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

Speedway, Indiana Track length: 2.5 miles When: Sunday, 2 p.m. ET Where to tune in: TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, IMS Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Race purse: $11,055,250 Race distance: 160 laps | 400 miles Stages: 50 | 100 | 160 Defending winner: Kyle Larson,

The NASCAR Cup Series returns to Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the second consecutive year after a three-season layoff. The green flag drops on the Brickyard 400 at IMS at 2 p.m. ET. Kyle Larson is the defending champion of this event and is one of the top betting favorites to win the race.

Brickyard 400 viewers will be tuning into pure split-screen racing Sunday. On one side, they’ll monitor Kyle Larson's attempt to defend his Brickyard 400 title and Denny Hamlin going for a career sweep of the Cup's crown jewel races.

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 reveals its projected leaderboard for the 2025 Brickyard 400 and the championship round of the NASCAR In-Season Challenge. Use it for NASCAR picks at sites like DraftKings, FanDuel and PrizePicks.

After a three-season run on the track’s road course, Kyle Larson won in the return of the Brickyard 400 to the 2.5-mile oval last year. Riley Herbst, who has moved into the Cup Series this year, won the Xfinity race at Indy in 2024.

With the NASCAR Cup Series points lead, Chase Elliott has Brickyard 400 dreams in sight as he looks to follow in his father's footsteps.