INDIANAPOLIS, I.N. – Double-duty drivers headline the field for Saturday’s Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard (3:30 p.m. ET on NBC, IMS Radio and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).
Full-time NASCAR Xfinity Series driver AJ Allmendinger will try to win his third road course event of the season, having triumphed at Circuit of The Americas and Portland. The driver of the No. 16 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet was runner-up to Austin Cindric in last year’s race.
Chase Briscoe, who won the inaugural Xfinity Series race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course in 2020, returns to action in the No. 07 SS Greenlight Racing Ford, which carried Cole Custer to victory at Auto Club Speedway earlier this season.
Ty Gibbs, who has been pressed into service for a second straight week in relief of Kurt Busch, got the most recent of his four 2022 victories on the Road America circuit.
“(It) was a good weekend last week at Pocono—second in the Xfinity race and then getting my first Cup start,” said Gibbs, who finished 16th in his Cup debut last Sunday.
(It) was pretty cool, but now it’s time to focus on Indy. I do love the road courses, and obviously Indy has all the history. So excited about it, and I know we’ll have a strong Monster Energy Toyota GR Supra.”
Other double-duty drivers include Alex Bowman (making his first Xfinity start since 2018), Ty Dillon, Bubba Wallace, Austin Dillon, Ross Chastain and Kaz Grala.
Source: Reid Spencer / NASCAR Wire Service
