Brickyard 400
# Wins Driver Years Won
5 Jeff Gordon 1994 , 1998 , 2001 , 2004 , 2014
4 Jimmie Johnson 2006 , 2008 , 2009 , 2012
2 Dale Jarrett 1996 , 1999
2 Tony Stewart 2005 , 2007
2 Kyle Busch 2015 , 2016
2 Kevin Harvick 2003 , 2019
Past winners -- Multiple winners ( drivers )
The winner of the Brickyard 400 is presented with the PPG Trophy in victory lane . Driver trophies for the Brickyard 400 .
The Brickyard 400 is an annual NASCAR Cup Series points race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The inaugural race was held in 1994, and the 400 was the first race other than the Indianapolis 500 to be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway since 1916. In its inaugural running, the Brickyard 400 became NASCAR's most-attended event, drawing an estimated crowd of more than 250,000 spectators. The race also pays one of NASCAR's highest purses. The term Brickyard is a reference to the nickname historically used for the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. When the race course opened in August 1909, the track surface was crushed stone and tar. That poor surface was the cause of numerous and sometimes fatal accidents, so the track was subsequently repaved with 3.2 million bricks. Over time the bricks were paved over with asphalt, and now only a one-yard strip of bricks at the start/finish line remains exposed. As of 2020, the race is held on the weekend after Independence Day, Previously, Indianapolis was home to the final race before the playoffs began and had been since NASCAR implemented them for the 2004 season; after the latest round of schedule realignment that distinction now belongs to the Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway. From 2005 to 2009, the race was known as the Allstate 400 at the Brickyard under a naming rights arrangement with Allstate. From 2012 to 2016, Crown Royal was the title sponsor of the race; under its sponsorship, the race honored a military member or first responder selected by fans, who received VIP tickets to the event, and their name included in the title of the race. From 2011 to 2014, the country music record label Big Machine Records was the presenting sponsor, and it became the title sponsor beginning in 2017.