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The 2024 Pennzoil 250 NASCAR XFINITY Series pit stop performance data highlights the fastest pit stops, team efficiency, and crew performance from Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Pennzoil 250

Saturday, July 20th, 2024

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN

Previous race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • 25 Chevrolet
  • 5 Toyota
  • 8 Ford

  • Thursday, July 18th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Qualifying could be critical in NASCAR Xfinity Series’ return to Indianapolis “big track”

Historically, if there’s one thing that’s been consistent at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval, it’s the importance of qualifying to NASCAR Xfinity Series drivers.

Brad Keselowski won the 2012 series debut race at big track from the eighth starting position. Since then, all seven Indy winners have started from the top three spots on the grid, four from the pole position.

Kyle Busch has been the dominant Xfinity Series driver at the Indy oval, winning three times from the pole. He won the last race held there in 2019, leading a race-high 46 laps.

Busch, however, won’t be competing in Saturday’s Pennzoil 250.

In fact, JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier is the only former winner entered in Saturday’s race. Allgaier scored an emotional win at the track in 2018.

“It’s great to be going back to the oval at Indianapolis,” Allgaier said. “This is such a special place. I grew up watching races here, and to be able to have the opportunity to go to Victory Lane again on the oval definitely means a lot.

“Hopefully, our Jarrett Chevrolet will be just as strong as we have been throughout this season and we can put ourselves where we want to be in the end. If we can do that, I see no reason why we won’t have the opportunity to kiss the bricks come Saturday afternoon.”

To do so, Allgaier will have to execute a clean race. Though he leads the Xfinity Series with 11 stage wins this season, the speed in his No. 7 Chevrolet has produced just one victory so far, thanks to a series of mishaps and ill fortune.

  • Friday, July 19th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Friday Indianapolis Notebook

Chandler Smith led the NASCAR Xfinity Series 55-minute practice early Friday afternoon posting a lap of 166.756 mph in the No. 81 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota – .060-second better than Parker Kligerman in the No. 48 Big Machine Racing Chevrolet.

IndyCar veteran Conor Daly was third fastest, followed by Brandon Jones and Riley Herbst. Current championship leader, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Cole Custer was 11th on the speed chart.

  • Pennzoil 250 Presented by Advance Auto Parts
  • Pole Winner: Cole Custer
  • Age: 26
  • Team : No 00 - Haas Automation Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
  • Cole Custer won the Pole Award for the Pennzoil 250 Presented by Advance Auto Parts with a lap of 53705 seconds, 167582 mph
  • This is his 23rd pole in 163 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his fifth pole and 16th top-10 start in 2024
  • This is his first pole in four races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Riley Herbst (second) posted his 10th top-10 start of 2024 and his first in one race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Aric Almirola (third) posted his second top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway It is his fifth in six races this season
  • Jesse Love (15th) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, July 20th, 2024
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Holly Cain
Riley Herbst grabs Xfinity Series win at Indianapolis

In one of the most dramatic NASCAR Xfinity Series finishes in recent memory at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Stewart-Haas Racing’s Riley Herbst took the lead in the final corner of the final lap to claim his first victory of the season in Saturday’s Pennzoil 250 – formally punching his ticket to the 2024 Playoffs.

Three different drivers led the final three laps in the series’ return to the famous speedway’s 2.5-mile oval after four years of competing on the track’s road course. Ultimately, the 25-year-old Herbst drove his No. 98 SHR Ford sideways exiting Turn 4 to negotiate his way past veteran Aric Almirola and race off to a .167-second win over his SHR teammate Cole Custer and Almirola.

Custer led Lap 98. Almirola led Lap 99. And Herbst held the lead for the most important, Lap 100. The three were three-wide on the white flag lap, signaling one lap to-go with Almirola taking the white flag out front. Herbst caught him and dove low to claim the lead coming out of Turn 4 on the next lap and Custer raced past Almirola in the closing feet to give SHR a 1-2 finish.

“This is Indianapolis, this is the most famous race track in the world and it’s an honor just to walk into the place, let alone win,” said Herbst, whose only other series win was in at his hometown Las Vegas track last year. “We’ve had speed all year and I felt like we could win. I just messed up on restarts a little bit but just continued to work and continued to work.

“I’m proud of these guys. Proud of Stewart-Haas Racing. Obviously, with the news of us (the current Stewart-Haas Racing team) shutting down these guys could have given up on me and Cole but they stuck behind me and Cole and it’s back-to-back wins for Stewart-Haas Racing.”

The teammates combined to lead 77 of the 100 laps with Custer’s 47 laps out front most in the field. Custer, Saturday’s polesitter was smiling when he climbed out of his No. 00 SHR Ford and was the first to congratulate Herbst.

