Allmendinger tops first Xfinity practice on IMS road course

Allmendinger Chases Haley

The Xfinity Series’ Friday arrival at Indianapolis Motor Speedway comes with a bit of a milestone, marking the first practice sessions scheduled for a NASCAR national tour since the sport returned in May after the COVID-19 outbreak.

Adding on extra track time comes with good reason. The prep will be necessary for Xfinity teams to acquaint themselves with Indy’s road-course layout, which will be used for the first time for Saturday’s Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard. AJ Allmendinger topped the opening practice.

Results

Pos	No.	Driver	Manuf	Time	Gap	Interval
1	16	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	1'30.155	0.000s	0.000s
2	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	1'30.703	0.548	0.548
3	98	Chase Briscoe	Ford	1'31.016	0.861	0.313
4	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	1'31.260	1.105	0.244
5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	1'31.485	1.330	0.225
6	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	1'31.801	1.646	0.316
7	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	1'31.858	1.703	0.057
8	99	Josh Bilicki	Toyota	1'32.197	2.042	0.339
9	10	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	1'32.241	2.086	0.044
10	36	Preston Pardus	Chevrolet	1'32.257	2.102	0.016
11	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	1'32.306	2.151	0.049
12	18	Riley Herbst	Toyota	1'32.356	2.201	0.050
13	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	1'32.578	2.423	0.222
14	21	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	1'32.601	2.446	0.023
15	8	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	1'32.626	2.471	0.025
16	90	Alex Labbé	Chevrolet	1'32.793	2.638	0.167
17	07	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	1'32.904	2.749	0.111
18	1	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	1'33.113	2.958	0.209
19	02	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	1'33.641	3.486	0.528
20	26	Brandon Gdovic	Toyota	1'33.675	3.520	0.034
21	61	Stephen Leicht	Toyota	1'34.185	4.030	0.510
22	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	1'34.306	4.151	0.121
23	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	1'34.317	4.162	0.011
24	13	Timmy Hill	Toyota	1'34.320	4.165	0.003
25	93	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	1'34.338	4.183	0.018
26	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	1'34.684	4.529	0.346
27	15	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	1'35.302	5.147	0.618
28	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	1'35.952	5.797	0.650
29	0	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	1'36.503	6.348	0.551
30	39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	1'36.877	6.722	0.374
31	08	Joe Jr.	Chevrolet	1'37.460	7.305	0.583
32	74	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	1'38.025	7.870	0.565
33	52	Kody Vanderwal	Chevrolet	1'39.773	9.618	1.748
34	4	Jesse Little	Chevrolet	1'47.378	17.223	7.605