Winners and losers from a strategy-dominated Brickyard 400

Motorsport photoThe Brickyard 400 is now in the rearview, and NASCAR teams have one final off-weekend before 14 consecutive races to end the season. The pressure is on for teams around the cut-line, while the favorites try to better position themselves for the Chase reset in just over a month.But despite all that, it was a part-timer kissing the bricks as Corey Heim earned his second win of the year in just his eighth start of the 2026 season. With a helpful push, Heim cleared his boss on t