Date: 8-13-2023.

Name of the race: Verizon 200 at The Brickyard.

Track: Indianapolis Road Course.

Laps: 82.

Pole Winner: Daniel Suarez.

Outside Pole: Tyler Reddick.

Stage 1 winner: Michael McDowell.

Stage 2 winner: Denny Hamlin. 

Stage 3 winner (won the race): Michael McDowell.

Top 5: Michael McDowell, Chase Elliott, Daniel Suarez, Tyler Reddick, and Alex Bowman. 

Fun fact about Michael McDowell: His start in racing came in various forms of racing types such as open wheel, Formula Renault, and Star Mazda. 

Fun fact about Indianapolis Road Course: When the track was an oval only it hosted Formula 1 races for a period of the time in the 1950s, and the reason it is no longer on the schedule is because it is too far away from where they usually go to aka Europe. 

Fun fact about Indiana: One of the many towns in the state called Popcorn has such as small population that the US Census does not include the population in their yearly surveys. 

Next Race: Watkins Glen International Road Course on Sunday afternoon (8-20-2023).