JUSTIN ALLGAIER
Birth Date: June 6, 1986 Hometown: Riverton, IL
Team: No. 7 Chevrolet Camaro / JR Motorsports
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Justin Allgaier may have amassed only one win in 2019, but that one win put him into the
Championship 4 and left a hunger for more in the minds of his team and fans.
Despite struggling to get to Victory Lane, Allgaier was consistent in the xnity
Series with career-best average starts and nishes. Curiously, the one-win
season came on the heels of his career-best ve wins in 2018. He had
only 24 lead lap nishes to end the decade.
In 2020, Allgaier turns 34, but he might have one of the best
opportunities of his career, if not for any other reason but
Reddick, Bell and Custer will not be racing in the xnity season.
Allgaier’s career is a circuitous one. He had enough
of NASCAR in 2015, and he was content with doing
something else.
He was wrapping up his time driving the No. 51 Chevrolet
for HScott Motorsports in the NASCAR Cup Series, knowing
he was going to be replaced by Clint Bowyer at the end of the
season. With no offers, Allgaier was ready to hang up his helmet.
Little did he know that qualifying 27th at the Darlington Raceway
would lead to the biggest break of his racing career.
Since Dale Earnhardt Jr. qualied 26th, the two shared a ride around the
track in the bed of a pickup truck as part of the pre-race ceremony. They
both talked and one lap later, Allgaier suddenly was on track to drive one of
Earnhardt’s Chevrolets on the NASCAR Xnity Series.
What started with a chance meeting has developed into one of the premier teams in
the Series.
Since joining JR Motorsports in 2016, Allgaier has 11 victories. And he nished
third, third and seventh in his rst three seasons with the team before making a
Championship 4 in 2019.
There were persistent rumors after 2018 that Allgaier may return to the Cup
Series to take care of unnished business, but he decided to stay with Earnhardt’s
Championship-caliber organization.
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