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The NASCAR Cup Series takes on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway on July 27 in the Brickyard 400 with the playoff race intensifying. Chase Briscoe is on the pole, the top of five Toyotas atop the timing sheet in qualifying on Saturday.

Brickyard 400 viewers will be tuning into pure split-screen racing Sunday. On one side, they’ll monitor Kyle Larson's attempt to defend his Brickyard 400 title and Denny Hamlin going for a career sweep of the Cup's crown jewel races.

Get up to speed with details for what to watch in Sunday's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the 22nd race of the Cup season.

In modern NASCAR, it has become increasingly rare for Cup teams to get full practice sessions as part of three-day race weekends. The Brickyard 400 is one of those rare occasions, but thunderstorms forced NASCAR to cancel on-track activity for the Cup Series on Friday.

Notes of Interest ●Eyes on Indy. The family-owned Beard Motorsports team is gearing up for its third NASCAR Cup Series race of the season and second in a row with 20-year-old driver Jesse Love when it hits the iconic Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval for Sunday’s Brickyard 400.

Indiana native Chase Briscoe details his visits to Indianapolis Motor Speedway as a kid and what it would mean to win the Brickyard 400.