XFINITY Series Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course

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Pennzoil 150 at The Brickyard

Saturday, July 30th, 2022

Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Speedway, IN

  • 31 Chevrolet
  • 6 Ford
  • 5 Toyota

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 19th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard
  • Pole Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team: No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the Pole Award for the 19th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard with a lap of 89.748 seconds, 97.834 mph.
  • This is his sixth pole in 80 NASCAR Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third pole and 14th top-10 start in 2022.
  • This is his second pole in three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Ty Gibbs (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2022 and his second in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Riley Herbst (third) posted his second top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his ninth in 20 races this season.
  • Austin Hill (ninth) was the fastest qualifying rookie.

  • Saturday, July 30th, 2022
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
AJ Allmendinger scores dominant win in Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard

The NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoff is still six races away, but AJ Allmendinger has already clinched one title.

With his victory in Saturday’s Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard, the driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet is the undisputed King of the Road.

Allmendinger was an irresistible force at the 2.439-mile, 14-turn Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. He led 42 of the 62 laps and overcame a fraught 25-second pit stop that dropped him from the lead to 13th for a restart on Lap 19.

The victory was Allmendinger’s third of the season—all on road courses—and his fourth win in the last five Xfinity Series races on circuits that turn right as well as left, dating to his triumph in last year’s fall event at the Charlotte Roval.

Allmendinger passed runner-up Alex Bowman for the lead after a restart on Lap 45, staying alongside Bowman’s No. 17 Chevrolet though Turn 1 and pulling clear through Turn 2. Allmendinger crossed the finish line 2.084 seconds ahead of the Hendrick Motorsports driver.

“God, I love this place,” exclaimed Allmendinger, who won last year’s NASCAR Cup Series race at the vaunted Brickyard and will defend that victory in Sunday’s Verizon 200 (2:30 p.m. ET on NBC, IMS Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

“I knew Bowman was really good at the long runs, and so I tried to gap him as much as I could. God, I love Indy!”

Allmendinger lost track position on the Lap 16 pit stop when his crew had difficulty changing the right rear tire. But the 40-year-old driver from Los Gatos, Calif., fought through traffic and advanced to third for a restart on Lap 29.

He went three-wide to the inside on that restart and had the lead as he exited Turn 1.

“We gave up stage points a little bit there as well, to the guys we’re fighting for points,” Allmendinger said. “But you know what? Points don’t mean a damn thing—we’re kissing the bricks. Hell, yeah!” 

Bowman began to cut into Allmendinger’s lead late in the final 18-lap run green-flag run but ran out of time.

“I probably was a little too nice on that last restart,” said Bowman, who was running his first Xfinity Series race since 2018. “I knew he was going to be better than us firing off… At the end, we were definitely running him down—just not enough laps.”

Justin Allgaier passed Ross Chastain on the final lap to secure third place, with Chastain holding fourth. Chase Briscoe came home fifth, followed by Riley Herbst, Sam Mayer, Ty Gibbs, Austin Hill and Noah Gragson.

Gragson won the first stage of the race and fellow JR Motorsports driver Josh Berry claimed victory in Stage 2.

  • Drivers Entered: 42 (4 drivers will not make the race)
  • Laps Scheduled: 62
  • Margin of Victory: 02.084 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 1 Hours 56 Minutes 35 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 77.825
  • Cautions: 4 for 11 laps
  • Lead Changes: 8
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,637 (32.1 passes per green flag lap)

