How to watch NASCAR Brickyard 400 for free from Indianapolis

It’s time for the Brickyard 400, one of NASCAR’s Crown Jewel races that has even higher stakes this year with the inaugural in-season challenge coming to an end.

Today’s race will determine which driver takes home $1 million in prize money for winning the in-season challenge. The single-elimination bracket style tournament has taken place over the past four races leading into today’s Champions Round. No. 32 seed Ty Dillon and No. 6 Ty Gibbs are the last drivers standing, and whoever finishes higher will win the first-ever in-season challenge.

The last driver to kiss the bricks (the traditional celebration at Indy) was Kyle Larson, who starts today’s race in the 13th spot.

The 400-mile race will be done in three stages of 50, 50, and 60 laps.

Here’s everything you need to know about today’s NASCAR Cup Series race at Indianapolis.

Brickyard 400 start time: What time is today’s NASCAR race on?

Today’s (July 27) NASCAR race, the Brickyard 400, begins at 2 p.m. ET.

How to watch the 2025 Brickyard 400 for free:

If you don’t have cable or an antenna, you’ll need a live TV streaming service to watch the Brickyard 400 for free. One option we love is DIRECTV, which comes with five days free and starts at $59.99/month, with plenty of subscription options that include TNT.

The Brickyard 400 will also stream live on Max, which you can get as a standalone service or in a bundle with Disney+ and Hulu.

NASCAR Brickyard 400 starting lineup:

1. Chase Briscoe
2. Bubba Wallace
3. Erik Jones
4. Tyler Reddick
5. Ty Gibbs
6. William Byron
7. Chris Buescher
8. Carson Hocevar
9. AJ Allmendinger
10. Austin Cindric
11. Shane van Gisbergen
12. Kyle Busch
13. Kyle Larson
14. Brad Keselowski
15. Joey Logano
16. Christopher Bell
17. Josh Berry
18. Noah Gragson
19. Todd Gilliland
20. Austin Dillon
21. Alex Bowman
22. Michael McDowell
23. Ryan Preece
24. Ryan Blaney
25. Riley Herbst
26. Ty Dillon
27. Zane Smith
28. Justin Haley
29. Cole Custer
30. Chase Elliott
31. Daniel Suarez
32. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
33. Ross Chastain
34. Cody Ware
35. Jesse Love
36. John Hunter Nemechek
37. Josh Bilicki
38. Katherine Legge
39. Denny Hamlin

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