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Pennzoil 150 presented by Advance Auto Parts

Saturday, August 12th, 2023

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Speedway, IN

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  • 28 Chevrolet
  • 7 Ford
  • 7 Toyota

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
  • Pennzoil 150 presented by Advance Auto Parts
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 41
  • Team : No. 10 - LeafHome Water Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Matthew Kaulig
  • Crew Chief: Alex Yontz
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the Pennzoil 150 presented by Advance Auto Parts with a lap of 94.428 seconds, 92.985 mph.
  • This is his 11th pole in 98 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third pole and fourth top-10 start in 2023.
  • This is his third pole in four races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his sixth top-10 start of 2023 and his third in three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Josh Berry (third) posted his second top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 11th in 22 races this season.
  • Sammy Smith (17th) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, August 12th, 2023
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Ty Gibbs dominates Indy Road Course for NASCAR Xfinity Series victory

In Saturday's Pennzoil 150 presented by Advance Auto Parts NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, the fastest car met superior strategy.

In this case, the fastest car—Ty Gibbs' No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota won the battle—decisively—over the craftiness of AJ Allmendinger, as the two full-time NASCAR Cup Series drivers stole the show and potential Playoff points from the Xfinity regulars.

Allmendinger, the pole winner, parlayed pit strategy into a pair of stage wins, but Gibbs charged ahead after a restart with 16 of 62 laps left and beat Sam Mayer to the finish line by 7.959 seconds at the 2.439, 14-turn circuit. Mayer passed a disappointed Allmendinger for the runner-up spot on the penultimate lap.

The victory was the first of the season for Gibbs, who won last year's Xfinity title before moving up to his full-time Cup ride. It was his first victory on the Indy Road Course and his 12th win in 58 starts in the series.

"Awesome car—great car—thank you, (crew chief) Jason Ratcliff," exulted Gibbs, who will try to hold onto the final Playoff-eligible position in Sunday's Verizon 200 at the Brickyard Cup Series race (2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, IMS Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

"I raced go-karts down the street with a bunch of kids…it's really special."

His strategy for Sunday is uncomplicated.

"Just have a good car, set the car up right and go win," Gibbs said.

Mayer, who won the first Xfinity Series race of his career on July 29 at Road America, was satisfied with second on Saturday.

"That was all I had right there to catch the 10 (Allmendinger) and get us some more points," said Mayer, who scored his fourth straight top-five finish. "I'm really proud of our guys here today. Our Chevrolet was really fast. But a lot of positivity going into the next couple of weeks because we are clicking off top fives like it's easy.

"These road courses have been good to us the last couple of weeks—and the ovals are just as good. I'm looking forward to what we have going into (Watkins) Glen next week and then a bunch of ovals after that."

Series leader Austin Hill finished fourth, followed by Justin Allgaier, Cole Custer and Parker Kligerman. Sheldon Creed, Kaz Grala and Brett Moffitt completed the top 10. Allgaier clinched a spot in the Xfinity Series Playoffs.

Allmendinger started from the pole but surrendered the lead to Ty Gibbs on Lap 3. Gibbs remained out front until lightning in the area forced NASCAR to red-flag the race at 6:04 p.m.

During the delay, rain soaked the track, but the skies began to clear before the cars restarted. A strategic call by Allmendinger put the driver of the No. 10 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet back in the lead.

Before the field took the green flag after the resumption of the race, Allmendinger and Mayer pitted for slick tires, while the vast majority of the field stayed on slower treaded rain tires.

Allmendinger rapidly gained ground from the back of the field, and after Gibbs pitted for slicks on lap 14, Allmendinger held a lead of more than 16 seconds in the exchange. He lost just over one second of that advantage before the Brad Perez's Chevrolet stopped on the track on Lap 27 to cause the second caution of the afternoon.

"We were never fast enough to win the race," Allmendinger said. "I thought Ty was the class of the field… We got in a good rhythm there, maybe if it would've stayed green. We just needed a 52-lap green run there to win today."

In short order after a restart on Lap 31, Allmendinger regained the lead from Mayer, who had stayed out on older tires during the caution.

Gibbs restarted three positions deeper in the field than Allmendinger and began to close the gap to the leader. After Gibbs out braked Mayer into Turn 7 and took the second spot on Lap 38, he trailed Allmendinger by 3.049 seconds.

When both Allmendinger and Gibbs pitted for tires and fuel on Lap 43, however, Gibbs won the race off pit road, right before NASCAR called the third caution when Andre Castro stopped on the track.

