Race Lineup

The official 2021 Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard NASCAR XFINITY Series race lineup, determined by qualifying results, shows the starting positions of all drivers at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.

Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard

Saturday, August 14th, 2021

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Speedway, IN

  • 29 Chevrolet
  • 4 Ford
  • 11 Toyota

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 18th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 39
  • Team : No. 16 - Hyperice Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the 18th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard with a lap of 89.831 seconds, 97.744 mph.
  • This is his third pole in 48 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his first pole and 17th top-10 start in 2021.
  • This is his first pole in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Austin Cindric (second) posted his 19th top-10 start of 2021 and his second in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Justin Haley (third) posted his first top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 14th in 20 races this season.
  • Ty Gibbs (fifth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, August 14th, 2021
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Austin Cindric fulfills dream with win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course

It was essentially a storybook ending for Austin Cindric Saturday afternoon in the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard and the 22-year old with Hoosier roots appropriately celebrated his first win at the renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course by singing "Back Home Again in Indiana" as he took a victory lap.

Cindric easily out-paced the NASCAR Xfinity Series field by 2.108-seconds to take his series best fifth victory of the year and 13th of his career. It marked the second win on the day for the Team Penske Racing, which won an NTT IndyCar race earlier at the renowned Indianapolis facility now owned by Roger Penske himself.

The president of Team, Penske, Tim Cindric, met his son in Victory Lane to celebrate – hugs, high-fives and pat-on-the-backs everywhere. Indiana is the Cindric family home for generations.

"Unbelievable and first of all I've got to thank Roger Penske for every opportunity I've had in my career and every opportunity he's given race fans to enjoy this beautiful facility," a grinning Cindric said.

"To win at this facility is amazing," Cindric said, adding, "What this place means to me, I can't even put into words what this means.

"Proud to be here, proud to win for Roger and proud to win at The Speedway. There's nothing bigger."

Cindric led a race-best 29 of the 62 laps on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile Indianapolis road course, taking the lead for good with 17 laps remaining and pulling away to a nearly four-second advantage at one point. Polesitter and Stage 2 winner A.J. Allmendinger finished runner-up for the second consecutive week at a road course track.

Allmendinger's Kaulig Racing teammate – also an Indiana native – Justin Haley finished third and won Stage 1.

Reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Chase Elliott rallied to a fourth-place finish despite finding out only hours earlier that he would substitute for Michael Annett, in the JR Motorsports No. 1 Chevrolet so Annett could continue recovering from a leg injury.

"I was actually still asleep this morning when I got the call," Elliott said, noting that when he saw Hendrick Motorsports Vice President Chad Knaus had called, he momentarily worried he'd slept through NASCAR Cup Series practice and was getting fired.vInstead he rallied to an impressive finish and got some time on the track in advance of Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race.

Another JR Motorsports driver, Noah Gragson finished fifth. NASCAR Cup Series regular Austin Dillon, Myatt Snider, Riley Herbst, Harrison Burton and road racing star Andy Lally rounded out the top-10.

That was an important finish for Herbst, who entered the 13th in the championship, one position outside the Playoff hunt. His work – which included 11 bonus points in the stage finishes – was good enough to move up into that 12th position, 10 points ahead of Annett.vThe other two drivers still in Playoff contention with only two races remaining to set the 12-driver field, Brandon Brown and Ryan Sieg, both had troubles Saturday. Brown was scored 34th of the 36 cars and did not finish after his car suffered damage in a first lap incident. Sieg spun out in the opening laps then had a tire go down later in the race, finishing 32nd. They are now -41 (Brown) and -73 (Sieg) points behind Herbst.

Burton's top-10 result was also impressive considering he was among eight drivers who got caught up in a first lap mishap – cars going airborne as they ran over a "speed bump" on the track's outside skirt. Lally, an IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship star and the 2011 NASCAR Cup Series Rookie of the Year, has made only four previous starts on the season and now has a pair of top 10s.

Certainly, however, the day and the moment belonged to Cindric who ran his fastest laps of the race in the final few circuits – the victory one of the most cherished moments in his young career.

"It's a racer's dream," Cindric said. "It's not the win, it's getting to compete. I think everyone that walks into this place knows what this means."

