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NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series at Indianapolis
File:Indianapolis Motor Speedway 2024.svg
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series
VenueIndianapolis Motor Speedway
LocationSpeedway, Indiana, United States
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.5 mi (4.0 km)
Turns4

Stock car racing events in the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series have been held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Speedway, Indiana, since 2012.

Current race (Oval)

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Pennzoil 250
File:Pennzoil 250 logo.png
Corporate sponsorPennzoil (title sponsor)
Advance Auto Parts (presenting sponsor)
First race2012
Distance250 miles (400 km)
Laps100
Stages 1/2: 30 each
Final stage: 40
Previous namesIndiana 250 (2012–2013, 2019)
Lilly Diabetes 250 (2014–2018)
Most wins (driver)Kyle Busch (4)
Most wins (team)Joe Gibbs Racing (4)
Most wins (manufacturer)Toyota
Chevrolet (4)

The Pennzoil 250 is a NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series stock car race held at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Connor Zilisch is the defending race winner.

It takes place the Saturday of Kroger Super Weekend.[1][2] This race replaced the Kroger 200, which had been held at the nearby Lucas Oil Indianapolis Raceway Park for the previous 30 years.

History

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In 2012, NASCAR announced that their second-tier series would run a race at IMS. It was called the Indiana 250. From 2014 to 2018, the race was known as the Lilly Diabetes 250.[3]

For 2016, as part of the Xfinity "Dash for Cash" format, the race was 250 miles in total, but two 20-lap heat races, similar to the Can-Am Duel, was to be added to be run prior to the 60-lap main event.

On January 15, 2020, new track owner Roger Penske announced that the race would move from the oval to the track's infield road course; Penske had purchased the track in late-2019. Despite the switch, the NASCAR Cup Series' Brickyard 400 continued to race on the oval,[4] although the Cup race did move to the road course the next season. Royal Dutch Shell took over as title sponsor of the race, renaming it the Pennzoil 150 after their Pennzoil brand.[5]

On March 26, 2020, as part of changes to the 2020 IndyCar Series schedule to account for the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced that the series' GMR Grand Prix—an IMS road course race typically held as a prelude to the Indianapolis 500—would be postponed to July 4, 2020, and form an IndyCar/NASCAR double-header with the Pennzoil 150.[6][7]

On September 28, 2023, it was announced that the Cup and Xfinity Series races at Indianapolis would return to the oval in 2024, reviving the Brickyard 400 and the Xfinity race known as the Pennzoil 250.[8]

Past winners

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Race winners
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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2012 July 28 22 Brad Keselowski Penske Racing Dodge 100 250 (402.336) 1:59:00 126.05 [9]
2013 July 27 54 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 250 (402.336) 1:51:26 134.61 [10]
2014 July 26 3 Ty Dillon Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 100 250 (402.336) 1:49:22 137.153 [11]
2015 July 25 54 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 250 (402.336) 1:49:52 136.529 [12]
2016* July 23 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 63* 157.5 (253.471) 1:09:20 136.298 [13]
2017 July 22 9 William Byron JR Motorsports Chevrolet 100 250 (402.336) 1:58:50 126.227 [14]
2018 September 10* 7 Justin Allgaier JR Motorsports Chevrolet 100 250 (402.336) 2:13:53 112.038 [15]
2019 September 7 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 100 250 (402.336) 2:11:21 114.199 [16]
2020
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2023 		Race run on road course layout
2024 July 20 98 Riley Herbst Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 100 250 (402.336) 2:28:08 101.260 [17]
2025 July 26 88 Connor Zilisch JR Motorsports Chevrolet 100 250 (402.336) 2:22:59 104.907 [18]
  • 2016: Race split into a 60-lap feature, preceded by 2x20-lap heat races for the Xfinity Dash 4 Cash program; feature extended due to NASCAR overtime.
  • 2018: Race postponed from Saturday to Monday due to rain.
Multiple winners (drivers)
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# Wins Driver Years won
4 Kyle Busch 2013, 2015–2016, 2019
Multiple winners (teams)
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# Wins Team Years won
4 Joe Gibbs Racing 2013, 2015–2016, 2019
3 JR Motorsports 2017–2018, 2025
Manufacturer wins
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# Wins Make Years won
4 Japan Toyota 2013, 2015–2016, 2019
United States Chevrolet 2014, 2017–2018, 2025
1 United States Dodge 2012
United States Ford 2024

Qualifying race winners

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2016 July 23 18 Kyle Busch Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 50 (80.467) 00:17:21 172.911 [19]
20 Erik Jones Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 20 50 (80.467) 00:17:24 172.414 [20]

Former road course race

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Pennzoil 150
File:Indianapolis IndycarGP.svg
NASCAR Xfinity Series
VenueIndianapolis Motor Speedway
LocationSpeedway, Indiana, United States
First race2020
Last race2023
Distance151.218 miles (243.362 km)
Laps62
Stages 1/2: 20 each
Final stage: 22
Most wins (manufacturer)Ford (2)
Circuit information
SurfaceAsphalt
Length2.439 mi (3.925 km)
Turns14

The Pennzoil 150 was a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course from 2020 to 2023. The race was held on the Saturday before the NASCAR Cup Series' Brickyard 400 in 2020 and Verizon 200 from 2021 to 2023. The IndyCar Series' Grand Prix of Indianapolis was also held on the same day as this race in all four years it was run. The Xfinity and Cup Series races at the track were moved back to the oval in 2024, reviving the Pennzoil 250 and the Brickyard 400.

History

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After longtime NASCAR and IndyCar team owner Roger Penske purchased Indianapolis Motor Speedway from the George family in 2019, it announced on January 15, 2020, that the Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis would move from the oval to the track's infield road course. However, the NASCAR Cup Series race at the track would remain on the oval.[21] The Cup Series race would end up moving to the road course the following year. On February 4, 2020, it was announced that Royal Dutch Shell, a Penske sponsor of their No. 22 Cup Series car driven by Joey Logano, would become the title sponsor of the race, renaming it the Pennzoil 150 after their Pennzoil brand.[22]

On March 26, 2020, as part of changes to the 2020 IndyCar Series schedule due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced that the series' GMR Grand Prix, an IMS road course race typically held as a prelude to the Indianapolis 500, would be postponed to July 4, 2020, and this would form an IndyCar/NASCAR double-header with the Pennzoil 150.[23]

Past winners (road course)

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Year Date No. Driver Team Manufacturer Race Distance Race Time Average Speed
(mph) 		Ref
Laps Miles (km)
2020 July 4 98 Chase Briscoe Stewart–Haas Racing Ford 62 151.218 (243.362) 2:02:48 73.885 [24]
2021 August 14 22 Austin Cindric Team Penske Ford 62 151.218 (243.362) 2:02:54 73.825 [25]
2022 July 30 16 A. J. Allmendinger Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 62 151.218 (243.362) 1:56:35 77.825 [26]
2023 August 12 19 Ty Gibbs Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota 62 151.218 (243.362) 1:57:34 77.174 [27]

Manufacturer wins (road course)

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# Wins Make Years won
2 United States Ford 2020, 2021
1 United States Chevrolet 2022
Japan Toyota 2023

References

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