The usual big names of NASCAR will be racing again this year. With names like Jeff and Ward Burton, Tony Stewart who won last year, Ken Schrader, the Waltrip family, the Gordon family led by Jeff, Juan Pablo Montoya who is the only driver to win all three races hosted at the Speedway, Rick Rudd and others, there will be lots of folks looking for their chance to pick up a set of NASCAR Brickyard Tickets.

Jeff Gordon, who seems to continually be the favorite to win, has more track records than anyone else. Meanwhile, Bill Elliot and Jeff Burton promise once again to put on a good show at the race. And of course we will all be looking to see if Tony Stewart and Earnhardt Jr. will mix it up with lead changes again this year. Maybe Jeff Burton won't putter out midway through the race. The only real way to see this race play out is having your own NASCAR Brickyard Tickets. Those who manage to get a hold of some NASCAR Brickyard Tickets will be able to watch firsthand. For the rest of us who couldn't get our hands on NASCAR Brickyard Tickets, well, there's always cable.

Beyond the famous racing names and families, there is some history to this race. The NASCAR Brickyard 400, so named because of the nickname given to the Speedway, began its successful run in Indianapolis back in 1994 when NASCAR and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway presidents got together and announced that NASCAR Brickyard Tickets would be on sale for the first time. It would be the first race held at the Speedway other than the Indy 500 since 1916. The Speedway picked up the second name because the first racetrack here was made of 3.2 million bricks. There is still a strip of bricks placed at the start/finish line to this day. Since the first race of the Brickyard 400, finding NASCAR Brickyard Tickets has been sometimes a hard thing to accomplish.

Any way you want to look at it, if you are a fan of NASCAR, you watch this race. But like getting tickets to see a good football game or maybe the Yankees at home, having your own NASCAR Brickyard Tickets seems to be the only real way to go. There are still plenty of options out there. And NASCAR Brickyard Tickets are still available for a little while longer. Make sure you have your own before asking for the weekend off! Here are some online ticket vendor recommendations (in no particular order):