Bubba Wallace became the first Black driver to win a major race on Indianapolis Motor Speedways 2.5-mile oval, surviving a late rain delay, two overtimes, concerns over running out of fuel and a hard-charging Kyle Larson on Sunday in the Brickyard 400.

The third NASCAR Cup victory of Wallaces career was also his most significant his first win at one of the series four crown jewel races.

It snapped a 100-race winless streak that dated to 2022 at Kansas. He also won at Talladega in 2021, but this milestone victory also gave him a playoff spot. No Black driver has won the Indianapolis 500, and Formula 1 raced on the tracks road course.

Unbelievable, Wallace shouted on his radio after crossing the yard of bricks.

And while the final gap was 0.222 seconds, he didnt reach victory lane without some consternation.

Larson trailed by 5.057 seconds with 14 laps to go but the gap was down to about three seconds with six remaining when the yellow flag came out because of rain. The cars rolled to a stop on pit lane with four to go, giving Wallace about 20 additional minutes to think and rethink his restart strategy.

But after beating Larson through the second turn, a crash behind the leaders forced a second overtime, extending the race even more laps as Wallaces team thought he might run out of gas.

Wallace risked everything by staying on the track then beat the defending race winner off the restart again to prevent Larson from becoming the fourth back-to-back winner of the Brickyard.

It also alleviated the frustration Wallace felt Saturday when he spent most of the qualifying session on the provisional pole only to see Chase Briscoe surpass with one of the last runs in the session.

He made sure there was no repeat Sunday, giving an added boost to the 23XI Racing co-owned by basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and last weeks race winner, Denny Hamlin, as it continues to battle NASCAR in court over its charter status.

The race inside the race the In-Season Challenge went to Ty Gibbs, who had a better car than Ty Dillon in qualifying and on race day. Gibbs finished 21st o win the inaugural March Madness-like single-elimination tournament and collect the $1 million prize.

Dillon, a surprise championship round entrant after making the field as the 32nd and final driver, finished 28th.

Three-time series champ Joey Logano appeared to have the edge with 26 laps to go until his right rear tire went flat. Though he was able to drive it into pit lane for a tire change, he lost power and struggled to get back on the track, knocking him out of contention.

Ryan Blaney held off Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin to win the second stage, giving Blaney his fifth stage win of the year. Pole winner Chase Briscoe won the first stage, finishing ahead of Bubba Wallace and William Byron. It was Briscoes second stage win of the season, his first since Pocono.

布巴·华莱士（Bubba Wallace）成为首位在印第安纳波利斯赛车场2.5英里椭圆形赛道上赢得重大比赛的黑人车手。在周日的砖厂400赛事中，他历经了降雨导致的延迟、两次加时赛、燃油耗尽的担忧以及凯尔·拉森（Kyle Larson）的猛烈追击，最终脱颖而出。

华莱士职业生涯中第三次赢得NASCAR杯赛冠军，这也是他最具意义的一次胜利——他在该系列赛四大皇冠明珠赛事中首次夺冠。

这场胜利终结了自2022年堪萨斯站以来长达100场比赛的冠军荒。他曾在2021年于塔拉迪加夺冠，但此次里程碑式的胜利更为他赢得了季后赛席位。目前尚无黑人车手赢得过印第安纳波利斯500大赛，而一级方程式赛车则在该赛道的公路赛段进行角逐。

“难以置信！”华莱士冲过终点线后，通过无线电喊道。

尽管最终差距仅为0.222秒，但他并非毫无波折地抵达了胜利车道。

比赛还剩14圈时，拉尔森落后5.057秒；当因降雨触发黄旗时，剩余6圈的他已将差距缩小至约3秒。所有赛车在剩余4圈时停入维修区，这为华莱士提供了约20分钟的额外时间反复推敲重启策略。

但在华莱士（Wallace）通过第二个弯道超越拉尔森（Larson）后，领先车手后方发生碰撞，导致比赛进入第二次加时，圈数进一步延长——其车队当时担忧他的燃油可能耗尽。

华莱士冒险选择留在赛道上，并在比赛重启后再次击败卫冕冠军，成功阻止拉尔森成为砖厂（Brickyard）赛事历史上第四位蝉联冠军的车手。

这也缓解了华莱士周六的沮丧情绪——当时他在排位赛大部分时间里暂居首位，却最终在最后一轮被蔡斯·布里斯科反超。

他确保周日不会重蹈覆辙，为23XI车队注入了新的动力。该车队由篮球名人堂成员迈克尔·乔丹和上周比赛冠军丹尼·哈姆林共同拥有，目前仍在法庭上就其在NASCAR的特许经营权地位展开斗争。

在这场赛季中期挑战赛（In-Season Challenge）的较量中，泰·吉布斯（Ty Gibbs）凭借排位赛和正赛中优于泰·狄龙（Ty Dillon）的赛车表现胜出。吉布斯最终以第21名的成绩赢得了这场类似'疯狂三月'单败淘汰制的首届赛事，并收获了100万美元奖金。

作为第32位也是最后一位入围的车手，爆冷晋级冠军赛的狄龙最终排名第28位。

三届系列赛冠军乔伊·洛加诺（Joey Logano）在还剩26圈时原本占据优势，不料右后轮突然爆胎。尽管他成功将车驶入维修区更换轮胎，但动力丧失且难以重返赛道，最终退出争冠行列。

瑞安·布莱尼（Ryan Blaney）力克凯尔·拉尔森（Kyle Larson）与丹尼·哈姆林（Denny Hamlin），赢得第二赛段胜利，这也是他本年度第五次斩获赛段冠军。杆位得主蔡斯·布里斯科（Chase Briscoe）则在第一赛段拔得头筹，领先小华莱士（Bubba Wallace）和威廉·拜伦（William Byron）完赛。此次是布里斯科本赛季第二次赢得赛段冠军，也是自波科诺站后首度登顶。