NASCAR is in an off week after the Brickyard 400, so there is no race today. The season resumes Aug. 9 at Iowa, giving fans the next confirmed date on the calendar after a weekend that shuffled the top of the standings and the power rankings.
That is the practical answer for anyone asking is there a NASCAR race today, and it comes after Indianapolis Motor Speedway produced another strong run for Toyota, which took four of the first five spots. Ford also put four cars in the top 10, while the only Chevy in that group was Carson Hocevar, who won the pole and finished ninth as the top Chevrolet finisher.
Joey Logano, who followed up his win at North Wilkesboro with a third-place finish, remains part of a tight fight at the front, but the bigger picture is still being shaped by repeat performers. Tyler Reddick leads the series with five victories this year, Christopher Bell has finished second for the sixth time this year and for the third time in the last four races, and Denny Hamlin has three top fives in the last four races and seven in his last 10.
The Brickyard 400 also underlined how thin the margin is for the top teams. Kyle Larson had a flat tire, Chase Elliott ended up in a wreck and no Hendrick driver is in the top 10, even though the group has eight top 10s combined over the last eight races. That is the friction inside the standings: the speed is there, but the results are not landing cleanly.
Elsewhere in the field, Ryan Preece finished eighth and now has back-to-back top-10 finishes, while Bubba Wallace started 29th and finished 28th. Tyler Reddick finished 10th, Blaney was wrecked by John Hunter Nemechek and finished 26th, and Blaney also ended up behind Todd Gilliland in the battle for the $1 million in-season tournament prize. Chase Briscoe finished fourth, Ty Gibbs started fourth and finished 12th, and Denny Hamlin finished fifth last weekend.
For now, the answer to the schedule question is simple: no race today, then Iowa on Aug. 9. The off week gives the teams a pause, but not much room to breathe, because the playoff race and the chase for The Chase are both moving with every result that lands before the reset.
