AJ Allmendinger Scores Dominant Win at Indianapolis Road Course: 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.(Read more)(7-30-2022)
In dominating fashion, #16-AJ Allmendinger won the Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. The win is Allmendinger’s third win of the season, all coming on road courses. On Saturday, he led 42 of 62 laps.
In his first series start since 2018, #17-Alex Bowman finished runner-up. It’s his seventh career top-five finish in 54 starts. #7-Justin Allgaier passed for third on the final lap, with #92-Ross Chastain and #07-Chase Briscoe rounding out the top five.
#98-Riley Herbst rebounded from an early spin to finish sixth. #1-Sam Mayer, #54-Ty Gibbs, #21-Austin Hill and #9-Noah Gragson made up the top 10.
#9-Gragson won the opening stage, his series-high eighth stage win of the season. #8-Berry picked up his sixth stage win of 2022, winning the second stage.
There were eight lead changes among six drivers and four cautions for 11 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was 77.825 mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Drivers Points Standings, Owners Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Penalty Report.
Indianapolis Road Course Paint Schemes
Race Fast Facts – Indianapolis Road Course:
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(i) (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.
Xfinity Series Playoff Standings after Indianapolis Road Course (Race 20 of 33):
1)#54-Ty Gibbs (4 wins, 23 playoff points)
2)#9-Noah Gragson (3 wins, 23 playoff points)
3)#7-Justin Allgaier (3 wins, 21 playoff points)
4)#16-AJ Allmendinger (3 wins, 17 playoff points, regular season championship leader)
5)#8-Josh Berry (2 wins, 16 playoff points)
6)#21-Austin Hill (2 wins, 11 playoff points)
7)#19-Brandon Jones (1 wins, 6 playoff points)
8)#1-Sam Mayer 575, +153
9)#98-Riley Herbst 555, +134
10)#11-Daniel Hemric 512, +91
11)#10-Landon Cassill 477, +56
12)#39-Ryan Sieg 471, +50
Currently below cutline
13)#2-Sheldon Creed 421, -50
14)#23-Anthony Alfred0 396, -75
15)#47-Brandon Brown 388, -83
16)#02-Brett Moffitt 383, -88
See the Drivers Points Standings and Owners Points Standings
Cars to the rear: #4-Bayley Currey, #19-Brandon Jones, #23-Anthony Alfredo, #35-Parker Kligerman, #47-Brandon Brown, #48-Kaz Grala, #68-Austin Dillon (all unapproved adjustments). #07-Chase Briscoe, #88-Miguel Paludo (tire change)
Pit Stall Selections
During the second half of his qualifying lap, #16-AJ Allmendinger made up multiple tenths of a second to score the pole for Saturday’s Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course at 97.834 mph. It’s the third pole of the season for Allmendinger, who won the inaugural Cup race at the Indy road course last year.
As time expired, #54-Ty Gibbs turned the second quickest lap (97.732 mph). #98-Riley Herbst was third in qualifying (97.478 mph), with #17-Alex Bowman (97.333 mph) and #1-Sam Mayer (97.131 mph) rounding out the top five.
#07-Chase Briscoe, #9-Noah Gragson, #8-Josh Berry, #21-Austin Hill and #7-Justin Allgaier make up the top 10 positions.
Did Not Qualify: #13-Brad Perez, #66-JJ Yeley, #78-Josh Williams, #90-Mason Filippe
See the complete Starting Lineup.
Qualifying Results
Qualifying Fast Facts – Indianapolis road course
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.
Practice for the Pennzoil 150 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course is complete. After 20 minutes, the top five, slowest, news and notes:
#16-AJ Allmendinger 95.772 mph
#21-Austin Hill 95.524 mph
#36-Alex Labbe 95.487 mph
#2-Sheldon Creed 95.439 mph
#07-Chase Briscoe 95.436 mph
Slowest: #35-Parker Kligerman 88.529 mph
Most laps run: #54-Gibbs, 10
Notes: Around halfway through the session, #88-Miguel Paludo looped around entering Turn 1 underneath #39-Ryan Sieg. The session ended early, with #66-JJ Yeley stuck in the sand trap.
See full Indianapolis Practice Results.
Qualifying Order
Crew Rosters
Goodyear Tire Notes
There are 42 cars on the entry list for Saturday’s Pennzoil 150 Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Four drivers/teams will miss the show.
Notables: #6-Ty Dillon, #07-Chase Briscoe, #08-Andy Lally, #13-Brad Perez, #17-Alex Bowman, #18-Bubba Wallace, #26-Santino Ferrucci, #34-Kyle Weatherman, #35-Parker Kligerman, #44-Ryan Ellis, #45-Sage Karam, #47-Brandon Brown, #48-Kaz Grala, #68-Austion Dillon, #88-Miguael Paludo, #90-Mason Filippi, #91-Preston Pardus, #92-Ross Chastain
See the full entry list on the Indianapolis Road Course Entry List.
Xfinity Series TandemDraft Stats-Indy RC
