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Check out the DraftKings DFS driver scoring results for the 2025 Pennzoil 250, highlighting points breakdowns, top performers, and fantasy stats from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway race.

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Pennzoil 250

Saturday, July 26th, 2025

Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indianapolis, IN

Previous race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • 5 Toyota
  • 28 Chevrolet
  • 5 Ford

  • Friday, July 25th, 2025
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: Zilisch Eyes Third Straight Win in Indy Debut

Talk about a quick study.

No NASCAR Xfinity Series driver comes to Indianapolis Motor Speedway with more momentum than Connor Zilisch, who won his series-best fourth race of the season and fifth of his young career in last Saturday’s rain-shortened event at Dover Motor Speedway.

Fresh from consecutive victories at Sonoma Raceway and Dover, Zilisch will try for a third straight win in Saturday’s Pennzoil 250 on the historic 2.5-mile oval (4:30 p.m. ET on CW, IMS Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

All five of Zilisch’s victories have come in his series debuts at the respective tracks, dating to his first Xfinity start last year at Watkins Glen International. In addition, with his win at Dover, Zilisch trimmed the series lead of JR Motorsports teammate and reigning series champion Justin Allgaier to 56 points with six races left in the regular season.

Zilisch, who turned 19 on Tuesday, believes the regular-season crown might be difficult to attain.

“Fifty-six points is a lot, especially when you’re racing against Justin Allgaier,” Zilisch said. “It’s going to be hard to make that up with him being the points leader, but I would never say never. He would need to have very bad luck, and I would need to continue this crazy streak that I’m on.”

That streak includes wins in three of the last five races, eight consecutive top-five finishes (with three second-place runs to go with the three wins) and an average result of 2.25 over those eight events.

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Pennzoil 250
  • Pole Winner: Sam Mayer
  • Age: 22
  • Team : No 41 - Audibel Ford
  • Owner: Gene Haas
  • Crew Chief: Jason Trinchere
  • Sam Mayer won the Pole Award for the Pennzoil 250 with a lap of 54014 seconds, 166623 mph
  • This is his fourth pole in 138 NASCAR Xfinity Series races
  • This is his first pole and 15th top-10 start in 2025
  • This is his first pole in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Nick Sanchez (second) posted his 11th top-10 start of 2025 and his first in one race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Sheldon Creed (third) posted his first top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway It is his 11th in 21 races this season
  • Nick Sanchez (second) was the fastest qualifying rookie

  • Saturday, July 26th, 2025
  • NASCAR Wire Service - Reid Spencer
Zilisch Scores Hat Trick at Indy, Delivers JRM's Historic 100th Win

As contrary as it might seem, there was ambivalence in Connor Zilisch’s victory in Saturday’s Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Yes, Zilisch won his third straight NASCAR Xfinity Series race and added to his inarguable credentials as a budding superstar.

What’s more, Zilisch delivered victory No.100 to JR Motorsports , the organization founded by Dale Earnhardt Jr. and his sister, Kelly Earnhardt Miller.

But Zilisch’s victory came at the expense of teammate Justin Allgaier, who made a heroic move on the outside to retake the lead from Kyle Larson on Lap 74 and had the win in his sights until the following restart on Lap 87.

That’s when Larson’s No. 17 Chevrolet broke loose in Turn 1 and turned Allgaier’s Chevrolet into the outside wall and out of the race.

That left Zilisch and Taylor Gray to battle for the lead after a restart with four laps left. With a push from the Ford of Sam Mayer, Zilisch took control on Lap 99 of 100 and held on to win by 0.339 seconds over Mayer as Gray slipped to third.

“I see some bricks that look kissable, and I’m going to kiss them,” Zilisch said, referencing an Indianapolis tradition started by NASCAR Hall of Famer Dale Jarrett. “This is awesome. One hundred wins for JRM. Congrats to Dale, Kelley, L.W. (Miller), everybody who’s raced for JRM, everybody who works at JRM.”

“I’m the smallest part of this team, and I’m so glad to be a part of it.”

Zilisch’s fifth victory of the season and sixth of his career followed wins at Sonoma Raceway and Dover Motor Speedway in his last two starts. With Allgaier finishing 36th after the wreck, Zilisch, who turned 19 on Tuesday, cut his teammate’s lead in the series standings to 21 points with five races left in the regular season.

