Justin Allgaier

Justin Allgaier
Allgaier at Road America in 2016
Born	Justin Myrl Allgaier (1986-06-06) June 6, 1986 Spaulding, Illinois
Achievements	2008 ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series Regular Season Champion
Awards	2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Cup Series career
76 races run over 4 years
2016 position	61st
Best finish	29th (2014)
First race	2013 GEICO 400 (Chicagoland)
Last race	2016 Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 1 0
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
269 races run over 9 years
Car no., team	No. 7 (JR Motorsports)
2017 position	3rd
Best finish	3rd (2011, 2016, 2017)
First race	2008 Dollar General 300 (Charlotte)
Last race	2024 National Debt Relief 250 (Martinsville)
First win	2010 Scotts Turf Builder 300 (Bristol)
Last win	2018 Lilly Diabetes 250 (Indianapolis)
Wins Top tens Poles 10 150 6
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
8 races run over 3 years
Best finish	56th (2006)
First race	2005 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee)
Last race	2008 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Statistics current as of October 6, 2018.

Justin Myrl Allgaier (born June 6, 1986) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro for JR Motorsports. He was the 2008 ARCA Re/MAX Series Champion and the 2009 NASCAR Nationwide Series Rookie of the Year.

Racing career

Early career

Allgaier was born in Riverton, Illinois, and began his racing career at the age of five in quarter midgets, winning over one hundred races and five championships. He began stock car racing at thirteen in the UMP Late Model Series, where he competed for three seasons. At the age of sixteen, he made his debut in the ARCA RE/MAX Series at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, driving the No. 99 Hoosier Tire Midwest/Law Automotive Chevrolet for Ken Schrader; he qualified twenty-ninth and finished seventeenth. He ran two additional races for Kerry Scherer and Bob Schacht, with a best finish of eleventh.

2003–2006

Allgaier ran additional ARCA races in 2003, making six starts in the No. 86 owned by his father. He had a sixth-place finish in his second start at Toledo Speedway, and later a best finish of third at Salem Speedway. The next season, he made only five starts but had a second-place at Toledo. In addition, he was a representative of the United States in the South Pacific Saloon Car Championship, where had two top-fives. In 2005, Allgaier ran seven races in ARCA, splitting time between cars owned by Wayne Hixson and Bobby Gerhart. He won his first career pole at Springfield, setting a new track record, and had four top-five finishes. He also made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series, making four starts in the No. 63 MB Motorsports/Dave Porter Ford. He failed to make five races and did not finish higher than 26th. That year, he appeared on the Discovery Channel program, Driver X: The Race For The Ride. The show's premise was Jack Roush searching for new talent to drive Roush Racing-prepared vehicles in NASCAR's top 3 series.

In 2006, Allgaier made his first full-time run in ARCA, ending 10th. He got his first career win at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack, becoming the first Springfield area resident to win in the 72-year history of championship auto racing at the fairgrounds. He made three more Truck races for MB and had a twenty-first-place finish at Kansas Speedway. In 2007, he won his second career ARCA race at Salem and finished fourth in points. He also won two features in a midget car at Angell Park Speedway and placed 3rd in the Chili Bowl behind Tony Stewart and J. J. Yeley.

2008–2013

Allgaier's 2009 Nationwide racecar

Allgaier returned for another full season in ARCA in 2008, driving for his family once again. He won six races, including the final three, and won the series championship by a slim margin. He broke Frank Kimmel's eight-year streak of winning the championship in that series. He also returned to NASCAR, finishing 21st in a Truck race at Kentucky Speedway. Later that year, Allgaier signed a contract with Roger Penske's No. 12 Nationwide team to run four races in the final part of the year. His best finish in the Penske Truck Rental Dodge was eleventh at Phoenix.

Allgaier was then signed to drive the car full-time in 2009. Because of the acquisition of Penske Racing sponsor Alltel by Cellco Partners, a joint venture of Verizon and Vodafone, their Sprint Cup sponsorship was legislated out of the sport by NASCAR's agreement with Sprint in that series to prohibit sponsorship by other wireless telephone companies. This allowed Verizon to move their sponsorship to the Nationwide Series, where it is not prohibited, and Allgaier raced a full season with Verizon sponsorship for what became known as Penske Championship Racing. (The name change was made when Bill Davis became a minority owner of the team.) Allgaier won his first career pole in NASCAR at Memphis Motorsports Park.

