Practice #1 : Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change
Indianapolis Motor Speedway , Indianapolis, IN
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- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change
- Kennametal Pole Award Pole Winner: Sheldon Creed
- Age: 28
- Team : No 00 - Road Ranger Chevrolet
- Owner: Gene Haas
- Crew Chief: Jonathan Toney
- Sheldon Creed won the Pole Award for the Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change with a lap of 53069 seconds, 169591 mph
- This is his fifth pole in 158 NASCAR O'Reilly Series races
- This is his first pole and 14th top-10 start in 2026
- This is his first pole in three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Carson Kvapil (second) posted his 15th top-10 start of 2026 and his third in three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Sam Mayer (third) posted his third top-10 start at Indianapolis Motor Speedway It is his 17th in 22 races this season
- Brent Crews (15th) was the fastest qualifying rookie
- Drivers Entered: 38
- Laps Scheduled: 100
- Margin of Victory: 0.643 Seconds
- Time of Race: 1 Hours 56 Minutes 20 Seconds
- Average Speed: 128.940
- Cautions: 3 for 13 laps
- Lead Changes: 10
- Green Flag Passes: 974 (11.2 passes per green flag lap)
- Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change
- Race Winner: Carson Kvapil
- Age: 23
- Team : No 1 - Wilde Protein Crackers Chevrolet
- Owner: LW Miller
- Crew Chief: Rodney Childers
- Carson Kvapil won the Pennzoil 250 presented by Take 5 Oil Change, his first victory in 64 O'Reilly Series races
- This is his first victory and 13th top-10 finish in 2026
- This is his first victory and second top-10 finish in three races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Justin Allgaier (second) posted his fifth top-10 finish in nine races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway It is his 17th top-10 finish in 2026
- Ross Chastain (third) posted his first top-10 finish in five races at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- Brent Crews (sixth) was the highest finishing rookie
- Justin Allgaier leads the point standings by 264 points over Carson Kvapil
