It’s Ty vs. Ty for $1 Million Bonus in NASCAR In-Season Challenge at Brickyard 400

A victory within the Brickyard 400 introduced by PPG is among the most coveted accomplishments within the NASCAR Cup Series, however there additionally might be one other prize on the road on this yr’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Ty Gibbs and Ty Dillon are the final drivers standing in NASCAR’s inaugural In-Season Challenge, which ends with the Brickyard 400 introduced by PPG on Sunday, July 27.

A discipline of 32 drivers was whittled to Ty vs. Ty within the single-elimination match, with the winner’s group proprietor incomes a $1 million bonus on the checkered flag at IMS. Gibbs and Dillon will race concurrently all the opposite opponents within the NASCAR Cup Series basic, with the driving force ending forward incomes the large bonus for his group.

The high 32 drivers in factors after the Cracker Barrel 400 on June 1 at Nashville Superspeedway grew to become eligible for the Challenge, with races June 8 at Michigan International Speedway, June 15 at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez and June 22 at Pocono Raceway figuring out the seeding by every driver’s finest end in these occasions.

Drivers superior by ending forward of their opponent inside every of the races. All competitors came about throughout the often scheduled Cup Series race.

Gibbs, who drives the No. 54 Toyota for his grandfather’s Joe Gibbs Racing group, entered the competitors because the No. 6 seed. Dillon, who drives the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing, made a stirring advance to the ultimate from the thirty second and closing seed.

Last Sunday within the AutoTrader EchoPark Automotive 400 at Dover Motor Speedway, Gibbs beat No. 23 seed Tyler Reddick to advance to the ultimate, whereas Dillon continued his Cinderella story march to the ultimate by beating No. 12 seed John Hunter Nemechek.

Besides Reddick, Gibbs additionally beat Justin Haley within the first spherical at Atlanta, AJ Allmendinger within the second spherical at Chicago and Zane Smith within the quarterfinals at Sonoma. Dillon upset top-seeded Denny Hamlin at Atlanta after which beat Brad Keselowski at Chicago and Alex Bowman at Sonoma.

Gibbs has been a stronger finisher than Dillon in the course of the In-Season Challenge. He has positioned 14th, second, seventh and fifth general within the 4 races resulting in the ultimate, whereas Dillon completed eighth, twentieth, seventeenth and twentieth in these occasions.

Prior ends in the Brickyard 400 are considerably inconclusive when attempting to foretell a winner. Gibbs has made only one begin within the annual NASCAR summer time crown jewel, ending twenty third after qualifying sixth in 2024. Dillon’s common Brickyard end is 17.2 in 5 begins. He completed nineteenth final yr, forward of Gibbs.

As an attention-grabbing apart, neither Gibbs nor Dillon has gained a Cup Series race. Sealing the In-Season Challenge crown with a primary victory at IMS can be probably the most memorable moments of the 2025 NASCAR season.

Ticket info for the Brickyard Weekend, which incorporates the Brickyard 400 introduced by PPG on Sunday, July 26 and the Pennzoil 250 for the NASCAR Xfinity Series, is on the market at IMS.com.