During the 2009 NAPA 200 in Montreal, Allgaier had the fastest car early in the race & while running 6th, tried to make a pass on Canadian road ace Ron Fellows and Kyle Busch. Instead he caused a wreck that took both him and Fellows out of the race and damaged Busch's hopes of winning. After this humiliating incident, Allgaier took some lessons at Fellows' road racing driving school to better his road course skills.

He won his first Nationwide Series race at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 20, 2010.

Allgaier at Road America in 2011, where he nearly won

Allgaier was rumored to drive the Sprint Cup Series No. 12 Penske Racing Dodge in 2011; however, instead Allgaier moved to Turner Motorsports for 2011, driving the No. 31 Chevrolet Impala full-time in the Nationwide Series for 2011. In the inaugural STP 300 at Chicagoland Speedway after passing Carl Edwards who ran out of fuel on the last lap, Allgaier won the race. Even though Allgaier ran out of fuel himself after, he was able to cross the finish line before third place Trevor Bayne to finish first. He almost won at Road America but ran out of fuel on the caution on the final lap and finished 19th.

In 2012 Allgaier returned to the renamed Turner Scott Motorsports; he passed Jacques Villeneuve on the final lap to win the NAPA Auto Parts 200 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec.

In August 2013, it was announced that Allgaier would make his NASCAR Sprint Cup Series debut the following month at Chicagoland Speedway, driving there and in two other races in Phoenix Racing's No. 51 Chevrolet, newly purchased by Turner Scott co-owner Harry Scott Jr. Allgaier finished 27th in his debut, and ran races for the team later in the year at Kansas Speedway, Talladega Superspeedway and Phoenix International Raceway.

2014

In January 2014 it was announced that Allgaier would compete full-time for Rookie of the Year in the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, driving for the now-renamed HScott Motorsports in the No. 51 Chevrolet SS.

Allgaier led 4 laps in the 2014 Daytona 500 and crashed with 7 laps to go. He finished 27th. After consecutive top 20 finishes, Allgaier had a great finish in the Food City 500 avoiding several wrecks to finish 17th. At Talladega, Allgaier nearly won his first Cup series victory in the Aaron's 499, running in the top five and contending victory with 9 laps to go. He lost drafting help from Kurt Busch and as a result, lost multiple spots, finishing 27th.

Allgaier lead 15 laps during the first Pocono race in early June. Taking the lead with less than 35 laps to go, Allgaier led until a yellow came out with 19 laps to go; forcing Allgaier to make a pit stop.

At Daytona in the Coke Zero 400, Allgaier ran in the top ten early in the race. He unfortunately was caught up in "The Big One" that took out over 27 cars. Allgaier, while trying to avoid wrecking, tapped Kyle Busch, who was already wrecking. Allgaier's contact caused Busch to come back onto the apron and be t-boned by Cole Whitt.

Allgaier missed the field for the 2014 GEICO 500, failing to qualify for the first time in his Cup career. The new restrictor-plate qualifying process became controversial amongst drivers and fans because many drivers complained that they barely managed to make the show because of the system.

Allgaier made a comeback the next week at Martinsville, taking the lead late in the race, leading 4 laps and then finishing 17th. Allgaier finished 29th in the Cup Series standings for 2014 and 3rd in the Rookie of the Year standings behind Austin Dillon and Kyle Larson.

2015

Allgaier racing at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2015

Allgaier began his season with a crash in the Daytona 500. He rebounded at Phoenix three weeks later, running in the top ten late. After contact with Tony Stewart, Allgaier faded in the waning laps finishing 18th. The next week at Auto Club Speedway, Allgaier ran as high as 8th and finished 12th-his career best finish at the time. He scored his first top ten at Bristol in the No. 51, finishing 8th. He then finished 18th at Richmond after spending most of the race running as high as second, and while suffering from a stomach cramp. Allgaier had some good runs at short tracks such as the second Bristol race, and both Martinsville races but failed to record another top ten.

On October 2, it was announced that Allgaier parted ways with HScott Motorsports, and was replaced in 2016 by Clint Bowyer. On October 28, it was announced that Allgaier would take his sponsor Brandt to drive the No. 7 for JR Motorsports full-time in the Xfinity Series season in 2016, replacing Regan Smith.

Allgaier finished 30th in the Cup Series standings, one spot short of matching his career-best season result.