“What an awesome day for SHR, two cars up front all day, qualified one-two and finished one-two, so an unbelievable day for SHR,” said Custer, who started his day with a big announcement that he would be driving for the new single-car Haas Factory Team in the NASCAR Cup Series next year.

The defending series champion – who claimed his first win of 2024 last week at Pocono, Pa. – continues to lead the points standings and with his second place showing now has a 56-point advantage over JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier, who finished ninth Saturday.

The former fulltime NASCAR Cup Series driver Almirola, 40, making his first start in the Xfinity Series since May 11, finished third in the No. 20 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. The former Stewart-Haas Racing driver was also among the first to congratulate Herbst on the hard-fought victory.

“They (Herbst and Custer) were the class of the field but I knew if they got racing there was going to be an opportunity to steal it and I got the lead and thought and just got too tight in [turn] three and he got back inside me,” Almirola said, adding, “Those guys deserve it. I know all the guys on the team. They’re a great group of guys and proud and happy for those guys.”

Rookie Shane Van Gisbergen, the former Australian SuperCars champion, finished a strong fourth-place, making his way forward after opting for fresh tires on a final pit stop and turning in an inspired final restart with 10 laps remaining. A three-time road course winner this season, that fourth place was his best finish on an oval since a third place finish at Atlanta Motor Speedway in February.

“It’s tough and I’m obviously still learning and I’m probably still a bit too conservative but I feel like the car got better and I got better,” Van Gisbergen said. “This Xfinity Series is so fun, the way the cars move around and the way they’re all sliding.

“I had a blast.”

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Sheldon Creed finished fifth. Richard Childress Racing’s Austin Hill, who started from the rear of the field after some last minute adjustments on his Chevrolet, rallied to a sixth-place finish.

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series regular Daniel Dye was seventh, followed by two-time Indy winner A.J. Allmendinger, Allgaier and 21-year-old Carson Kvapil, who was making his sixth start of the year driving for JR Motorsports.

It was perhaps a fittingly dramatic ending to a race that got off to a tumultuous start with a 12-car accident taking multiple cars out of contention early. JR Motorsports Sam Mayer, a two-time race winner this year, spun out after making a three-wide move in Turn 3 collecting multiple cars and damaging more as they tried to avoid.

Fulltime NASCAR Cup Series driver Josh Berry, who was driving the No. 15 AM Racing Ford was among those collected in the melee and was officially scored last. He and Mayer were unable to complete one lap.

Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chandler Smith retired on Lap 37, his No. 81 Toyota never able to overcome the damage from the first lap incident.

RSS Racing’s Ryan Sieg holds a slim three-point edge over JR Motorsports’ Sammy Smith for the final points Playoff transfer position with six races remaining to set the 12-driver Playoff field.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Margin of Victory: 0.167 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 28 Minutes 8 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 101.260
  • Cautions: 7 for 29 laps
  • Lead Changes: 12
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,379 (19.4 passes per green flag lap)

  • Pennzoil 250 Presented by Advance Auto Parts
  • Race Winner: Riley Herbst
  • Age: 25
  • Team : No 98 - Monster Energy Ford
  • Owner: Tony Stewart
  • Crew Chief: Davin Restivo
  • Riley Herbst won the Pennzoil 250 Presented by Advance Auto Parts, his second victory in 162 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first victory and ninth top-10 finish in 2024
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Cole Custer (second) posted his third top-10 finish in four races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway It is his 16th top-10 finish in 2024
  • Aric Almirola (third) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Shane Van Gisbergen (fourth) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Cole Custer leads the point standings by 56 points over Justin Allgaier
Xfinity Series pit stops at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Las Vegas, Nevada - September 25, 2020 : Xfinity Series pit stops at Las Vegas Motor Speedway
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Entry List
Qualifying
Lineup
Results
Loop Data
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Practice 1
Practice-Qualifying
Pit Stall Selections

Pit Stop Summary Report

Summary of each driver's pit stop during the race. Detailed Report is below the Summary Report.

