Allmendinger tops first Xfinity practice on IMS road course

Allmendinger, who has four NASCAR road course wins to his credit (three in Xfinity and one in Cup), paced the first practice session with an average lap speed of 97.392 mph.

He was the only drive to eclipse the 97 mph on the 2.439-mile, 14-turn course, which is also used by the IndyCar Series.

Austin Cindric ended up second (96.803 mph) and series points leader Chase Briscoe was third (96.470 mph). Justin Haley (96.213 mph) and Justin Allgaier (95.976 mph) completed the top-five.

Rounding out the top-10 speeds were Jeremy Clements, Noah Gragson, Josh Bilicki, Ross Chastain and Preston Pardus.

There weren’t any serious incidents during the session.

Ryan Sieg spun once off Turn 12 and Josh Williams drove off course once but was able to continue on without damage.

Cla	#	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Time	Gap	Interval	Mph
1	16	A.J. Allmendinger	Chevrolet	5	1'30.155			97.392
2	22	Austin Cindric	Ford	10	1'30.703	0.548	0.548	96.804
3	98	Chase Briscoe	Ford	9	1'31.016	0.861	0.313	96.471
4	11	Justin Haley	Chevrolet	8	1'31.260	1.105	0.244	96.213
5	7	Justin Allgaier	Chevrolet	13	1'31.485	1.330	0.225	95.976
6	51	Jeremy Clements	Chevrolet	12	1'31.801	1.646	0.316	95.646
7	9	Noah Gragson	Chevrolet	18	1'31.858	1.703	0.057	95.587
8	99	Josh Bilicki	Toyota	5	1'32.197	2.042	0.339	95.235
9	10	Ross Chastain	Chevrolet	9	1'32.241	2.086	0.044	95.190
10	36	Preston Pardus	Chevrolet	7	1'32.257	2.102	0.016	95.173
11	19	Brandon Jones	Toyota	10	1'32.306	2.151	0.049	95.123
12	18	Riley Herbst	Toyota	13	1'32.356	2.201	0.050	95.071
13	20	Harrison Burton	Toyota	17	1'32.578	2.423	0.222	94.843
14	21	Anthony Alfredo	Chevrolet	12	1'32.601	2.446	0.023	94.820
15	8	Jeb Burton	Chevrolet	12	1'32.626	2.471	0.025	94.794
16	90	Alex Labbé	Chevrolet	7	1'32.793	2.638	0.167	94.624
17	07	Jade Buford	Chevrolet	9	1'32.904	2.749	0.111	94.510
18	1	Michael Annett	Chevrolet	19	1'33.113	2.958	0.209	94.298
19	02	Brett Moffitt	Chevrolet	5	1'33.641	3.486	0.528	93.767
20	26	Brandon Gdovic	Toyota	7	1'33.675	3.520	0.034	93.733
21	61	Stephen Leicht	Toyota	7	1'34.185	4.030	0.510	93.225
22	44	Tommy Joe Martins	Chevrolet	10	1'34.306	4.151	0.121	93.105
23	68	Brandon Brown	Chevrolet	7	1'34.317	4.162	0.011	93.095
24	13	Timmy Hill	Toyota	4	1'34.320	4.165	0.003	93.092
25	93	Myatt Snider	Chevrolet	4	1'34.338	4.183	0.018	93.074
26	92	Josh Williams	Chevrolet	10	1'34.684	4.529	0.346	92.734
27	15	Jeffrey Earnhardt	Chevrolet	3	1'35.302	5.147	0.618	92.132
28	47	Kyle Weatherman	Chevrolet	1	1'35.952	5.797	0.650	91.508
29	0	Mike Wallace	Chevrolet	10	1'36.503	6.348	0.551	90.986
30	39	Ryan Sieg	Chevrolet	7	1'36.877	6.722	0.374	90.635
31	08	Joe Jr.	Chevrolet	13	1'37.460	7.305	0.583	90.092
32	74	Bayley Currey	Chevrolet	1	1'38.025	7.870	0.565	89.573
33	52	Kody Vanderwal	Chevrolet	2	1'39.773	9.618	1.748	88.004
34	4	Jesse Little	Chevrolet	1	1'47.378	17.223	7.605	81.771