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4 days ago
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Redemption for Justin Allgaier in dominant NASCAR Xfinity win at Nashville
Justin Allgaier now has 28 career NASCAR Xfinity Series wins, earning his third victory of the season on Saturday night. The veteran driver absolutely dominated the Nashville event, winning both stages and collecting the checkered flag ahead of JR Motorsports teammate Connor Zilisch. Allgaier led 101 of 188 laps, putting a difficult loss at Charlotte behind him. He was leading late in that race just one week ago, but went against his crew chief and chose to stay out on older tires in a decision that proved costly. Advertisement The Haas Factory Team duo of Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed finished third and fourth, respectively. Newly crowned Coke 600 winner Ross Chastain made a late-race pass on Aric Almirola to take the final spot inside the top five. Almirola, Austin Hill, Jesse Love, Daniel Dye, and Carson Kvapil filled out the remainder of the top ten. The final stage began with a restart stack-up that saw several cars go spinning. Brandon Jones, Christian Eckes, Ryan Ellis, Josh Williams, Kyle Sieg, and Anthony Alfredo with both Eckes and Elliss suffering race-ending damage. Things got back underway following a lengthy cleanup with Creed in control, but not for long as Zilisch ran him down. After packing some air on the left rear of the No. 00 Ford, he powered into the race lead. Advertisement Zilisch's time out front was short-lived as a caution for polesitter William Sawalich spinning down the backstretch brought the field back together. On pit road, Jones won the race off as he did not take tires, having already used his final set following the previously mentioned restart incident. Allgaier made a bold three-wide move for the lead, snatching the lead away in what would be the winning pass. Zilisch stayed close for most of the final run, but he never managed to mount a real challenge. Read Also: Chase Briscoe earns pole for Nashville Cup race as JGR sweeps front row Ryan Truex on standby for Denny Hamlin, who is on 'baby watch' Here's what makes 'Earnhardt' a documentary every racing fan should watch To read more articles visit our website.
NBC Sports
4 days ago
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- NBC Sports
Nashville Xfinity results: Justin Allgaier scores third victory of the season
LEBANON, Tenn. — Justin Allgaier swept both stages, led a race-high 101 laps, including the final 48, to win Saturday's Xfinity race at Nashville Superspeedway. The victory is the third of the season for Allgaier and 28th of his career. He passes Jeff Burton for ninth on the all-time Xfinity wins list. Allgaier earned his second career win at Nashville. MORE: Nashville results Connor Zilisch finished second, giving JR Motorsports the top-two finishers in the race. It is the 17th time in team history that JR Motorsports has accomplished that feat and the first time it has done so this year. Sam Mayer was third and his Haas Factory Team teammate Sheldon Creed was fourth. Ross Chastain, driving for JR Motorsports, completed the top five. Corey Day placed 12th for his career-best finish in the series.
New York Times
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Justin Allgaier, NASCAR Xfinity leader, on veteran leadership, airborne Ubers and more: 12 Questions
Each week, The Athletic asks the same 12 questions to a different race car driver. Up next: Justin Allgaier of JR Motorsports, who is both the defending Xfinity Series champion and current points leader. This interview has been condensed, but the full version is available on the 12 Questions podcast. Note: Our usual question No. 11 was dropped due to time constraints with the interview. 1. What was one of the first autographs you got as a kid, and what do you remember about that moment? I have a really cool shirt from the 1988 Talladega race that has some amazing signatures on it. It's got Dale Earnhardt Sr. I don't remember getting it, but I remember the shirt. My mom has got it framed now. Kenny Schrader was at the house one year, and my mom was talking about the shirt and how it was so cool. Advertisement I don't remember who she thought won the race, but she thought (that person) had signed it. And Kenny said, 'Dorothy, he didn't win the race.' And she's like, 'Yeah, they won.' He's like, 'No, Dorothy …' They went back and forth a few times. Then Kenny said, 'I won that race. I remember that very well. So they didn't win the race.' 2. What is the most miserable you've ever been inside of a race car? When I was almost two laps down last year in Phoenix about halfway through the (Xfinity Series championship) race. I just knew that was our shot, right? I've done this a long time and been in that final four a lot and had good opportunities, but that was that moment where I just went, 'Man, I just gave this one away and I've completely ruined it for myself.' That was the most miserable on myself. (Allgaier rallied back to win his first career championship.) 