2016: Return to Xfinity Series

In 2016, Allgaier returned to the NASCAR Xfinity Series to drive the No. 7 Brandt sponsored Chevrolet for JR Motorsports. Allgaier started his season on a good note. While his teammate Chase Elliott won the season-opening PowerShares QQQ 300 at Daytona, Allgaier finished 12th. Allgaier picked up 2 top tens in the next 2 races at Atlanta and Las Vegas. He led 15 laps in Atlanta and finished 9th in Las Vegas. Allgaier had his best finish of the spring at Talladega during the Sparks Energy 300 in which he led 1 lap and took advantage of Joey Logano's final lap wreck to finish second behind his teammate Elliott Sadler, giving JRM a 1–2 finish.

Allgaier appeared to have won the July race in Daytona. After passing Aric Almirola on the final lap, Allgaier led to the yellow-and-checkered flags to finish first. NASCAR determined that the yellow had flown with Almirola leading, dropping Allgaier to a second-runner up of the season while giving the win to Almirola. Allgaier later finished second yet again at the Food City 300 after passing Kyle Larson on the final lap to place second to Austin Dillon, his third runner-up finish of the season.

On August 20, Allgaier returned to the Cup Series to drive the No. 46 Chevrolet at the Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race, replacing former HScott teammate Michael Annett after he suffered from flu-like systems. Allgaier got into a crash with Kyle Busch when Allgaier wrecked at the same time as Busch. In a post-race interview, Busch called Allgaier "the biggest moron out there."

Even though he went winless throughout the whole season, he ended up finishing 3rd in the final standings behind Elliott Sadler and eventual champion Daniel Suarez.

2017

Allgaier's No. 7 Camaro at Road America

Allgaier continued with JR Motorsports for the 2017 NASCAR Xfinity Series. He led late in the DC Solar 200 at Phoenix and took the lead from Austin Dillon with less than 30 laps to go and held off Ryan Blaney on a final restart to win his first race in five years. With the win, Allgaier made the NASCAR playoffs and also picked up a bonus $100,000 in the Dash 4 Cash program. His second win of the season came at Chicagoland Speedway in September; it was the first time in his career he won more than once in a season. For the second year, Allgaier made the playoffs with his teammates Elliott Sadler, William Byron and Michael Annett and despite a 33rd-place finish at Charlotte in the playoffs, he finished 3rd in the final standings again while giving JR Motorsports a 1-2-3 finish in the standings for the first time with Allgaier finishing 3rd, Sadler finishing 2nd and Byron winning the championship.

2018

Allgaier does burnouts after winning the 2018 Johnsonville 180 race at Road America

Allgaier returned in the #7 for the 2018 NASCAR Xfinity Series season. After three 2nd-place finishes at Phoenix, California and Bristol, he picked up his first win of the season at Dover after holding off teammate Elliott Sadler; However, he failed post-race inspection, leading to a 25-point penalty and losing 6 playoff points as well as the win not counting towards the playoffs. Later in the season, after two dismal finishes of 32nd and 37th at Charlotte and Pocono, he finished 9th in a rain-shortened race at Michigan, followed by a dominating performance at Iowa where he led the most laps and won both stages en route to his second win of the season. He then went on to earn his third win of the season at Mid-Ohio and at Road America two weeks later, he earned his fourth win of the season as well as inherited the points lead after Christopher Bell had issues near the end and two weeks later at Indianapolis Motor Speedway after the race was delayed two days due to rain, he led a race-high 41 laps en route to his 5th win of the season. A week later, Allgaier would win the 2018 Regular Season Championship.

Personal life

Allgaier went to Lincoln Land Community College where he majored in engineering from 2004 to 2006.

Allgaier is married, to Ashley, and they have one daughter.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	NSCC	Pts
2013	Phoenix Racing	51	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	KAN	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	MCH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI 27	NHA	DOV	KAN 39	CLT	TAL 24	MAR	TEX	PHO 31	HOM	62nd	01
2014	HScott Motorsports			DAY 27	PHO 30	LVS 31	BRI 17	CAL 28	MAR 23	TEX 24	DAR 23	RCH 21	TAL 27	KAN 36	CLT 37	DOV 26	POC 27	MCH 16	SON 33	KEN 24	DAY 25	NHA 37	IND 27	POC 16	GLN 17	MCH 42	BRI 19	ATL 26	RCH 28	CHI 27	NHA 20	DOV 29	KAN 41	CLT 15	TAL DNQ	MAR 17	TEX 20	PHO 37	HOM 15	29th	636
2015				DAY 37	ATL 20	LVS 31	PHO 18	CAL 12	MAR 42	TEX 39	BRI 8	RCH 18	TAL 23	KAN 30	CLT 43	DOV 42	POC 20	MCH 27	SON 35	DAY 18	KEN 24	NHA 40	IND 37	POC 24	GLN 19	MCH 29	BRI 12	DAR 33	RCH 25	CHI 23	NHA 39	DOV 27	CLT 40	KAN 26	TAL 42	MAR 13	TEX 28	PHO 17	HOM 36	30th	588
2016		46		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	KAN	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	SON	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	POC	GLN	BRI 40	MCH	DAR	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	CLT	KAN	TAL	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	61st	01