Average Driver and Crew Pit Stop Time
Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pit Stop Summary
DRIVER ST FIN STATUS PIT STOPS AVG DRVR TIME DRVR RANK AVG CREW TIME CREW RANK AVG TTL TIME TTL RANK FST STOP SLW STOP
Riley Herbst 2 1 Running 2 38.966 5 13.812 1 52.777 1 52.348 53.206
Conor Daly 16 14 Running 3 39.092 10 14.069 2 53.161 2 47.994 56.477
Aric Almirola 3 3 Running 2 39.059 8 14.196 3 53.255 3 52.346 54.163
Cole Custer 1 2 Running 2 38.569 2 14.714 5 53.283 4 53.089 53.476
Sheldon Creed 12 5 Running 3 39.031 7 14.559 4 53.591 5 53.273 54.154
Austin Hill 14 6 Running 3 39.002 6 14.737 6 53.739 6 52.557 54.441
Shane van Gisbergen 23 4 Running 4 38.378 1 16.524 12 54.902 7 53.766 56.814
AJ Allmendinger 8 8 Running 2 39.279 15 15.847 9 55.126 8 55.051 55.200
Sammy Smith 21 18 Running 3 39.889 24 15.660 7 55.549 9 54.404 56.237
Jeb Burton 11 19 Running 3 39.923 25 15.725 8 55.648 10 49.359 60.600
Justin Allgaier 9 9 Running 3 39.091 9 16.661 13 55.752 11 55.192 56.105
Jesse Love 15 13 Running 2 39.824 23 16.398 11 56.222 12 55.643 56.800
Brandon Jones 6 15 Running 3 39.538 19 16.850 14 56.387 13 56.331 56.483
Ryan Sieg 27 11 Running 3 39.669 21 17.076 15 56.744 14 55.513 57.436
Carson Kvapil 7 10 Running 3 39.452 17 17.440 17 56.892 15 55.776 57.770
Anthony Alfredo 5 34 Accident 2 38.795 3 18.217 21 57.011 16 56.975 57.047
Brennan Poole 30 21 Running 2 39.767 22 17.351 16 57.117 17 55.924 58.310
Matt DiBenedetto 29 16 Running 2 39.125 11 18.150 20 57.275 18 57.184 57.365
Joe Graf Jr 17 17 Running 3 39.247 13 18.075 19 57.321 19 54.648 62.154
Josh Williams 19 36 Accident 2 39.516 18 18.001 18 57.517 20 56.421 58.612
Daniel Dye 22 7 Running 3 39.266 14 18.463 23 57.728 21 56.996 59.027
Parker Retzlaff 20 35 Accident 2 39.438 16 18.418 22 57.856 22 56.686 59.025
David Starr 36 26 Running 3 42.855 34 16.215 10 59.070 23 52.156 63.444
Parker Kligerman 38 12 Running 3 38.804 4 20.875 28 59.680 24 56.567 64.267
Garrett Smithley 26 31 Running 2 40.439 27 19.535 25 59.974 25 59.322 60.626
Ryan Ellis 34 23 Running 3 41.026 29 19.797 26 60.822 26 58.261 64.928
Chandler Smith 13 33 Running 1 40.075 26 20.889 29 60.964 27 60.964 60.964
Blaine Perkins 24 29 Running 3 41.921 32 19.230 24 61.151 28 57.602 63.466
Leland Honeyman Jr 25 20 Running 2 39.626 20 22.386 31 62.011 29 60.882 63.140
Kyle Sieg 31 22 Running 3 39.156 12 22.889 33 62.044 30 60.768 64.440
Greg Van Alst 37 32 Ignition 3 42.653 33 19.974 27 62.627 31 58.875 67.893
Jeremy Clements 18 30 Running 2 41.443 30 21.637 30 63.080 32 58.386 67.773
Joey Gase 35 24 Running 3 43.147 35 22.719 32 65.866 33 61.797 71.447
Josh Bilicki 32 27 Running 2 41.624 31 25.276 34 66.900 34 64.056 69.743
Kyle Weatherman 28 25 Running 2 40.597 28 26.408 35 67.005 35 63.098 70.911

Pit Stop Detailed Report

Each 2- and 4-wheel pit stop during the race.

Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway Pit Stop Detail
DRIVER LDR LAP DRV LAP DRV TIME CREW TIME TOT TIME TYPE
AJ Allmendinger 56 56 39.238 15.813 55.051 4-wheel change
AJ Allmendinger 31 31 39.320 15.880 55.200 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 17 17 38.699 13.647 52.346 4-wheel change
Aric Almirola 56 56 39.418 14.745 54.163 4-wheel change
David Starr 85 85 42.778 9.378 52.156 Right-sides only
David Starr 56 56 41.993 19.617 61.610 4-wheel change
David Starr 31 31 43.794 19.650 63.444 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 17 17 39.110 16.082 55.192 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 85 85 39.008 16.951 55.959 4-wheel change
Justin Allgaier 56 56 39.154 16.951 56.105 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 85 85 38.748 17.819 56.567 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 56 56 38.854 19.351 58.205 4-wheel change
Parker Kligerman 31 31 38.811 25.456 64.267 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 85 85 42.109 19.688 61.797 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 56 56 42.943 21.410 64.353 4-wheel change
Joey Gase 17 17 44.389 27.058 71.447 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 85 85 39.750 9.609 49.359 Right-sides only
Jeb Burton 56 56 39.205 17.780 56.985 4-wheel change
Jeb Burton 31 31 40.813 19.787 60.600 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 31 31 39.302 17.882 57.184 4-wheel change
Matt DiBenedetto 56 56 38.948 18.417 57.365 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 31 31 40.946 17.315 58.261 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 56 56 40.428 18.850 59.278 4-wheel change
Ryan Ellis 85 85 41.703 23.225 64.928 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 31 31 40.920 14.593 55.513 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 85 85 39.165 18.119 57.284 4-wheel change
Ryan Sieg 61 61 38.921 18.515 57.436 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 17 17 39.142 23.956 63.098 4-wheel change
Kyle Weatherman 56 56 42.051 28.860 70.911 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 85 85 39.507 16.417 55.924 4-wheel change
Brennan Poole 31 31 40.026 18.284 58.310 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 17 17 38.575 14.514 53.089 4-wheel change
Cole Custer 56 56 38.562 14.914 53.476 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 61 61 39.138 20.184 59.322 4-wheel change
Garrett Smithley 31 31 41.740 18.886 60.626 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 85 85 40.897 23.159 64.056 4-wheel change
Josh Bilicki 56 56 42.351 27.392 69.743 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 85 85 38.909 13.648 52.557 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 17 17 38.769 15.449 54.218 4-wheel change
Austin Hill 56 56 39.328 15.113 54.441 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 85 85 39.647 16.684 56.331 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 56 56 39.266 17.082 56.348 4-wheel change
Brandon Jones 17 17 39.700 16.783 56.483 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 3 2 38.402 19.984 58.386 4-wheel change
Jeremy Clements 31 31 44.484 23.289 67.773 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 85 85 39.264 15.384 54.648 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 56 56 39.381 15.781 55.162 4-wheel change
Joe Graf Jr 17 17 39.095 23.059 62.154 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 56 56 38.939 17.482 56.421 4-wheel change
Josh Williams 31 31 40.093 18.519 58.612 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 56 56 38.970 13.378 52.348 4-wheel change
Riley Herbst 31 31 38.961 14.245 53.206 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 17 17 38.991 17.984 56.975 4-wheel change
Anthony Alfredo 56 56 38.598 18.449 57.047 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 85 85 39.425 13.848 53.273 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 17 17 39.098 14.247 53.345 4-wheel change
Sheldon Creed 56 56 38.571 15.583 54.154 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 85 85 40.517 17.085 57.602 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 31 31 43.801 18.583 62.384 4-wheel change
Blaine Perkins 56 56 41.445 22.021 63.466 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 56 56 39.517 21.251 60.768 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 85 85 38.835 22.090 60.925 4-wheel change
Kyle Sieg 17 17 39.115 25.325 64.440 4-wheel change
Chandler Smith 85 71 40.075 20.889 60.964 4-wheel change
Conor Daly 85 85 39.619 8.375 47.994 Right-sides only
Conor Daly 56 56 38.396 16.615 55.011 4-wheel change
Conor Daly 31 31 39.261 17.216 56.477 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 56 56 39.303 17.383 56.686 4-wheel change
Parker Retzlaff 31 31 39.572 19.453 59.025 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 31 31 39.258 15.146 54.404 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 85 85 40.121 15.884 56.005 4-wheel change
Sammy Smith 61 61 40.288 15.949 56.237 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 61 61 38.731 22.151 60.882 4-wheel change
Leland Honeyman Jr 31 31 40.520 22.620 63.140 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 31 31 39.113 17.883 56.996 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 85 85 39.576 17.586 57.162 4-wheel change
Daniel Dye 56 56 39.108 19.919 59.027 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 56 56 39.729 15.914 55.643 4-wheel change
Jesse Love 31 31 39.919 16.881 56.800 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 85 85 38.084 15.682 53.766 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 56 56 38.231 15.814 54.045 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 31 31 38.600 16.382 54.982 4-wheel change
Shane van Gisbergen 17 17 38.596 18.218 56.814 4-wheel change
Greg Van Alst 85 85 40.823 18.052 58.875 4-wheel change
Greg Van Alst 56 56 41.496 19.618 61.114 4-wheel change
Greg Van Alst 31 31 45.640 22.253 67.893 4-wheel change
Carson Kvapil 85 85 39.425 16.351 55.776 4-wheel change
Carson Kvapil 17 17 39.947 17.184 57.131 4-wheel change
Carson Kvapil 56 56 38.984 18.786 57.770 4-wheel change