The Brickyard is the Brickyard no longer.
Yes, the race still has the word in the title -- the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard. Indy is still Indy and Indy will always be amazing. The trophy that AJ Allmendinger hoisted after his shocking win one year ago looked the same as the one earned by the likes of Jeff Gordon, Dale Earnhardt, Jimmie Johnson and their fellow legends. And like every Indianapolis winner -- stock car or otherwise -- since Dale Jarrett in 1996, "The Dinger" fell to his knees and kissed the yard of bricks.