger, and Martin Truex Jr., who each sit at +1400, even though also noting veteran Kevin Harvick (+2800) is an interesting extended-shot wager for the get.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway road class structure, what to assume
It’s not fairly a speedway, and it is not pretty a traditional road circuit, but it is a major problem — even without the need of curbs coming unfastened and creating chaos. The Indy highway study course operates the reverse direction of the iconic oval and avoids the banked speedway corners, as an alternative ducking into an infield section designed up of largely sharp corners damaged up by a long straightaway. Switch 6 was the action zone last year, resulting in 4 cautions — two for particles as the control on switch exit was coming up and then two late accidents that wiped out eight cars and extended the race length by 12 laps.
Weather conditions forecast for the Verizon 200 weekend
It’s heading to be warm and cloudy, but dry. Temperatures are forecast to be between 81-83 degrees Fahrenheit with a zero % prospect of rain. Specified the punishment the keep track of took very last yr and figures to this calendar year with a entire weekend of functioning amongst two prime sequence — and the Xfinity Sequence — that may possibly be a very good point.
