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NASCAR Xfinity Series | |
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Venue | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
Location | Speedway, Indiana, United States |
Corporate sponsor | Pennzoil (title sponsor) Advance Auto Parts (presenting sponsor) |
First race | 2012 |
Distance | 250 miles (400 km) |
Laps | 100 Stages 1/2: 30 each Final stage: 40 |
Previous names | Indiana 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) |
Circuit information | |
Surface | Asphalt |
Length | 2.5 mi (4.0 km) |
Turns | 4 |
The Pennzoil 250 is a NASCAR Xfinity 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.
In 2012, NASCAR announced that their second-tier series would run a race at IMS. It was called the Indiana 250. From 2014–2018, 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]
Year | Date | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) | Ref | |
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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 – 2023 | Race run on road course layout- see Pennzoil 150 | |||||||||
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] |
# Wins | Driver | Years Won |
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4 | Kyle Busch | 2013, 2015-2016, 2019 |
# Wins | Team | Years Won |
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4 | Joe Gibbs Racing | 2013, 2015-2016, 2019 |
3 | JR Motorsports | 2017-2018, 2025 |
# Wins | Make | Years Won |
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4 | ![]() | 2013, 2015-2016, 2019 |
![]() | 2014, 2017-2018, 2025 | |
1 | ![]() | 2012 |
![]() | 2024 |
Year | Date | No. | Driver | Team | Manufacturer | Race Distance | Race Time | Average Speed (mph) | Ref | |
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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] |