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
2014	HScott Motorsports	Chevrolet	40	27
2015			18	37

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	NXSC	Pts
2008	Penske Racing	12	Dodge	DAY	CAL	LVS	ATL	BRI	NSH	TEX	PHO	MXC	TAL	RCH	DAR	CLT	DOV	NSH	KEN	MLW	NHA	DAY	CHI	GTY	IRP	CGV	GLN	MCH	BRI	CAL	RCH	DOV	KAN	CLT 34	MEM	TEX 21	PHO 11	HOM 28	72nd	370
2009				DAY 40	CAL 14	LVS 8	BRI 5	TEX 10	NSH 29	PHO 8	TAL 32	RCH 38	DAR 5	CLT 14	DOV 10	NSH 13	KEN 5	MLW 17	NHA 13	DAY 8	CHI 10	GTY 11	IRP 21	IOW 15	GLN 17	MCH 7	BRI 27	CGV 36	ATL 17	RCH 8	DOV 25	KAN 6	CAL 16	CLT 12	MEM 19	TEX 25	PHO 16	HOM 20	6th	4049
2010				DAY 4	CAL 9	LVS 7	BRI 1	NSH 4	PHO 13	TEX 11	TAL 15	RCH 15	DAR 17	DOV 16	CLT 4	NSH 4	KEN 8	ROA 35	NHA 6	DAY 17	CHI 10	GTY 25	IRP 7	IOW 8	GLN 34	MCH 4	BRI 33	CGV 9	ATL 13	RCH 12	DOV 9	KAN 7	CAL 8	CLT 3	GTY 3*	TEX 13	PHO 8	HOM 11	4th	4679
2011	Turner Motorsports	31	Chevy	DAY 27	PHO 8	LVS 2	BRI 15	CAL 12	TEX 6	TAL 7	NSH 11	RCH 3	DAR 4	DOV 29	IOW 8	CLT 13	CHI 1	MCH 13	ROA 19	DAY 5	KEN 19	NHA 10	NSH 4	IRP 27	IOW 29	GLN 12	CGV 8	BRI 15	ATL 6	RCH 9	CHI 14	DOV 10	KAN 11	CLT 7	TEX 14	PHO 9	HOM 13		3rd	1105
2012				DAY 33	PHO 15	LVS 8	BRI 7	CAL 32	TEX 7	RCH 15	TAL 8	DAR 13	IOW 6	CLT 8	DOV 5	MCH 14	ROA 10	KEN 5	DAY 7	NHA 8	CHI 3	IND 12	IOW 2*	GLN 9	CGV 1	BRI 30	ATL 5	RCH 13	CHI 11	KEN 8	DOV 30	CLT 34	KAN 7	TEX 8	PHO 11	HOM 11			6th	1076
2013	Turner Scott Motorsports			DAY 7	PHO 3	LVS 15	BRI 8	CAL 11	TEX 10	RCH 31	TAL 5	DAR 10	CLT 7	DOV 12	IOW 8	MCH 13	ROA 2	KEN 13	DAY 13	NHA 13	CHI 8	IND 33	IOW 17	GLN 7	MOH 8	BRI 4	ATL 11	RCH 11	CHI 12	KEN 17	DOV 12	KAN 5	CLT 6	TEX 19	PHO 2	HOM 19			5th	1090
2016	JR Motorsports	7	Chevy	DAY 12	ATL 8	LVS 9	PHO 4	CAL 10	TEX 6	BRI 5	RCH 35	TAL 2	DOV 4	CLT 5	POC 39	MCH 8	IOW 7	DAY 2	KEN 31	NHA 7	IND 5	IOW 7	GLN 7	MOH 5	BRI 2	ROA 6	DAR 11	RCH 5	CHI 5	KEN 9	DOV 3	CLT 6	KAN 14	TEX 10	PHO 4	HOM 6			3rd	4035
2017				DAY 30	ATL 30	LVS 4	PHO 1*	CAL 9	TEX 13	BRI 14	RCH 2*	TAL 8*	CLT 12	DOV 11	POC 2	MCH 16	IOW 9	DAY 30	KEN 8	NHA 32	IND 35	IOW 20	GLN 4	MOH 31	BRI 5	ROA 11	DAR 8	RCH 8	CHI 1	KEN 3	DOV 2	CLT 33	KAN 5	TEX 11	PHO 10	HOM 12			3rd	4025
2018				DAY 31	ATL 6	LVS 4	PHO 2*	CAL 2	TEX 35	BRI 2	RCH 14	TAL 3	DOV 1*	CLT 32	POC 37	MCH 9	IOW 1*	CHI 7	DAY 9	KEN 4	NHA 7	IOW 2	GLN 3	MOH 1	BRI 3	ROA 1*	DAR 7	IND 1*	LVS 2	RCH 32	CLT 15	DOV 3	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM			-*	-*

