Five cars will drop to the rear of the field before the start of Sunday's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2 p.m. ET, TNT).

SportsLine's Steven Taranto reveals his picks and NASCAR props for 2025 Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, Ryan Blaney and William Byron are favorites

NASCAR Cup Series driver Kyle "Rowdy" Busch joins The Pat McAfee Show ahead of this weekend's Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

This race is one every driver wants on their resume. The Brickyard 400 is considered one of the sport’s crown jewel races, as Indianapolis Motor Speedway is the third-oldest track in the world. The flat, paved straightaways produce lots of speed. The top guys in the field are expected to exceed 200 miles per hour multiple times.

SportsLine's model has simulated the 2025 NASCAR at Indianapolis race and championship race of the NASCAR In-Season Challenge 10,000 times and released its three best NASCAR longshots

Kyle Larson's Months of May spent at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway have been rollercoaster rides, but he made up for it with a Brickyard 400 win. He hopes to do the same again.

In modern NASCAR, it has become increasingly rare for Cup teams to get full practice sessions as part of three-day race weekends. The Brickyard 400 is one of those rare occasions, but thunderstorms forced NASCAR to cancel on-track activity for the Cup Series on Friday.

On Sunday, the stars of the NASCAR Cup Series head to the famed 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the running of the Brickyard 400 (2 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).