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Nick DeGroot

"My heart was pounding" as Todd Gilliland earns $1 million in huge NASCAR upset

The five-week In-Season Bracket Challenge has come to an end as part of TNT's summer broadcast window. The victor earns a trophy and a $1 million prize, and the last man standing is one few would have ever expected.

Todd Gilliland, the No. 25 seed in the 32-driver competition, has managed to pull off an underdog victory for the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford. He defeated Ryan Blaney head-to-head at Indianapolis, finishing 24th, just six tenths up the road as Blaney finished 26th.

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