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Race Results : Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Pennzoil 250

Indianapolis Motor Speedway , Indianapolis, IN

Saturday, July 26th, 2025 Race 21 of 33 2025 Season
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  • 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 #
Connor Zilisch and Dale Earnhardt Jr. pose for photos after winning
Indianapolis, Indiana - July 26, 2025 : Connor Zilisch, driver of the #88 WeatherTech Chevrolet, and Hall of Famer and JR Motorsports team owner, Dale Earnhardt Jr. pose for photos after winning the NASCAR Xfinity Series Pennzoil 250 and JR Motorsports 100th NASCAR Xfinity Series win at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
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Pennzoil 250 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway results
FIN ST # DRIVER MAKE TOT PTS FIN PTS STG PTS PO PTS LAPS LED X LED S1 S2 STATUS
1 7 88 Connor Zilisch Chevrolet 60 40 15 5 100 19 3 5 2 Running
2 1 41 Sam Mayer Ford 51 36 14 1 100 32 1 1 7 Running
3 14 54 Taylor Gray Toyota 42 34 8 0 100 3 1 9 5 Running
4 19 17 Kyle Larson Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 100 7 1 8 3 Running
5 21 39 Ryan Sieg Ford 32 32 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
6 9 18 William Sawalich Toyota 32 31 1 0 100 0 0 0 10 Running
7 11 8 Sammy Smith Chevrolet 30 30 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
8 18 10 Daniel Dye Chevrolet 29 29 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
9 4 2 Jesse Love Chevrolet 34 28 6 0 100 0 0 7 9 Running
10 16 26 Dean Thompson Toyota 27 27 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
11 25 99 Matt DiBenedetto Chevrolet 26 26 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
12 12 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 25 25 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
13 15 16 Christian Eckes Chevrolet 24 24 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
14 26 4 Parker Retzlaff Chevrolet 23 23 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
15 23 27 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 22 22 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
16 28 28 Kyle Sieg Ford 21 21 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
17 3 00 Sheldon Creed Ford 25 20 5 0 100 0 0 6 0 Running
18 20 25 Harrison Burton Ford 19 19 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
19 30 91 Josh Bilicki Chevrolet 18 18 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
20 27 44 Brennan Poole Chevrolet 17 17 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
21 34 71 Ryan Ellis Chevrolet 16 16 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
22 31 11 Josh Williams Chevrolet 15 15 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
23 22 42 Anthony Alfredo Chevrolet 14 14 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
24 33 45 Mason Massey Chevrolet 13 13 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
25 32 14 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 12 12 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
26 17 70 Leland Honeyman Jr Chevrolet 11 11 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
27 36 53 Joey Gase Chevrolet 10 10 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
28 29 31 Blaine Perkins Chevrolet 9 9 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
29 38 35 David Starr Chevrolet 8 8 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
30 10 1 Carson Kvapil Chevrolet 11 7 4 0 100 0 0 10 8 Running
31 37 74 Dawson Cram Chevrolet 6 6 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 Running
32 5 20 Brandon Jones Toyota 17 5 12 0 97 0 0 4 6 Running
33 2 48 Nicholas Sanchez Chevrolet 4 4 0 0 96 0 0 0 0 Running
34 13 21 Austin Hill Chevrolet 3 3 0 0 95 0 0 0 0 Running
35 6 19 Aric Almirola Toyota 17 2 15 0 90 2 1 3 4 Accident
36 8 7 Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 21 1 19 1 87 37 4 2 1 Accident
37 24 32 Katherine Legge Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 74 0 0 0 0 Electrical
38 35 07 Logan Bearden Chevrolet 1 1 0 0 37 0 0 0 0 Electrical

Race Infractions

Penalties imposed prior to or during the race.

Driver Infraction Penalty Lap Lap Assessed Flag
Justin Allgaier Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Garage Tail End 1 0 Green/Yellow
Harrison Burton Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 3 6 Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr Tire violation Tail End 33 36 Yellow
Garrett Smithley Tire violation Tail End 33 36 Yellow
David Starr Tire violation Tail End 33 36 Yellow
Nicholas Sanchez Too many crewmember(s) in contact with pit service area Pass Thru 44 47 Green
Dawson Cram Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 65 66 Yellow
Leland Honeyman Jr Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 67 73 Yellow
Carson Kvapil Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 67 73 Yellow
Dawson Cram Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 69 73 Yellow
Austin Hill Reckless Driving 5 Laps Other - See Notes 91 98 Green
Austin Hill Pitting before pit road is open Tail End 92 96 Yellow
Austin Hill Behavioral: NASCAR member Code of Conduct. (intentional 'hooking' of Aric Almirola) Suspension through race at Iowa Speedway, August 3, 2025 90 100 Checkered