3. Outside of racing, what is your most recent memory of something you got way too competitive about? Softball. (His daughter Harper plays on a traveling softball team.) She actually had to ask me to back down a little bit. The competitive side of me doesn't know how to do that. I want it to go well. I got to drive up to Asheville (earlier this month) and go watch the whole weekend of softball. It was really fun for me, because it's really the first time I've been able to show up at a tournament, and I didn't really care about the outcome. … I saw a different side of the girls, that they were just having a good time and the camaraderie and the teamwork together; they were playing better than they've ever played. 4. What do people get wrong about you? A lot of people assume when I was in Cup, I had equal equipment to what the guys up front were running. I see a lot of comments where somebody will say, 'Oh, I wish he would go back to Cup racing' and then you'll see 100 comments that say, 'He had a shot in Cup and didn't make it last.' Well, look at Alex Bowman when he drove for BK Racing. Look at Clint Bowyer when he drove the (HScott Motorsports) car after me. You could name all these guys who drove in stuff that wasn't competitive, but they were still able to go on and be ultra successful (in better cars). I don't regret that time and I wouldn't change it. Would I love an opportunity on the Cup side in good equipment? Yeah, absolutely. But if I look back at my career, I wouldn't have changed anything I've done from then to now. 5. What kind of Uber passenger are you and how much do you care about your Uber rating? I tend to feed off of the Uber driver. If the Uber driver is talkative, I'm going to be talkative. If the Uber driver is quiet, or if he's got the music on, I'm going to sit back and I'm probably going to fall asleep. Because I can sit in the backseat of a car and fall asleep in about 30 seconds. So just depends on the driver and how they're driving. Advertisement That being said, we just rode in a car (service) last week that (public relations representative Mike) Campbell and I were both confident we weren't going to make it to the destination. At one point, we were off the ground in the back of this car. It was quite an experience. It's the first time I've ever had that, and I was really quiet because I didn't know what to say or how to talk. 6. This is a wild-card question. People say you're the veteran driver of the Xfinity Series and look to you for guidance. But you have to be focused on your own racing at the same time. So how do you balance being a mentor in the series with the desire for your own success? If I can help somebody a little bit and just be a small part of what helps them, that's fun for me. … I also look at the situation that happened in Texas with Kris Wright (when Wright was heavily criticized for not holding his line when Allgaier crashed into him). Here I'm the veteran who crashes with somebody out there on the racetrack, and a lot of people were quick to jump on me for taking blame for it after the race was over. I'm going to look at this like highway rules: I ran in the back of him. It doesn't matter who is at fault. It doesn't matter what he did in front of me. I still ran into the back of him. The cool thing, though, was the dialogue that started with Kris and the conversation we had. While it sucks for us, it's a great learning moment for somebody, but it's also a great learning moment for a lot of other people who were watching it. I'm not going out telling people like, 'Hey, I'm the best there's ever been and you should listen to me.' I make plenty of mistakes, but if I can help somebody, or if I can help the series or the sport as a whole grow, I want to be there and I'm going to be a part of it. … Even if I don't win another race ever again but I can help grow the sport, then I've done my job. That, to me, is what I consider success. Advertisement 7. This is my 16th year of doing the 12 Questions interviews. You were part of the inaugural edition in 2010, so I'll go back to a question I asked you then: 'What is the first thing you do when you get home from a long weekend?' At the time, you said you lived in an apartment and you obviously didn't have kids yet, so you said you would just toss the bags on the floor and typically turn the TV on and go back and watch a fast-forwarded version of the race and then go to