On the subsequent restart on Lap 47, Gibbs, wh

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 62
  • Margin of Victory: 07.959 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 57 Minutes 34 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.174
  • Cautions: 3 for 9 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 2,323 (43.8 passes per green flag lap)
Cole Custer celebrates in victory lane
Avondale, Arizona - November 4, 2023 : Cole Custer, driver of the #00 Haas Automation Ford, celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship at Phoenix Raceway.
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Pennzoil 150 presented by Advance Auto Parts at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course Draftkings results
FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
1 10,300 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 62 143.80 2 1 45 1 23 46.94 10.35 28 45.2 7.00 63.35
2 9,400 Sam Mayer JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 62 117.40 15 2 42 13 5 10.2 2.25 5 8.1 1.25 58.50
7 10,800 AJ Allmendinger Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 62 127.80 1 3 41 -2 5 10.2 2.25 21 33.9 5.25 46.50
9 9,500 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 62 110.00 4 4 40 0 2 4.08 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 40.90
3 9,800 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 62 94.50 13 5 39 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 47.00
10 10,000 Cole Custer Stewart Haas Racing 00 Ford 62 98.90 6 6 38 0 6 12.24 2.70 0 0.0 0.00 40.70
8 9,000 Parker Kligerman Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 62 94.90 12 7 37 5 3 6.12 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 43.35
12 9,100 Sheldon Creed Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 62 101.70 9 8 36 1 0 0 0.00 1 1.6 0.25 37.25
3 7,900 Kaz Grala Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 62 87.30 21 9 35 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 47.00
3 7,100 Brett Moffitt AM Racing 25 Ford 62 83.80 23 10 34 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 47.00
3 6,400 Alex Labbe N/A 35 Toyota 62 69.00 26 11 32 15 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 47.00
15 8,100 Riley Herbst Stewart Haas Racing 98 Ford 62 88.20 10 12 31 -2 3 6.12 1.35 0 0.0 0.00 30.35
20 9,600 John Hunter Nemechek Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 62 87.20 8 13 30 -5 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
24 8,600 Josh Berry JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 62 76.40 3 14 29 -11 1 2.04 0.45 2 3.2 0.50 18.95
11 7,400 Sage Karam Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 62 73.70 27 15 28 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 40.00
20 6,900 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 62 67.80 14 16 27 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
13 6,200 Parker Retzlaff Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 62 82.30 24 17 26 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 33.00
18 6,000 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing 36 Chevrolet 62 67.50 19 18 25 1 0 0 0.00 1 1.6 0.25 26.25
19 6,600 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 62 63.20 20 19 24 1 0 0 0.00 1 1.6 0.25 25.25
14 5,700 Kyle Weatherman JD Motorsports 4 Chevrolet 62 66.50 29 20 23 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
20 7,200 Brandon Jones JR Motorsports 9 Chevrolet 62 53.70 25 21 21 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 25.00
23 8,300 Miguel Paludo JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet 62 65.50 22 22 20 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 20.00
16 5,900 Anthony Alfredo BJ McLeod Motorsports 78 Chevrolet 62 47.20 32 23 19 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 28.00
32 6,800 Preston Pardus N/A 50 Chevrolet 62 49.30 11 24 18 -13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 5.00
17 5,200 Brennan Poole JD Motorsports 6 Chevrolet 62 44.00 35 25 17 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
31 7,800 Connor Mosack Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota 62 48.30 16 26 16 -10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 6.00
36 7,600 Daniel Hemric Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 61 69.40 5 27 15 -22 1 2.04 0.45 3 4.9 0.75 -5.80
33 8,800 Sammy Smith Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 61 51.80 17 28 14 -11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 3.00
26 5,000 Ryan Ellis Alpha Prime Racing 43 Chevrolet 61 35.20 33 29 13 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
25 5,100 Kyle Sieg N/A 28 Ford 61 30.30 36 30 12 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
26 4,900 Blaine Perkins Our Motorsports 02 Chevrolet 60 47.50 38 31 10 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 17.00
30 6,300 Ryan Sieg N/A 39 Ford 57 46.00 30 32 9 -2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 7.00
28 5,300 Josh Williams DGM Racing 92 Chevrolet 57 33.70 34 33 8 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 9.00
37 8,500 Chandler Smith Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 56 70.70 18 34 7 -16 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
29 4,800 Joe Graf Jr N/A 38 Ford 46 26.30 37 35 6 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 8.00
34 4,500 Andre Castro Jesse Iwuji Motorsports 34 Chevrolet 39 33.20 28 36 5 -8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -3.00
38 9,300 Ross Chastain DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 38 51.20 7 37 4 -30 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -26.00
35 4,700 Brad Perez N/A 53 Chevrolet 24 27.70 31 38 3 -7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -4.00