Brickyard 400: 10 Things We Learned from the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Race
Jul 28 2013 - 8:46pmINDIANAPOLIS—Ryan Newman rolled to victory in Sunday's Brickyard 400 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, fending off a dominant Jimmie Johnson, who had fallen behind due to a late pit stop.
The 400-miler answered several questions and outlined several more as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series rolls through its midsummer regular season period. There are now six races left before the championship fight begins.
The race had a dominant engine supplier, a hometown driver going to Victory Lane, a former Indianapolis 500 competitor who didn't match race-to-race results and another disappointment from last year's champion.
Find out what NASCAR's weekend in Indianapolis taught us.
All quotes were obtained firsthand from interviews and NASCAR transcription services.