  • Drivers Entered: 44 (6 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 62
  • Margin of Victory: 02.108 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 2 Minutes 54 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 73.825
  • Cautions: 5 for 15 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,011 (21.5 passes per green flag lap)

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 18th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard
  • Race Winner: Austin Cindric
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No. 22 - PPG Ford
  • Owner: Team Penske
  • Crew Chief: Brian Wilson
  • Austin Cindric won the 18th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard, his 13th victory in 121 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his fifth victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • AJ Allmendinger (second) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his 14th top-10 finish in 2021.
  • Justin Haley (third) posted his second top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (19th) was the highest finishing rookie.
  • Austin Cindric ties Marcos Ambose and AJ Allmendinger for the NASCAR Xfinity Series most road course wins all-time with five each.
AJ Allmendinger poses after winning pole award
Indianapolis, Indiana - August 14, 2021 : AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Hyperice Chevrolet, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Race lineup for the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
ST # DRIVER MAKE SPD TIME BHND SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet 97.744 89.831 0.000 Hyperice Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
2 22 Austin Cindric Ford 97.389 90.158 0.327 PPG Team Penske Brian Wilson
3 11 Justin Haley Chevrolet 97.309 90.232 0.401 LeafFilter Gutter Protection Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
4 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 97.212 90.322 0.491 Brandt Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
5 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota 96.934 90.581 0.750 SportClips Haircuts Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
6 98 Riley Herbst Ford 96.812 90.695 0.863 Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
7 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet 96.669 90.830 0.999 Bass Pro Shops / TrueTimber / BRCC Jr Motorsports Dave Elenz
8 2 Myatt Snider Chevrolet 96.233 91.241 1.410 Louisiana Hot Sauce Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
9 24 Will Rodgers Toyota 96.143 91.326 1.495 GoodRX / RaceToEndHepC Sam Hunt Racing Clinton Cram
10 90 Preston Pardus Chevrolet 96.130 91.339 1.508 Chichor Electric / Danus Dgm Racing Tony Furr
11 20 Harrison Burton Toyota 95.901 91.557 1.726 DEX Imaging Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
12 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 95.831 91.624 1.793 Menards / Atlas Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
13 18 Daniel Hemric Toyota 96.276 91.200 1.369 Poppy Bank Joe Gibbs Racing Dave Rogers
14 68 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 96.142 91.327 1.496 BMS Chevrolet Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
15 48 Jade Buford Chevrolet 96.109 91.359 1.528 Big Machine Vodka Spiked Coolers Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
16 199 Kevin Harvick Chevrolet 96.107 91.361 1.530 Unibet Official Sportsbook Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
17 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet 96.047 91.418 1.587 Our Motorsports Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
18 31 Sage Karam Chevrolet 95.955 91.505 1.674 Montage Mountain Jordan Anderson Racing Arthur Haire
19 23 Austin Dillon Chevrolet 95.873 91.584 1.753 K & L Ready Mix Our Motorsports Billy Scott
20 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 95.843 91.612 1.781 Wings Etc Grill & Pub Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
21 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet 95.827 91.628 1.797 Globocam / Prolon Controls Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
22 07 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 95.779 91.674 1.843 CNC Swiss Inc Ss Green Light Racing Joe Williams
23 10 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 95.766 91.686 1.855 Alsco Uniforms Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
24 8 Sam Mayer Chevrolet 95.739 91.712 1.881 PeopleReady TrueBlue Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
25 1 Chase Elliott Chevrolet 95.669 91.779 1.948 Allstate Peterbilt Group Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
26 178 Andy Lally Chevrolet 95.665 91.783 1.952 BJ McLeod Motorsports Bj Mcleod Motorsports Keith Wolfe
27 47 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet 95.589 91.856 2.025 PORAC Mike Harmon Racing Mike Tyska
28 61 Austin Hill Toyota 95.581 91.863 2.032 AISIN Hattori Racing Enterprises David McCarty
29 0 Spencer Pumpelly Chevrolet 95.302 92.132 2.301 ForeverLawn Jd Motorsports Paul Clapprood
30 26 Kris Wright Toyota 95.215 92.217 2.386 iHeart Radio Sam Hunt Racing Andrew Abbott
31 92 Josh Williams Chevrolet 94.899 92.524 2.693 Alloy Employer Services Dgm Racing Eddie Troconis
32 44 Tommy Joe Martins Chevrolet 94.884 92.538 2.707 Market Rebellion Martins Motorsports Dan Stillman
33 4 Landon Cassill Chevrolet 94.498 92.916 3.085 Voyager Jd Motorsports Tommy Machek
34 105 James Davison Chevrolet 94.148 93.262 3.431 ERA Motorsport Bj Mcleod Motorsports Adam Brooks
35 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 93.687 93.721 3.890 CMR Construction and Roofing / A-Ga… Rss Racing Kevin Starland
36 17 JJ Yeley Ford 93.048 94.364 4.533 Nurtec ODT Ss Green Light Racing Jason Miller