Justin Allgaier
| Justin Allgaier | |
|---|---|
| NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career | |
| 8 races run over 3 years | |
| First race | 2005 Toyota Tundra Milwaukee 200 (Milwaukee Mile) |
| Last race | 2008 Built Ford Tough 225 (Kentucky Speedway) |
Justin Allgaier (born June 6, 1986 to Mike and Dorothy Allgaier) occasionally drives the #63 Dave Porter Truck Sales Ford F-Series in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series. He also drives his family-owned #16 Chevy in the ARCA RE/MAX Series. He married Ashley Hanson in March, 2006.
Racing History
Allgaier is from Riverton, Illinois. He has raced in the ARCA series since 2004, where he has earned one Pork Pole Award setting a track record at Springfield, Illinois in 2005. In 2006, Allgaier made history again at the Illinois State Fairgrounds Racetrack in Springfield by earning his first ARCA victory becoming the first Springfield area resident to win in the 72 year history of championship auto racing at the fairgrounds. In 2007, he won two features in a midget car at Angell Park Speedway and placed 3rd in the Chili Bowl behind Tony Stewart and JJ Yeley.
2008
On June 29th, 2008 Allgaier won the inaugural ARCA RE/MAX race at the Cayuga Motor Speedway in Nelles Corners, Ontario, Canada and recorded his first superspeedway win at the Pocono Raceway on August 2nd, 2008.
On August 9, 2008 at the Toyota ARCA 150 race held at the Nashville Superspeedway, Justin drove the Venturini Motorsports and CJM Racing Carfax #16 in what was termed an "on-track audition." CJM Racing currently fields NASCAR Nationwide Series cars for Jason Keller. Justin returned to the the Allgaier Motorsports #16 the following week.[1]
Justin won a POWRi midget feature at his "home track," Macon Speedway on August 16, 2008.[2] He followed that up 2 days later, August 17, 2008 with a 6th place finish in the Allen Crowe Memorial 100 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.[3]
On August 30th, at the Southern Illinois State Fair, Justin scored a win in his USAC midget. The next day, September 1, 2008, Justin finished a disappointing 16th in the ARCA RE/MAX Series Southern Illinois 100.[3]
On September 28, 2008, Justin won the inaugural Loud Energy Drink 150 at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, New Jersey.[4] He followed that up with a win the next week, October 3, 2008 with another victory at Talladega Superspeedway in the Food World 250. The back-to-back wins were his 4th and 5th ARCA RE/MAX Series victories of the year, and his first career road course and restrictor plate wins. The Talladega victory was also Allgaier's first in a Dodge, and was powered by a Penske Racing Dodge engine.
On October 10, 2008 Justin attempted to qualify the Penske Racing-owned, Penske Truck Rental Dodge #12 for the NASCAR Nationwide Series Dollar General 300 at Lowes Motor Speedway. He qualified 14th with a time of 30.041 seconds, and a speed of 179.754 mph.
2009
On September 18, 2008 it was announced Allgaier would drive a limited schedule in 2008 and 2009 in the NASCAR Nationwide Series for Penske Racing.[5][6]
Other notable racing accomplishments
In 2001, at 14 years of age, Justin became the youngest person to qualify for an A-Main at the Chili Bowl Nationals by winning one of his heat races.[7][8]
Has won 5 Quarter Midget championships from 1993 to 1998.[8]
External links
References
- ^ http://www.justinallgaier.com/modules.php?name=News&action=view&id=160
- ^ Press release at MaconRacing.com, Macon Speedway's website.
- ^ a b http://www.justinallgaier.com/pages/scheduleresults.html
- ^ http://arcaracing.com/schedule.cfm?contentid=1233&display=event_results
- ^ Jayski's Developmental driver's page
- ^ H&R Staff and news service reports; "Riverton driver joins Penske for Nationwide"; Decatur, IL Herald & Review; Friday, September 19, 2008; pp B-7
- ^ http://www.chilibowl.com/results2001.asp
- ^ a b http://arcaracing.com/drivers_detail.cfm?driverID=3 ARCA Driver Profile
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