bed. I imagine it's different now? Oddly enough, it is not. If I get home and everybody is already asleep, then that's what I'm doing. There's a burning inside me to want to be better, even after the races are over. I still go back and watch the replays every week, still go back and study. If they're still awake, which very rarely happens, you hope it's a good day because they're excited for you. But the best is when it's been a bad day and you get home and they're just as proud and just as happy, and you being home is good as anything. The part that's different is I had a lot less stuff in an apartment. I didn't have clutter. I didn't own hardly anything. And it was really easy if you needed something fixed: You called the landlord, and you said, 'Hey, I need this fixed.' So I joke with my wife I can go back to apartment living right now. Give me a 750-square-foot apartment and we'll make it work. If we've got to sleep in bunk beds, I don't care. 8. Other than one of your teammates, name a driver who you would be one of the first people to congratulate them in victory lane, if they won a race. After every win, Josh Williams randomly appears with a Yoo-hoo in victory lane. I don't know where the Yoo-hoos come from; I'm assuming they just have them in their cooler. A lot of people think we're cracking a beer, but it's actually just chocolate milk. But it doesn't matter where we win, it doesn't matter how his day has gone — he's down there. That's really cool to me. So when he gets that opportunity, I'm gonna be there and be a part of it. 9. How much do you use AI technology, whether for your job or your daily life? I have tried to use it some. I'm not great at it. I also am a little worried AI is going to take over the world. So I'm like, 'If I don't input all of my data, maybe it won't steal all of my data.' But I'm pretty sure that's not the case. I do like the AI videos of the babies. I saw the babies doing 'Tommy Boy' and it was so awesome. I can't even describe to you how awesome it was. But it's also super creepy, and I'm going to be the guy who says 'I told you so' when the AI takeover happens. Advertisement 10. What is a time in your life you felt was really challenging, but you are proud of the way that you responded to it? Can I just put my whole career in there? (Laughs.) We laugh all the time like, 'If you want it easy, don't come to the 7 car.' If you think it's going to be easy, the 7 car is not the path you want to go down. In my Cup career, I didn't handle it well. I didn't handle the adversity well, I didn't handle not running good. It's shifted in my post-Cup career. Even when we don't have good days, I'm able to be more grateful of the job I get to do and less miserable I didn't get the good finish I wanted. 12. Each week, I ask a driver to give me a question for the next person. The last one was Álex Palou and he wants to ask you about oval racing. He wants to know how you feel the limit of the tires on an oval compared to a road or street course because he says that's something he's still trying to figure out. (Note: The Palou interview was conducted before he won the Indy 500 and got his first oval victory.) It's funny, because I don't know where the limit of the tire is on a road course, but I have so much of an easier time of feeling that on an oval. The Xfinity Series car is great for me because the Cup Series car, I would say that's the hardest part. When I go drive Cup, whether it be the 40 car at Daytona or filling in for Kyle (Larson) in the 5 car, I struggle with finding a little bit of the tire because it is a short sidewall, real low profile. The car has a ton of grip. The tire has a ton of grip. IndyCar is the same way, right? Really wide tires, lots of grip. An Xfinity car has got the narrower tire, taller sidewall, more flex. It's probably the easiest car I've ever driven to find the limit of the tire. So if Alex were to ever get in an Xfinity car and feel the tire like he does, he'd go, 'Oh man, this is way easier than I thought.' It would be way more comfortable. (Allgaier said he'll submit his question for the next person when he knows who it is.) (Top photo of Justin Allgaier at qualifying for last weekend's Charlotte Xfinity race: Logan Riely / Getty Images)
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Charlotte race driver engagement opportunities, appearance schedule
The Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Cup Series race highlights a full weekend of action at Charlotte Motor Speedway and in the Charlotte area. With the Coca-Cola 600 being a crown jewel event, drivers will be making appearances all over the area to promote the race and interact with fans. Advertisement Here are opportunities fans have to see and interact with their favorite drivers. Shop Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR tickets Thursday, May 22 NASCAR Charlotte race appearance schedule NASCAR Night at the Ballpark: Teaming up with the Kannapolic Cannon Ballers for a special NASCAR Night, Charlotte Motor Speedway will bring Ty Dillon out to throw out the first pitch at 6:30 p.m. at Atrium Health Ballpark. JR Motorsports Fan Day: Fans are invited to join JR Motorsports from 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m. for a jam-packed day featuring autograph sessions, a live SiriusXM broadcast, a special announcement, and live tapings of Bless Your 'Hardt and Door Bumper Clear. Scheduled to appear: Carson Kvapil, Justin Allgaier, Sammy Smith, Connor Zilisch, Connor Hall, and Caden Kvapil—plus special leadership appearances from Dale Earnhardt Jr., Kelley Earnhardt Miller and Wyatt Miller. Haas Factory Team Fan Day: Head to the Haas shop from 2-2:45 p.m. for an autograph session with Cole Custer, Sam Mayer and Sheldon Creed. No wristbands are required. HYAK Motorsports Fan Day: From 1-4:00 p.m., fans can take part in a Lake Norman Animal Shelter adoption fair, merchandise sales, hauler tours, product giveaways and an autograph session with Ricky Stenhouse Jr. from 1-2 p.m. Front Row Motorports Fan Day: Head to the FRM race shop for an open house, sponsor activations and vendors. Scheduled drivers include Todd Gilliland, Noah Gragson, Zane Smith, Layne Riggs and Chandler Smith. Spire Motorsports Fan Day: Spire Motorsports is rolling out the fun with an autograph session, 'Spire-o-Kart' tournament and sponsor activations from 10 a.m.-Noon Friday, May 23 NASCAR Charlotte race appearance schedule RFK Racing Fan Day: Start your morning with RFK Racing's fan festivities. Enjoy guided shop tours, interactive displays, SiriusXM coverage, and two big announcements — one from a partner and one from the team. The autograph session kicks off at 9 a.m. with Brad Keselowski, followed by Chris Buescher and Ryan Preece at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24 NASCAR Charlotte race appearance schedule Hendrick Motorsports Fan Fest: Fan Fest returns to Hendrick Motorsports on both May 23 (10 a.m.–3 p.m.) and May 24 (8 a.m.–1 p.m.), featuring appearances from Hendrick drivers, Jeff Gordon and Chad Knaus. Enjoy live SiriusXM coverage, food trucks, the team store, and kid-friendly activities throughout campus. On-site parking is available. Advertisement Shop Charlotte NASCAR tickets When is NASCAR Charlotte race? The Coca-Cola 600 NASCAR Charlotte race is set for 5 p.m. CT on May 25 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Charlotte, North Carolina. What channel is NASCAR Charlotte race on? The Coca-Cola 600 will be broadcast on Amazon Prime with Adam Alexander, Steve Letarte and Dale Earnhardt Jr. in the broadcast booth. We occasionally recommend interesting products and services. If you make a purchase by clicking one of the links, we may earn an affiliate fee. USA TODAY Network newsrooms operate independently, and this doesn't influence our coverage. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean: NASCAR Charlotte race: Coca-Cola 600 driver appearance schedule
Forbes
20-05-2025
- Automotive
- Forbes
Dale Jr. Says ‘Earnhardt' Docuseries Helped Him Let Go Of The Past
DARLINGTON, SC - SEPTEMBER 3: Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Dale Earnhardt Sr. pose for a photograph after ... More the Pepsi Southern 500 at the Darlington Raceway on September 3, 2000 in Darlington, South Carolina. (Photo by) When the name Earnhardt comes up in racing circles, it doesn't hang in the air—it drops like a hammer. Few legacies in American motorsports carry the same weight, and even fewer families are as synonymous with both triumph and tragedy. On May 22 and 29, the name takes center stage again as Earnhardt, a four-part docuseries, premieres on Prime Video. 'This is our version of the story,' Dale Earnhardt Jr. said ahead of the release. 'I hope it is a bit of a period at the end of the sentence for me personally. I can move away from the responsibility of protecting it and telling it and carrying it.' Co-executive produced by Earnhardt Jr. and his sister Kelley Earnhardt Miller, the docuseries offers an inside look at three generations of racing royalty—Ralph, Dale Sr., and Dale Jr.—and the legacy that shaped NASCAR. 'I was very thankful and appreciative that Prime wanted to do this,' Earnhardt Jr. said. 'That gave us the freedom and control to make it authentic. We got to help write the story. We got to tell the story. We got to give them the content and help them piece it together.' The project was born out of timing and opportunity, not ego. 'I didn't pursue this,' he added. 