Carson Hocevar wins pole position for Brickyard 400
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Carson Hocevar won pole for the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
This will be Hocevar’s third time driving in the Brickyard 400. He finished 10th in 2025 and 12th in 2024.
Hocevar won pole with a speed of 186.598 miles per hour.
“This is my favorite race track,” Hocevar said. “It’s no secret I’ve dreamt and wanted to run the Indy 500 mile all my life.”
“I think you saw how excited I was to be on the pole here,” Hocevar added. “I would hate to see how bad this place gets burned down if we do win. It’ll be awesome.”
Hocevar said getting to start on the pole for the Brickyard 400 is unbelievable.
Here is the full starting lineup for the Brickyard 400:
- 1. Carson Hocevar
- 2. Daniel Suárez
- 3. Tyler Reddick
- 4. Ty Gibbs
- 5. Denny Hamlin
- 6. Michael McDowell
- 7. Corey Heim
- 8. Alex Bowman
- 9. AJ Allmendinger
- 10. Kyle Larson
- 11. Chase Briscoe
- 12. Cole Custer
- 13. Ryan Blaney
- 14. Erik Jones
- 15. Chris Buescher
- 16. Brad Keselowski
- 17. John H. Nemechek
- 18. Riley Herbst
- 19. Joey Logano
- 20. Austin Dillon
- 21. William Byron
- 22. Ross Chastain
- 23. Christopher Bell
- 24. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- 25. Shane Van Gisbergen
- 26. Josh Berry
- 27. Chase Elliott
- 28. Ty Dillon
- 29. Bubba Wallace
- 30. Zane Smith
- 31. Connor Zilisch
- 32. Austin Hill
- 33. Noah Gragson
- 34. Ryan Preece
- 35. Austin Cindric
- 36. Todd Gilliland
- 37. Cody Ware
- 38. Casey Mears
- 39. Daniel Dye
The Brickyard 400 is scheduled to start at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
