The 2017 Brickyard 400 (branded as the Brantley Gilbert Big Machine Brickyard 400 for sponsorship reasons) is a Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race held on July 23, 2017 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana.

It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately six miles (10 km) west of Downtown Indianapolis.

[11] Erik Jones was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 48.425 seconds and a speed of 185.854 mph (299.103 km/h).

David Ragan spun exiting Turn 1, veered down the track and slammed the inside wall.

This all went out the window with 11 to go when Clint Bowyer got loose and spun down the track, with help from Jones, slammed the inside wall and ricocheted back onto the racing surface into the path of Kurt Busch, who t-boned him, slammed the wall and came to a halt down the track, the tenth caution of the race flew for a multi-car wreck, Kahne pitted from third just as the wreck happened, which proved crucial for him as he inherited the lead.

Kahne held off Keselowski's charge into Turn 1 on the restart when the race went back to green with seven laps to go.

When the field came back down the front stretch, Kyle Larson slammed the outside wall, bringing out the 11th caution.

Heading down the backstretch, Johnson, with smoke billowing from his left-rear tire, got to the inside of the two to battle for the lead going into Turn 3, setting up the 12th caution of the race;[19] rounding the turn, Johnson spun out and hit the outside wall, sending the race into overtime.

[20] On the first attempt, the field didn't make it to the start/finish line before all the pushing and shoving caused a multi-car wreck, bringing out the 13th caution.

Exiting Turn 2, Denny Hamlin suffered a left-rear tire failure and spun towards the outside wall, getting clipped by Paul Menard in the process.

Some drivers asked if safety vehicles could turn on their headlights before the final restart (which was denied).

Furthermore, after the incident, NASCAR found oil as a result of the incident, and questions arose if the track could have been cleaned up in time or the race would have been stopped for darkness with less than ten minutes of daylight available; at the November 2015 Martinsville race, the checkered flag waved at 5:23 PM, less than a minute before sunset.

Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast reported from pit lane during the race.