Xfinity at the Brickyard
NTT INDYCAR SERIES and Indianapolis 500 veteran Conor Daly will race in the ‘Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard presented by Advance Auto Parts’ NASCAR Xfinity Series race Saturday, Aug. 12 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course.
Daly, from nearby Noblesville, Indiana, will drive the No. 44 Chevrolet Camaro fielded by Alpha Prime Racing. Sponsors include insurance adjuster company AAN Adjusters, Inc. and Gilreath Farms, a grass-fed cattle purveyor.
“Really appreciate Team Alpha Prime giving me a chance at my home track on Brickyard Weekend,” Daly said in a social media post. “Will be fun to compete in the NASCAR Xfinity Series again.”
Daly last competed in the Xfinity Series in 2018, at Road America. But he has made two NASCAR Cup Series starts this season for The Money Team Racing, in the Daytona 500 and at Circuit of the Americas.
Indiana native Daly also has made 10 NTT INDYCAR SERIES starts this season, with Ed Carpenter Racing and Meyer Shank Racing.
Daly is the second open-wheel standout to try their hand at NASCAR Xfinity Series stock car racing on the 14-turn, 2.439-mile road course during Brickyard Weekend. Indianapolis 500 veteran Katherine Legge will drive in the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard presented by Advance Auto Parts in the No. 07 Chevrolet fielded by SS Green Light Racing.
Four international racers also will drive in the Verizon 200 at the Brickyard for the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday, Aug. 13 at IMS – 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button, sports car ace and ex-F1 driver Kamui Kobayashi and Australian V8 touring car stars Shane Van Gisbergen and Brodie Kostecki. Van Gisbergen stunned the NASCAR world by winning his first Cup Series start last month in the series’ first-ever street race, in downtown Chicago.
The Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard presented by Advance Auto Parts is one of four races on the IMS road course during one of the most unique weekends in global motorsports, as it’s the only event in which the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NTT INDYCAR SERIES share the same track on the same weekend.
Highlights of the schedule Saturday, Aug. 12 include the Pennzoil 150 at the Brickyard presented by Advance Auto Parts and the Gallagher Grand Prix for the NTT INDYCAR SERIES. The Verizon 200 at the Brickyard for the NASCAR Cup Series takes center stage Sunday, Aug. 13. The future stars of the NTT INDYCAR SERIES also will race in the INDY NXT by Firestone Grand Prix on Friday, Aug. 11.
Long time partner @AANAdjusters and @GilreathFarmsTN return with @ConorDaly22 behind the wheel at @IMS!
— Alpha Prime Racing (@TeamAlphaPrime) August 8, 2023
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