2022 Pennzoil 150


The 2022 Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard was the 20th stock car race of the 2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series, and the eleventh iteration of the event. The race was held on Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Speedway, Indiana at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course, a permanent road course built inside the speedway. The race took the scheduled 62 laps to complete. A. J. Allmendinger, driving for Kaulig Racing, dominated the majority of the race, leading 42 laps, and earning his 14th career NASCAR Xfinity Series win, along with his third of the season. To fill out the podium, Alex Bowman, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, and Justin Allgaier, driving for JR Motorsports, would finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Background

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana, in the United States, is the home of the Indianapolis 500 and the Brickyard 400. It is located on the corner of 16th Street and Georgetown Road, approximately west of Downtown Indianapolis.
Constructed in 1909, it is the original speedway, the first racing facility so named. It has a permanent seating capacity estimated at 235,000 with infield seating raising capacity to an approximate 400,000. It is the highest-capacity sports venue in the world.
In addition to the Indianapolis 500, the speedway also hosts NASCAR's Verizon 200 and Pennzoil 150. From 2000 to 2007, the speedway hosted the Formula One United States Grand Prix, and from 2008 to 2015 the Moto GP.

Practice

The only 30-minute practice session was held on Friday, July 29, at 3:30 PM EST. A. J. Allmendinger, driving for Kaulig Racing, was the fastest in the session, with a lap of 1:31.680, and an average speed of.

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on Friday, July 29, at 4:00 PM EST. Since the road course version of Indianapolis Motor Speedway is a road course, the qualifying system used is a two group system, with two rounds. Drivers will be separated into two groups, Group A and Group B. Each driver will have a lap to set a time. The fastest 5 drivers from each group will advance to the final round. Drivers will also have one lap to set a time. The fastest driver to set a time in the round will win the pole. A. J. Allmendinger, driving for Kaulig Racing, scored the pole for the race, with a lap of 1:29.748, and an average speed of.

Race results

Stage 1 Laps: 20
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
19Noah GragsonJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
231Myatt SniderJordan Anderson RacingChevrolet9
317Alex Bowman 'Hendrick MotorsportsChevrolet0
47Justin AllgaierJR MotorsportsChevrolet7
598Riley HerbstStewart-Haas RacingFord6
654Ty GibbsJoe Gibbs RacingToyota5
78Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet4
82Sheldon Creed 'Richard Childress RacingChevrolet3
916A. J. AllmendingerKaulig RacingChevrolet2
101Sam MayerJR MotorsportsChevrolet1

Stage 2 Laps: 20
Pos.#DriverTeamMakePts
18Josh BerryJR MotorsportsChevrolet10
236Alex LabbéDGM RacingChevrolet9
348Kaz Grala 'Big Machine RacingChevrolet0
445Sage KaramAlpha Prime RacingChevrolet7
591Preston PardusDGM RacingChevrolet6
66Ty Dillon 'JD MotorsportsChevrolet0
74Bayley CurreyJD MotorsportsChevrolet4
823Anthony AlfredoOur MotorsportsChevrolet3
934Kyle WeathermanJesse Iwuji MotorsportsChevrolet2
1038Patrick GallagherRSS RacingFord1

Stage 3 ''Laps: 22''

Standings after the race

;Drivers' Championship standings
  • Note: Only the first 12 positions are included for the driver standings.