Every season has unique races. The last lap passes. The complete dominations. And the surprise winners. Earlier this year Martin Truex Jr. completely dominated the Coca-Cola 600. Well, this year’s Brickyard 400 was another of those races.\

Kyle Busch. Enough said. Kyle won the pole for both the Xfinity and Sprint Cup races. And he won both, becoming the first person in history to sweep both poles and wins in a single weekend. Busch led 149 of 170 laps (The race had ten overtime laps due to late cautions). He led 62 of 63 laps in the Xfinity race. He has now swept the Indianapolis weekend two years in a row. Enough said.

The real big story is the men driving the no. 14 and no. 88 cars. Tony Stewart and Jeff Gordon. Stewart came into this weekend knowing this was his last race at his home track before he retires at season’s end. And Jeff Gordon got to come out of retirement for one last race at the Brickyard. In honor of Stewart, the Indianapolis officials requested he lead the opening pace laps.

Stewart started third, ran as high as second, and recovered from a late speeding penalty to finish 11th. Gordon started 21st and finished 13th. While neither won, it was special weekend for the two racing legends.

And after the race, the two drove one more lap around the track, side by side, waving to the fans who  had supported them for over almost two decades. It was special moment, and the two exchanged some friendly words after the race. While it isn’t guaranteed that neither driver will start at Indy again, (knowing Stewart he’ll be right back here next year), this was the best send off for both.

I know I have reviewed much of the race, but considering that at one point Kyle Busch was about to pass lead cars that had not pitted at the same time as him, you can believe there isn’t much to say. Kyle Busch dominated, everyone else looked like they were standing still, and two legends said goodbye to the track that meant the most to them. What a race.