Craftsman Truck Series

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	NCTC	Pts
2005	MB Motorsports	63	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR DNQ	GTY DNQ	MFD	CLT	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW 26	KAN 36	KEN DNQ	MEM DNQ	IRP	NSH	BRI	RCH	NHA	LVS 27	MAR	ATL	TEX 27	PHO	HOM DNQ	58th	304
2006				DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	GTY	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW 22	KAN 21	KEN 36	MEM	IRP	NSH	BRI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	56th	252
2008	MB Motorsports	63	Ford	DAY	CAL	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	MFD	DOV	TEX	MCH	MLW	MEM	KEN 24	IRP	NSH	BRI	GTW	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	ATL	TEX	PHO	HOM	88th	91

K&N Pro Series West

NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Pos.	Pts	Ref
2014	Menno Admiraal	83	Chevy	PHO	IRW	S99	IOW	KCR	SON 14	SLS	CNS	IOW	EVG	KCR	MMP	AAS	PHO	68th	30

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	ARMC	Pts
2002	Allgaier Motorsports	99	Chevy	DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM	KEN	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	TOL	SBO	KEN	BLN	POC	NSH	ISF 17	WIN							62nd	465
		4																			DSF 11	CHI
		75																					SLM 17	TAL	CLT
2003		86		DAY	ATL	NSH	SLM 12	TOL 6	KEN	CLT	BLN	KAN	MCH	LER	POC	POC	NSH					SLM 3	TAL	CLT	SBO		27th	915
			Pontiac															ISF 28	WIN 15	DSF 30	CHI
2004				DAY	NSH	SLM	KEN	TOL 29	CLT	KAN	POC	MCH	SBO	BLN	KEN	GTW 27	POC	LER	NSH	ISF 10	TOL 2	DSF 4	CHI	SLM	TAL		35th	835
2005				DAY	NSH	SLM 34	KEN	TOL DNQ	LAN																		31st	1380
		2								MIL 6	POC	MCH	KAN 13	KEN 5	BLN	POC	GTW 29	LER	NSH	MCH
		7																			ISF 2	TOL 4	DSF 4*	CHI	SLM	TAL
2006		02	Ford	DAY DNQ																							10th	4160
		16	Chevy		NSH DNQ	SLM 18		KEN 4		POC 15	MCH 40	KAN 38	KEN 39	BLN 9	POC 19	GTW 36	NSH 16	MCH 40		MIL 4*	TOL 4	DSF 32	CHI 29	SLM 3	TAL 26	IOW 25
			Pontiac				WIN 7		TOL 2										ISF 1
2007			Chevy	DAY 7	USA 4	NSH 11	SLM 10	KAN 8	WIN 29	KEN 10	TOL 14	IOW 7	POC 8	MCH 31	BLN 5	KEN 40	POC 6	NSH 30	ISF 11	MIL 23	GTW 4	DSF 22	CHI 27	SLM 1	TAL 13	TOL 26	4th	4855
2008				DAY 2	SLM 1	IOW 2	KAN 30	CAR 27	KEN 21	TOL 4	POC 5	MCH 37	CAY 1	KEN 3	BLN 2	POC 1	NSH 8	ISF 6	DSF 16	CHI 4	SLM 4	NJE 1		TOL 1			1st	5260
			Dodge																				TAL 1

External links

• Official website
• Justin Allgaier driver statistics at Racing-Reference