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NASCAR Xfinity Series

Pennzoil 250

Indianapolis Motor Speedway

July 20th, 2024

Race #20 of the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series Season

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Laps Scheduled: 100
Time of Race : 02 Hours 28 minutes 08 seconds
Average Speed: 101.260 mph
Margin of Victory : 00.167 seconds
Cautions: 7
Caution Laps: 29
Lead Changes: 12
Cars in Race : 38
Finished On Lead Lap: 29 (76%)

Riley Herbst kisses the bricks — Indianapolis, Indiana - July 20th, 2024: Riley Herbst, driver of the #98 Monster Energy Ford, kisses the bricks after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Photo by Justin Casterline | Getty Images

FIN	ST	Car #	Driver	Make	TOT PTS	F PTS	B PTS	PO PTS	Laps	Led	x Led	S1	S2	STUS
1	2	98	Riley Herbst	Ford	58	40	18	6	100	30	4	1	3	Running
2	1	00	Cole Custer	Ford	45	35	10	0	100	47	4	6	6	Running
3	3	20	Aric Almirola	Toyota	46	34	12	0	100	5	2	8	2	Running
4	23	97	Shane van Gisbergen	Chevrolet	37	33	4	0	100	0	0	0	7	Running
5	12	18	Sheldon Creed	Toyota	33	32	1	0	100	0	0	0	10	Running
6	14	21	Austin Hill	Chevrolet	34	31	3	0	100	0	0	0	8	Running
7	22	10	Daniel Dye	Chevrolet	0	0	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
8	8	16	AJ Allmendinger	Chevrolet	45	29	16	0	100	4	1	2	4	Running
9	9	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	40	28	12	0	100	0	0	5	5	Running
10	7	88	Carson Kvapil	Chevrolet	29	27	2	0	100	0	0	9	0	Running
11	27	39	Ryan Sieg	Ford	44	26	18	1	100	4	1	3	1	Running
12	38	48	Parker Kligerman	Chevrolet	29	25	4	0	100	0	0	7	0	Running
13	15	2	Jesse Love	Chevrolet	24	24	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
14	16	26	Conor Daly	Toyota	23	23	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
15	6	9	Brandon Jones	Chevrolet	29	22	7	0	100	10	1	4	0	Running
16	29	38	Matt DiBenedetto	Ford	22	21	1	0	100	0	0	10	0	Running
17	17	19	Joe Graf Jr	Toyota	20	20	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
18	21	8	Sammy Smith	Chevrolet	19	19	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
19	11	27	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	18	18	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
20	25	42	Leland Honeyman Jr	Chevrolet	19	17	2	0	100	0	0	0	9	Running
21	30	44	Brennan Poole	Chevrolet	16	16	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
22	31	28	Kyle Sieg	Ford	15	15	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
23	34	43	Ryan Ellis	Chevrolet	14	14	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
24	35	35	Joey Gase	Chevrolet	13	13	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
25	28	91	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	12	12	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
26	36	14	David Starr	Ford	11	11	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
27	32	92	Josh Bilicki	Chevrolet	10	10	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
28	33	13	BJ McLeod	Chevrolet	9	9	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
29	24	29	Blaine Perkins	Ford	8	8	0	0	100	0	0	0	0	Running
30	18	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	7	7	0	0	99	0	0	0	0	Running
31	26	45	Garrett Smithley	Chevrolet	6	6	0	0	97	0	0	0	0	Running
32	37	07	Greg Van Alst	Chevrolet	5	5	0	0	91	0	0	0	0	Ignition
33	13	81	Chandler Smith	Toyota	4	4	0	0	86	0	0	0	0	Running
34	5	5	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	3	3	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	Accident
35	20	31	Parker Retzlaff	Chevrolet	2	2	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	Accident
36	19	11	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	83	0	0	0	0	Accident
37	4	1	Sam Mayer	Chevrolet	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Accident
38	10	15	Josh Berry	Ford	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Accident

Race Infractions

Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Driver	Infraction	Penalty	Lap	Lap Assessed	Flag
Parker Kligerman	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Austin Hill	Pre-Race to the Rear Unapproved Adjustments	Tail End	0	0	White
Sheldon Creed	Pre-Race to the Rear Engine Change	Tail End	0	0	White
Jeb Burton	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
BJ McLeod	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
Jeremy Clements	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
Sam Mayer	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	1	0	Yellow
Sam Mayer	Speeding on pit road Garage	Tail End	1	0	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
Conor Daly	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
Sammy Smith	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
Jesse Love	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	1	7	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Pitting before pit road is open Garage	Tail End	17	0	Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	18	20	Yellow
Jesse Love	Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area	Tail End	18	20	Yellow
David Starr	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	19	20	Yellow
Greg Van Alst	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	19	20	Yellow
Parker Kligerman	Tire violation	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Josh Williams	Tire violation	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Parker Retzlaff	Tire violation	Tail End	32	34	Yellow
Brennan Poole	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	55	59	Yellow
Blaine Perkins	Running over/under equipment	Tail End	57	59	Yellow
Chandler Smith	Tire violation	Tail End	63	65	Yellow
Aric Almirola	Pitting before pit road is open	Tail End	67	71	Yellow

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Race Fast Facts

Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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.

Race Recap

Riley Herbst grabs Xfinity Series win at Indianapolis

July 20th, 2024

By Holly Cain - NASCAR Wire Service

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.