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
  • 19th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard
  • Race Winner: AJ Allmendinger
  • Age: 40
  • Team: No. 16 - Nutrien Ag Solutions Chevrolet
  • Owner: Kaulig Racing
  • Crew Chief: Bruce Schlicker
  • AJ Allmendinger won the 19th Annual Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard, his 13th victory in 80 Xfinity Series races.
  • This is his third victory and 17th top-10 finish in 2022. All three of his victories this year have come on road courses. Allmendinger has won four of the last five road course races.
  • This is his first victory and third top-fvie finish in three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course.
  • Alex Bowman (second) posted his first top-10 finish in one race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. It is his first top-10 finish in 2022.
  • Justin Allgaier (third) posted his 14th top-10 finish this season.
  • Austin Hill (ninth) was the highest finishing rookie.
AJ Allmendinger poses for photos after winning the pole award
Indianapolis, Indiana - July 29, 2022 : AJ Allmendinger, driver of the #16 Nutrien Ag Solutions 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 Road Course.
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Race lineup for the Pennzoil 150 at The Brickyard at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course
START VEH # DRIVER MAKE SPONSOR TEAM CREW CHIEF
1 16 AJ Allmendinger Chevrolet Nutrien Ag Solutions Kaulig Racing Bruce Schlicker
2 54 Ty Gibbs Toyota Monster Energy Joe Gibbs Racing Chris Gayle
3 98 Riley Herbst Ford Monster Energy Stewart-haas Racing Richard Boswell
4 17 Alex Bowman Chevrolet Hendrickcars.com Hendrick Motorsports Kevin Meendering
5 1 Sam Mayer Chevrolet Huck's Market Jr Motorsports Taylor Moyer
6 07 Chase Briscoe Ford Production Alliance Group Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Joe Williams
7 9 Noah Gragson Chevrolet Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC Jr Motorsports Luke Lambert
8 8 Josh Berry Chevrolet Jarrett Industries Jr Motorsports Mike Bumgarner
9 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet Bennett Transportation Richard Childress Racing Andy Street
10 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet BRANDT/Precision Build Jr Motorsports Jason Burdett
11 10 Landon Cassill Chevrolet StormX Kaulig Racing Jason Trinchere
12 45 Sage Karam Chevrolet Market Rebellion Alpha Prime Racing Frank Kerr
13 18 Bubba Wallace Toyota DoorDash Joe Gibbs Racing Jason Ratcliff
14 36 Alex Labbe Chevrolet Can-Am Dgm Racing Nathan Kennedy
15 2 Sheldon Creed Chevrolet Whelen Richard Childress Racing Jeff Stankiewicz
16 11 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet AG1 - Athletic Greens Kaulig Racing Alex Yontz
17 02 Brett Moffitt Chevrolet Half Off Wholesale Our Motorsports Kris Bowen
18 92 Ross Chastain Chevrolet Farmer's Promise Dgm Racing Mario Gosselin
19 88 Miguel Paludo Chevrolet BRANDT Jr Motorsports Jason Stockert
20 68 Austin Dillon Chevrolet Maestro's Classic Brandonbilt Motorsports Doug Randolph
21 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet Ergodyne Work Gear Our Motorsports Chad Walter
22 08 Andy Lally Ford TicketSmarter / Special Report Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt Jason Miller
23 91 Preston Pardus Chevrolet Chinchor Electric/Danus Dgm Racing Dan Pardus
24 48 Kaz Grala Chevrolet Ruedebusch.com Big Machine Big Machine Racing Patrick Donahue
25 31 Myatt Snider Chevrolet Louisiana Hot Sauce Jordan Anderson Racing Shane Whitbeck
26 23 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet K&L Ready Mix Our Motorsports Pat Tryson
27 6 Ty Dillon Chevrolet Black Hole Ammunitions Jd Motorsports Kase Kallenbach
28 34 Kyle Weatherman Chevrolet Equity Prime Mortgage Jesse Iwuji Motorsports Dan Stillman
29 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet Wings Etc Grill & Pub Jeremy Clements Racing Mark Setzer
30 26 Santino Ferrucci Toyota Screamin Sicilian / Kroger Sam Hunt Racing Allen Hart
31 39 Ryan Sieg Ford CMRroofing.com\ A-game Rss Racing Kevin Starland
32 5 Scott Heckert Chevrolet Malco Bj Mcleod Motorsports David Ingram
33 44 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet KeenParts.com Alpha Prime Racing Michael Brandt
34 4 Bayley Currey Chevrolet Hy-Vee Jd Motorsports Wayne Carroll Jr
35 38 Patrick Gallagher Ford Belle haven Rss Racing Steve Addington
36 19 Brandon Jones Toyota Menards\DuPont Air Filters Joe Gibbs Racing Jeff Meendering
37 35 Parker Kligerman Chevrolet Pro Master Emerling Gase Motorsports Rick Bourgeois
38 47 Brandon Brown Chevrolet Mike Harmon Racing Mike Harmon Racing Ryan Bell
*39 66 JJ Yeley Ford Elliott's Trailers & Carts Motorsports Business Management George Church
*40 13 Brad Perez Toyota APEX Coffee Roasters Motorsports Business Management Jason Houghtaling
*41 78 Josh Williams Chevrolet ALLOY EMPLOYER SERVICES Bj Mcleod Motorsports Mike Tyska
*42 90 Mason Filippi Chevrolet OpenFender.com/Motorized Shade Dgm Racing Mike Garvey

* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.