“I hate it for Justin, because he’s been the cornerstone of company for so many years,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said of the reigning series champion. “He’s been dependable, reliable, great with our partners, and he want to do these things for us.”

A violent accident involving the cars of Aric Almirola and Austin Hill set up the final restart with four laps left. On Lap 91, Almirola looked to the inside of Hill’s No. 21 Chevrolet exiting the short chute leading to Turn 4.

Hill’s car got loose but recovered, then turned left into Almirola’s Toyota, sending the Supra hard into the outside wall.

“Of course it was intentional,” Almirola said after a mandatory trip to the infield care center. “It was time to go, and I got him loose, and he just turned left and hooked me in the right rear. Honestly, it was one of the biggest hits in my entire NASCAR career.”

NASCAR held Hill’s Camaro on pit road for five laps for rough driving and will review the incident in the coming week for additional penalties, if warranted.

Larson survived the accident with Allgaier to finish fourth, and Ryan Sieg came home fifth. William Sawalich, Sammy Smith, Daniel Dye, Jesse Love and Dean Thompson completed the top 10.

Jeb Burton ran 15th and leads his cousin, Harrison Burton, by 10 points in the race for the final Xfinity Series Playoff spot. Harrison Burton finished 18th.

  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Laps Scheduled: 100
  • Margin of Victory: 0.339 Seconds
  • Time of Race: 2 Hours 22 Minutes 59 Seconds
  • Average Speed: 104.907
  • Cautions: 6 for 29 laps
  • Lead Changes: 10
  • Green Flag Passes: 1,081 (15.2 passes per green flag lap)

