The 2024 Brickyard 400 returned to mixed reviews from fans but also a large vote of support from drivers and media alike. With all of that, the first running since 2020 was generally seen as a success. So today I want to look at why it was and where NASCAR goes here with the return of the event that is one of NASCAR’s Crown Jewels.
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What were your takeaways from the 2024 Brickyard 400?
eh
It wasn’t much better
this race was Awful
I really enjoyed it
NASCAR return to Indianapolis Road Course for Soon Years
The Brickyard 400 is Stay in Next year and welcome back again this year!!!! Always miss you brick land!!!!
@@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498 boring track go back to the road course
@@Staysick17 it was a years ago.
@@muhammadwahyuhidayat21498 the road course was last yr
People will complain about too many cautious and not enough
@@extrap5217 the less cautions the better
Facts. There are legit things to talk about, but a lot of the itme it just seems like people are looking for something to b*tch about.
They would complain if Nascar handed out 5 lb Gold Bricks as you entered the gates that it took too long.
Bingo. If today’s fans went back to the “golden era” of NASCAR in the 90’s they’d find something to cry about.
The race was extremely competitive
Larson made the field look like amateurs but ok
@@CaseySpecoli to be fair he didnt have to save fuel, he was able to make moves others couldnt. Clean air made any car good that day. JHN and Bubba held the lead for quite awhile. Not a track problem, still a next gen car issue.
Absolutely should be on the schedule. What can they do to get more fans in though? The empty stands compared to the 500 was brutal to watch
There’s nothing you can do anymore. With this day and age in social media that’s not gonna get any fans in seats anytime soon. It’s not like 2003. Daytona 500 can’t even reach 10 million views anymore and people will make every excuse in the book for it.
To be fair it also has over twice the seats that Daytona has, this will probably be in the top 5 in terms of attendance this year. It’s never going to sell out again, but that’s not the end of the world
The Indy 500 is THE race of all races. If you look at other tracks that both NASCAR and Indy go to, Indycar gets Xfinity series crowds. Just look at the crowds at Iowa, Gateway and Nashville SS later this year. No race compares to the Indy 500. That’s just the way it is.
The days of sold out crowds for the Brickyard are long gone sadly. But I definitely miss it. Been going for years and it felt like a completely different event in the 90s to mid 2000s.
Yeah, 2 recessions and a growing divide between everything these days will do that
High HP
now that nascar has done it once now, they know what changes to make with the rules and stuff, next year will hopefully be better
not a track issue, still a next gen issue. CANT PASS!
It was fine. It was a usual Brickyard 400, but I think that it will be a good idea to put the Brickyard 400 as the In-Season tournament finale.
That’s what I think is gonna happen
Once Daytona gets back the July 4 date, Indianapolis would get the season finale, opening up the playoffs
@@Battlekaik5 this track was the 2nd most boring race this and pocono
@Staysick17 Dude use ur brain. The tournament is made TO ENHANCE RACING.
I still wonder how the road course experiment could have gone had it had more than one year in the Gen 6 car, because that 2021 race was a surprisingly good race before the curb crisis messed up the finish. Had it gotten more than one chance really at a good race, then maybe even if the drivers still didn’t like it, at least it probably would have looked less embarrassing.
2022 & 2023 Gen 6 car
Make the buildup to the Brickyard 400 similar to the old Daytona Speedweeks
Yes, Being a Historic track, this could work on a smaller scale.
For that matter, bring back Speedweeks and extend it out to the 24.
More gimmicks won’t make anyone care except nascar diehard which are like a few thousand people on the internet
@@Duff79not really gimmicky though. It’s no different than Indy 500 week or how Daytona 500 speedweeks used to be
@joshuapittman4663 there isn’t any demand for this in the indy area. Same thing with Daytona speedweeks, no one was showing up at the end.
I really enjoyed the final 30 laps up until the overtime
same
Me too still enjoy the race though
@@hawkinsmarihugh962 the overtime was cheated Larson should had go round 3 and he would ran out gas
@@Staysick17 real
@@Staysick17No he wouldn’t have. He refueled on lap 122. If anything Blaney would have ran out having refueled on lap 111.
I say build on what we got this year, and make better judgement calls. Appreciate what we have, because we were begging for this back, and I’m glad the Brickyard 400 is back.
In the Xfinity Series race the biggest difference was the low downforce and no aero ducts. The car was more of an offense car. The very instant you’re behind a car the car in front loses grip. While the cup car is more defense making passing impossible.
Pretty sure everyone out there driving at 70% throttle for 40 laps to save fuel has something to do with it.
Imagine if NASCAR had the Brickyard 400 be the race coming out of the Olympic break and the two week interval was used to hold IndyCar style time trials and qualifying that could be broadcast on the internet or hell even let Amazon get a preview and give them the broadcast rights. Thats two weeks of hype online AND advertising to the Olympic audience (NBC!) building up the return of a historic race. The Indy 500 in a vacuum is just another race, but the month of May is part of what makes the Indy 500 so prestigious.
Sometimes the people crave carny tactics. They want you to fill them with all sorts of hype. It helps the viewing experience.
EDIT: This comment was made before I saw the end of the video. In the words of the comedian Rich Vos, “Great minds think a lot.”
I was there in person. Pretty decent race in my opinion, but Xfinity was still better. The restarts were where the bulk of the action was along with the strategy. Watching Larson scythe his way through the field was incredible though. He earned that win regardless of what people say.
Why is Xfinity consistently better? (Its all I hear) and yes, Im a casual.
@@TheScotian82probably due to the packages they have
Honestly the racing was better than older brickyards despte nascar’s horrible officiating (rigging?) Hope it comes back a few more times.
Was the racing really better? No one really passed for the lead under green. And it was a fuel saving slog of a race at the end. And NASCAR just wanted the race to be done and over with at the end because they had to move to a different network. NASCAR has called finishes like this in the past with different winners. So calling it rigged is a major stretch.
@samharris3508 if you inconsistently enforce rules that’s not a legitimate racing product, it’s a made for tv soap opera. And it just opens the door for people to call it rigged
Outside of the bogus ending it’s about what I expected. I can take it or leave it, I don’t think it’s a crown jewel
Using a golf analogy, I always viewed Indy as the Players’ Championship. Prestigious in its own right, but not on the level of the majors. What NASCAR had for the Winston Million is what I would consider the Crown Jewels, though I do see the argument of putting the Bristol Night Race over Talladega.
Applauding nascar for intentionally ending the race with a car sitting on the track for almost a whole lap is insane. inconsistency like that is why nascar isnt taken seriously outside the south
Remember late in the Nashville race when the 2 car spun late but gathered it up and kept on trucking? Nascar called a caution instantly. In the Brickyard on sunday late they waited forever until Larson took the white flag before they threw it. It was BS.
The guy who made this video is a total clown
I really enjoyed it. It was my first NASCAR race and I’ll be back!