Austin Cindric Slightly Faster in Brickyard Qualifying, but Likely Won't Do Much
Source: Racing Reference

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July 27, 2025
Although Austin Cindric had consistent speed on the superspeedways early this season (even the non-drafting ones), he has faded to his typical mediocrity in recent weeks and the onetime road race ace tumbled from 15th to 20th after back-to-back poor finishes at Chicago and Sonoma. Cindric has gotten his qualifying mojo back to some extent as his 10th place start today is his best on a non-drafting oval since Texas 11 races ago, but one has to assume either that Team Penske is mostly ignoring non-playoff tracks to focus on Phoenix or that the firing of Austin's father Tim Cindric has hurt his performance. Penske is less likely to treat Indianapolis as a throwaway race than many of the other summer tracks, so Cindric might run a little better than he has recently, but his recent slump and his high starting position suggest you shouldn't start him for DFS.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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