The drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will return from a one-week break on Sunday, July 31 in the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Ryan Newman took the checkered flag in the series' last event, the Lenox Industrial Tools 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, on Sunday, July 17.
Tony Stewart and Denny Hamlin followed Newman across the finish line in New Hampshire, while Joey Logano and Jimmie Johnson rounded out the day's top five drivers.
Kasey Kahne, Bobby Labonte, Martin Truex Jr., Marcos Ambrose, and Kurt Busch made up the rest of the Top 10 at the Lenox Industrial Tools 301. Carl Edwards was 13th, Kevin Harvick was 21st, and Kyle Busch ended up back in 36th place.
Edwards now has the lead in the driver standings, sitting seven points up on Johnson after 19 races. Kurt Busch, Harvick, Kyle Busch, Matt Kenseth, Jeff Gordon, Newman, Dale Earnhardt Jr., and Hamlin round out the Top 10.
Jamie McMurray won the Brickyard 400 last year, while Johnson won the race in 2009, 2008, and 2006. Gordon is a four-time winner of the event, Stewart has two career Cup wins at Indy, and Harvick won there in 2003.
After racing at Indianapolis the drivers of the Sprint Cup Series will begin their August schedule with the Pennsylvania 500 at Pocono Raceway on August 7. The rest of that month's schedule includes events at Watkins Glen, Michigan, and Bristol.