  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Pennzoil 250
  • Race Winner: Connor Zilisch
  • Age: 19
  • Team : No 88 - WeatherTech Chevrolet
  • Owner: Dale Earnhardt, Jr
  • Crew Chief: Mardy Lindley
  • Connor Zilisch won the Pennzoil 250, his sixth victory in 24 Xfinity Series races
  • This is his fifth victory and 12th top-10 finish in 2025
  • This is his first victory and first top-10 finish in one race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Sam Mayer (second) posted his first top-10 finish in two races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway It is his 12th top-10 finish in 2025
  • Taylor Gray (third) posted his first top-10 finish in one races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
  • Connor Zilisch (first) was the highest finishing rookie
  • Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 21 points over Connor Zilisch #
Kyle Larson, driver of the #17 HendrickCars.com Chevrolet, Justin Allgaier, driver of the #7 Hellmann
Indianapolis, Indiana - July 26, 2025 : Two-wide chaos, zero margin for error - Larson, Allgaier, Mayer, and Jones dice it up in the heart of the Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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FINISH & PLACE DIFFERENTIAL POINTS FAST LAP POINTS LAPS LED POINTS TOTAL POINTS
RNK SLRY DRIVER TEAM # MAKE LAPS DR ST FIN FIN PTS PD PTS FST % FST FST PTS LED % LED LED PTS TOT PTS
2 11,000 Connor Zilisch JR Motorsports 88 Chevrolet 100 131.40 7 1 45 6 11 17.19 4.95 19 19.0 4.75 60.70
5 9,000 Sam Mayer Haas Factory Team 41 Ford 100 117.20 1 2 42 -1 7 10.94 3.15 32 32.0 8.00 52.15
4 8,600 Taylor Gray Joe Gibbs Racing 54 Toyota 100 105.40 14 3 41 11 4 6.25 1.80 3 3.0 0.75 54.55
1 13,000 Kyle Larson Hendrick Motorsports 17 Chevrolet 100 107.60 19 4 40 15 14 21.88 6.30 7 7.0 1.75 63.05
3 7,700 Ryan Sieg RSS Racing 39 Ford 100 89.30 21 5 39 16 1 1.56 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 55.45
8 7,500 William Sawalich Joe Gibbs Racing 18 Toyota 100 90.80 9 6 38 3 1 1.56 0.45 0 0.0 0.00 41.45
9 8,200 Sammy Smith JR Motorsports 8 Chevrolet 100 85.20 11 7 37 4 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 41.00
6 6,900 Daniel Dye Kaulig Racing 10 Chevrolet 100 80.30 18 8 36 10 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 46.00
17 9,500 Jesse Love Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevrolet 100 95.70 4 9 35 -5 4 6.25 1.80 0 0.0 0.00 31.80
11 7,000 Dean Thompson Sam Hunt Racing 26 Toyota 100 78.50 16 10 34 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 40.00
6 6,300 Matt DiBenedetto Viking Motorsports 99 Chevrolet 100 72.70 25 11 32 14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 46.00
18 6,000 Jeremy Clements Jeremy Clements Racing 51 Chevrolet 100 73.30 12 12 31 0 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 31.00
16 7,900 Christian Eckes Kaulig Racing 16 Chevrolet 100 63.20 15 13 30 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 32.00
9 6,800 Parker Retzlaff Alpha Prime Racing 4 Chevrolet 100 56.20 26 14 29 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 41.00
13 7,200 Jeb Burton Jordan Anderson Racing 27 Chevrolet 100 67.70 23 15 28 8 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 36.00
12 5,900 Kyle Sieg RSS Racing 28 Ford 100 58.00 28 16 27 12 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 39.00
29 9,300 Sheldon Creed Haas Factory Team 00 Ford 100 86.70 3 17 26 -14 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 12.00
21 7,100 Harrison Burton AM Racing 25 Ford 100 63.20 20 18 25 2 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
14 5,500 Josh Bilicki DGM Racing 91 Chevrolet 100 44.30 30 19 24 11 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 35.00
19 6,100 Brennan Poole Alpha Prime Racing 44 Chevrolet 100 55.70 27 20 23 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 30.00
15 5,700 Ryan Ellis DGM Racing 71 Chevrolet 100 50.00 34 21 21 13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 34.00
20 6,600 Josh Williams Kaulig Racing 11 Chevrolet 100 56.30 31 22 20 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 29.00
26 6,500 Anthony Alfredo Young's Motorsports 42 Chevrolet 100 54.80 22 23 19 -1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 18.00
21 5,200 Mason Massey Alpha Prime Racing 45 Chevrolet 100 40.70 33 24 18 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 27.00
23 5,000 Garrett Smithley SS-Green Light Racing 14 Chevrolet 100 44.80 32 25 17 7 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
30 5,800 Leland Honeyman Jr Cope Family Racing 70 Chevrolet 100 52.30 17 26 16 -9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 7.00
23 4,800 Joey Gase Joey Gase Motorsports 53 Chevrolet 100 35.70 36 27 15 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 24.00
28 5,400 Blaine Perkins Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevrolet 100 35.80 29 28 14 1 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 15.00
25 5,100 David Starr Joey Gase Motorsports 35 Chevrolet 100 31.20 38 29 13 9 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 22.00
33 8,400 Carson Kvapil JR Motorsports 1 Chevrolet 100 69.00 10 30 12 -20 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -8.00
27 4,700 Dawson Cram Mike Harmon Racing 74 Chevrolet 100 30.50 37 31 10 6 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 16.00
36 8,800 Brandon Jones Joe Gibbs Racing 20 Toyota 97 90.10 5 32 9 -27 2 3.13 0.90 0 0.0 0.00 -17.10
38 8,000 Nicholas Sanchez Big Machine Racing 48 Chevrolet 96 71.00 2 33 8 -31 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -23.00
35 10,000 Austin Hill Richard Childress Racing 21 Chevrolet 95 75.20 13 34 7 -21 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -14.00
37 10,500 Aric Almirola Joe Gibbs Racing 19 Toyota 90 95.20 6 35 6 -29 5 7.81 2.25 2 2.2 0.50 -20.25
32 11,500 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports 7 Chevrolet 87 110.30 8 36 5 -28 15 23.44 6.75 37 42.5 9.25 -7.00
34 4,500 Katherine Legge Jordan Anderson Racing 32 Chevrolet 74 52.50 24 37 4 -13 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 -9.00
31 5,300 Logan Bearden SS-Green Light Racing 07 Chevrolet 37 23.20 35 38 3 -3 0 0 0.00 0 0.0 0.00 0.00