Jeff Gordon became an even bigger legend in the sport of NASCAR on Sunday, as he grabbed his fifth victory at Indianapolis Motor Speedway and became the driver with the most wins at the historic speedway in the #24 car for Hendrick Motorsports.

Hendrick Motorsports has been dominant since NASCAR came to the track in 1994, the year that Gordon won the inaugural race at the track and got the first of his five wins here, winning fifteen of the twenty races at the 2.5 mile track.

Gordon's teammate Kasey Kahne was in the lead for most of the race, but a late caution worked against him during a period when he was trying to keep Gordon behind him and save fuel at the same time. It resulted in Kahne finishing sixth after running out of fuel coming to the checkered flag.

Pole sitter Kevin Harvick, in the #4 car, finished in 8th after his Jimmy Johns Freaky Fast Chevrolet could not compete with the Hendrick cars during the 400 mile race.

When Harvick got the green flag at 1:19 PM ET and crossed the bricks for the first time, he managed to keep Gordon behind him for the first time around, but the #24 car was through on lap 2 into turn one.

Just eight laps later on lap ten, Gordon had stretched his lead out to two seconds over Harvick and was continuing to be dominant early on around the Brickyard. Shortly after, Greg Biffle in the #16 got loose off turn four, but saved it and kept it off the wall.

At the same time, Juan Pablo Montoya, who was making his return to the Sprint Cup Series for only the second time this season, was falling back early on and losing ground in the #12 machine. Trevor Bayne in the #21 car got loose but kept it off the wall at the same point in the race.

Lap 20 brought the competition caution because of the heavy rain that the track had received overnight and washed all of the rubber off the track. Under the yellow, Joey Logano stayed out as Kahne won the race off pit road to start in 2nd.

A mass of incidents started to occur on lap 32 when Kahne went to the lead for the first time during the race, as Logano hit pit road for his pit stop and spotters positioned around the track were reporting rain to NASCAR officials.

One lap later, Montoya got into the side of Paul Menard in the #27 car, which sent Menard up into the outside wall and gave him damage on his right hand side as some of the leaders began to play the strategy game and pit.

Lap 38 saw rookies Kyle Larson and Austin Dillon running 1-2 as the leaders were on pit road for their first stops. Menard was also back on pit road for repairs to his #27 machine as his first stop hadn't got the car back into shape.

As he was making his first stop of the day, Gordon had problems as the gas man fell over as he was trying to get hold of the second can of Sunoco fuel to put in the #24 car. It resulted in the car only getting one can of fuel in and not being able to go as far as his rivals.

Lap 44 and 45 brought two new leaders, first, rookie Dillon went to the point when Larson pitted, and then Dillon pitted the next time around to put Denny Hamlin up front for the first time.

On lap 56, the pit stops had cycled through and Harvick was back into the lead in the #4 car. Under their pit stops, Kyle Busch in the #18 and Brad Keselowski in the #2 made contact as they were exiting pit road and both sustained light damage.

The second caution of the race came on lap 68 when Danica Patrick's car broke a left rear axle when she was exiting her pit stall. It meant that her rear wheels were just spinning and causing the car to smoke and not move anywhere.

Under the yellow, Hamlin stayed out on the track as the leader, which meant Keselowski and Kyle Busch stayed one lap down due to the time they had made their pit stops. On the restart at lap 73, Hamlin lost the lead to Kahne going into turn one.

At the halfway point on lap 80, Kahne was leading the race from Kyle Busch, who had fought his way back into the race, and Gordon was battling for 3rd place with Harvick. At this point, there were 29 cars on the lead lap at the Brickyard.

There was the third yellow of the day when Bayne had a tire go down after contact with the wall, which resulted in him drifting around two turns before losing control and hitting the inside barrier. Kahne held the lead under the yellow after not pitting.

Clint Bowyer in the #15 car was on point shortly after the restart as he had pitted just before the caution came out. That meant he had fresher tires than the drivers in front of him on the track.

On lap 106, Patrick was back out onto the track in the #10 car after repairs to the axle, but was 28 laps down to Kahne in the lead. Soon after, Kahne's team was on the radio discussing with him about whether they could make it to the end of the race on one more stop.

Lap 127 saw leader Kahne pit, for what he and the team hoped would be his last stop, sending Gordon back out front while Montoya had problems on pit road. This caused Montoya to have a slow stop putting him further back in the pack.

With only 30 laps to go, rookie Michael Annett went to the point for the first time as the leaders were beginning to make their last stops of the race in this 180 lap race.

The fourth caution of the race was displayed with only 21 laps to go when Ryan Truex in the #83 car was slow on the backstretch as his engine was down on power. Kahne, in the lead at this point, stayed out on the track but was in fuel saving mode.

The final restart of the race with 17 laps to go saw Kahne start on the inside line with Gordon on his outside. As they went into turn one, Gordon, with fresher tires, drove around the outside of Kahne and held the lead from Kyle Busch until the checkered flag.

Gordon, Kyle Busch, Hamlin, Kenseth, and Logano made up the top five at the end of the Brickyard 400. Rookie Austin Dillon was the highest placing rookie in 10th, as pole sitter Harvick came home in 8th.

Gordon's crew chief, Alan Gustafson, told ESPN after the race, "It's just an unbelievable place, we had a great run today and a great car. Kasey had a good run as well, happy for that #5 team as well."

Team owner for the #24 car, Rick Hendrick, told reporters for ESPN, "I told him this morning this is your day. He's so good around here and I'm so happy for him to break that tie for wins."

Runner-up in the race Kyle Busch in the #18 told reporters, "I joked saying he was running out of fuel, meaning the #24 because he and the #5 were so quick today. But the last few races have been good for us."

Finally, at the end of the race in victory lane, winner Gordon, told ESPN, "It feels great to be back in victory lane here at the Brickyard. I wasn't very good on restarts, but I get that last one right and thanks to Kahne for racing me clean there and letting me have the outside line. I was trying to not let everything get to me too much but there's nothing better than having your family here in victory lane."

Next week's race is back in the Poconos at Pocono Raceway, also known as the Tricky Triangle. With only six races to go until the start of the new format Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series trophy, there are a number of drivers who will be hoping to go to victory lane next week.