The official 2022 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.
Saturday, July 30th, 2022
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, Speedway, IN
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.
ST | # | DRIVER | MAKE | SPD | TIME | BHND | SPONSOR | TEAM | CREW CHIEF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 16 | AJ Allmendinger | Chevrolet | 97.834 | 89.748 | 0.000 | Nutrien Ag Solutions | Kaulig Racing | Bruce Schlicker |
2 | 54 | Ty Gibbs | Toyota | 97.732 | 89.842 | 0.093 | Monster Energy | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chris Gayle |
3 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Ford | 97.478 | 90.076 | 0.327 | Monster Energy | Stewart-haas Racing | Richard Boswell |
4 | 17 | Alex Bowman | Chevrolet | 97.333 | 90.210 | 0.461 | Hendrickcars.com | Hendrick Motorsports | Kevin Meendering |
5 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Chevrolet | 97.121 | 90.407 | 0.658 | Huck's Market | Jr Motorsports | Taylor Moyer |
6 | 07 | Chase Briscoe | Ford | 96.899 | 90.614 | 0.866 | Production Alliance Group | Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt | Joe Williams |
7 | 9 | Noah Gragson | Chevrolet | 96.631 | 90.865 | 1.117 | Bass Pro Shops TrueTimber BRCC | Jr Motorsports | Luke Lambert |
8 | 8 | Josh Berry | Chevrolet | 96.465 | 91.022 | 1.274 | Jarrett Industries | Jr Motorsports | Mike Bumgarner |
9 | 21 | Austin Hill | Chevrolet | 96.290 | 91.187 | 1.439 | Bennett Transportation | Richard Childress Racing | Andy Street |
10 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | Chevrolet | 96.149 | 91.321 | 1.573 | BRANDT/Precision Build | Jr Motorsports | Jason Burdett |
11 | 10 | Landon Cassill | Chevrolet | 96.611 | 90.884 | 1.136 | StormX | Kaulig Racing | Jason Trinchere |
12 | 45 | Sage Karam | Chevrolet | 96.595 | 90.899 | 1.151 | Market Rebellion | Alpha Prime Racing | Frank Kerr |
13 | 18 | Bubba Wallace | Toyota | 96.591 | 90.903 | 1.155 | DoorDash | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jason Ratcliff |
14 | 36 | Alex Labbe | Chevrolet | 96.553 | 90.939 | 1.191 | Can-Am | Dgm Racing | Nathan Kennedy |
15 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Chevrolet | 96.271 | 91.205 | 1.457 | Whelen | Richard Childress Racing | Jeff Stankiewicz |
16 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Chevrolet | 96.233 | 91.241 | 1.493 | AG1 - Athletic Greens | Kaulig Racing | Alex Yontz |
17 | 02 | Brett Moffitt | Chevrolet | 96.141 | 91.328 | 1.580 | Half Off Wholesale | Our Motorsports | Kris Bowen |
18 | 92 | Ross Chastain | Chevrolet | 96.086 | 91.381 | 1.633 | Farmer's Promise | Dgm Racing | Mario Gosselin |
19 | 88 | Miguel Paludo | Chevrolet | 95.982 | 91.480 | 1.732 | BRANDT | Jr Motorsports | Jason Stockert |
20 | 68 | Austin Dillon | Chevrolet | 95.944 | 91.516 | 1.768 | Maestro's Classic | Brandonbilt Motorsports | Doug Randolph |
21 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Chevrolet | 95.763 | 91.689 | 1.941 | Ergodyne Work Gear | Our Motorsports | Chad Walter |
22 | 08 | Andy Lally | Ford | 95.609 | 91.837 | 2.089 | TicketSmarter / Special Report | Ss-glr W/jeff Lefcourt | Jason Miller |
23 | 91 | Preston Pardus | Chevrolet | 95.559 | 91.885 | 2.137 | Chinchor Electric/Danus | Dgm Racing | Dan Pardus |
24 | 48 | Kaz Grala | Chevrolet | 95.470 | 91.970 | 2.222 | Ruedebusch.com Big Machine | Big Machine Racing | Patrick Donahue |
25 | 31 | Myatt Snider | Chevrolet | 95.350 | 92.086 | 2.338 | Louisiana Hot Sauce | Jordan Anderson Racing | Shane Whitbeck |
26 | 23 | Anthony Alfredo | Chevrolet | 95.312 | 92.123 | 2.375 | K&L Ready Mix | Our Motorsports | Pat Tryson |
27 | 6 | Ty Dillon | Chevrolet | 95.270 | 92.163 | 2.415 | Black Hole Ammunitions | Jd Motorsports | Kase Kallenbach |
28 | 34 | Kyle Weatherman | Chevrolet | 95.157 | 92.273 | 2.525 | Equity Prime Mortgage | Jesse Iwuji Motorsports | Dan Stillman |
29 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Chevrolet | 95.150 | 92.280 | 2.532 | Wings Etc Grill & Pub | Jeremy Clements Racing | Mark Setzer |
30 | 26 | Santino Ferrucci | Toyota | 94.876 | 92.546 | 2.798 | Screamin Sicilian / Kroger | Sam Hunt Racing | Allen Hart |
31 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Ford | 94.851 | 92.570 | 2.822 | CMRroofing.com\ A-game | Rss Racing | Kevin Starland |
32 | 5 | Scott Heckert | Chevrolet | 94.834 | 92.587 | 2.839 | Malco | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | David Ingram |
33 | 44 | Ryan Ellis | Chevrolet | 94.807 | 92.613 | 2.865 | KeenParts.com | Alpha Prime Racing | Michael Brandt |
34 | 4 | Bayley Currey | Chevrolet | 94.380 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Hy-Vee | Jd Motorsports | Wayne Carroll Jr |
35 | 38 | Patrick Gallagher | Ford | 94.094 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Belle haven | Rss Racing | Steve Addington |
36 | 19 | Brandon Jones | Toyota | 93.020 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Menards\DuPont Air Filters | Joe Gibbs Racing | Jeff Meendering |
37 | 35 | Parker Kligerman | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | Pro Master | Emerling Gase Motorsports | Rick Bourgeois |
38 | 47 | Brandon Brown | Chevrolet | 92.909 | 94.505 | 4.757 | Mike Harmon Racing | Mike Harmon Racing | Ryan Bell |
*39 | 66 | JJ Yeley | Ford | 93.568 | 93.840 | 4.092 | Elliott's Trailers & Carts | Motorsports Business Management | George Church |
*40 | 13 | Brad Perez | Toyota | 94.416 | 92.997 | 3.249 | APEX Coffee Roasters | Motorsports Business Management | Jason Houghtaling |
*41 | 78 | Josh Williams | Chevrolet | 94.742 | 92.677 | 2.929 | ALLOY EMPLOYER SERVICES | Bj Mcleod Motorsports | Mike Tyska |
*42 | 90 | Mason Filippi | Chevrolet | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | OpenFender.com/Motorized Shade | Dgm Racing | Mike Garvey |
* Did Not Qualify (DNQ) for race.