'I didn't pitch this. I didn't go to Prime and say, 'Hey, I want to tell this story.' I didn't know that I was at that place in my life. I'm not writing a book. I'm not trying to do some retrospective or anything. They came to us and they said, 'Hey, we'd like to tell this story, and we think now is a good time.' And so that opened the door.' CHARLOTTE, NC - JUNE 13: Family members including sister Kelly Earnhardt Elledge (R) and mother ... More Brenda Johnson(C) listen as Dale Earnhardt Jr., driver of the #8 Budweiser Chevrolet, announces that he will drive for Hendrick Motorsports next season during a news conference at JR Motorsports June 13, 2007 in Mooresville, North Carolina. (Photo by) As for how involved the siblings were in shaping the final product? Deeply. 'We saw the rough cut for episode one and Kelley and I had a lot of notes,' Earnhardt Jr. said. 'We had several phone calls with Prime, their team, and the production company and we wanted to be careful not to get too in the weeds but we wanted to say, 'That's not exactly right,' or, 'That's not accurate,' or, 'That didn't happen.' You want to be careful not to get in there and try to produce the damn thing, but you also want to make sure they're not putting out misinformation or something that's not accurate.' Kelley Earnhardt Miller, a respected business leader in the NASCAR world and co-owner of JR Motorsports, echoed that sentiment. 'I think there's so many people that love Dad and love Dale and us,' she said. 'I want them to know the story. I want them to know our family. I want them to know our dynamics. I want them to know our journey and where we've been.' And it's not just about where they've been—but where they are now. 'You get to this point in life where you're like, 'Man, I've learned so much and I feel like I'm finally a better person,' and then you want to tell people that,' she continued. 'You want to show people that. You want to explain that to people because of the growth and the maturity and the understanding and all of those things that have come from all the experiences that you've had.' MARTINSVILLE, VA - SEPTEMBER 28: Dale Earnhardt sits in his hauler rig clocking some of the time ... More trials prior to race day on September 28, 1980 in Martinsville, Virginia. Earnhardt went on to win the Old Dominion 500, his fifth career NASCAR Cup win. (Photo by ISC Archives/CQ-Roll Call Group via Getty Images) The series doesn't sanitize the family's past, nor does it glamorize it. Instead, it digs in—especially around the complex dynamic between Dale Jr. and his father. 'It's heavy,' Dale Jr. admitted. 'It was difficult to watch, difficult to hear, difficult to go through. It brought up a lot of emotions, a lot of feelings that you thought you had already worked through. But it's healing.' The docuseries also uncovers lesser-known truths about the Earnhardt legacy, including the relationship between Dale Sr. and his father, Ralph Earnhardt. 'I always thought my grandfather Ralph was a hardass and a tough guy,' Earnhardt Jr. said. 'And he may have been. But there's a part in the doc that tells the story of Dad taking all of his trophies to Ralph's shop and throwing them in the trash, and Ralph getting them back out and cleaning them and putting them back on the shelf. That don't sound like a hardass. That sounds like a guy that really loves his son and is proud of him.' Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley are both parents now and watching the story of their family play out on screen was unexpectedly emotional. Earnhardt is produced by Imagine Documentaries, Everyone Else, and NASCAR Studios, in association ... More with Dirty Mo Media. The series is directed by Joshua Altman and executive produced by Brian Grazer, Ron Howard, Sara Bernstein, Christopher St. John, and Justin Wilkes of Imagine Documentaries; Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin of Everyone Else; and Tim Clark and John Dahl of NASCAR Studios. 'I saw my kids in the stands,' Earnhardt Jr. said of one scene. 'I remember when I saw that, I thought, 'That's me. That was me in 1979 in the infield in Daytona watching Dad win his 125.' So that was kind of wild to me. The circle of life.' As for what they hope fans take away from Earnhardt, perhaps Kelley said it best: 'It was really important to me to tell our story and for our voice to be in it. We were never asked. We were never asked to tell it. We were never asked to be a part of it. So when the opportunity came up, I wanted us to be a part of it.' And as for the lasting legacy of Dale Earnhardt Sr.? 'I think I want people to know that Dale Earnhardt is the reason why the sport is where it is today,' she said. 'He brought a fanbase and people to this sport that were unheard of, and that was unmatched.'
