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Allgaier wins at Pocono
From open wheel cars to stock cars, Riverton High School graduate Justin Allgaier had won on short tracks all across the nation, but never on a superspeedway. That all
changed Saturday at Pocono Raceway, where he held off Scott Speed in the closing laps of the Pennsylvania 200 to earn his fifth career ARCA RE/MAX Series victory, and first
ever on a superspeedway.
“Definitely by far this is the biggest race of my career,” said Allgaier, who finished second to Speed last week at the ARCA RE/MAX 200 in Berlin, Mich. “Scott [Speed] is
extremely good on restarts and to be honest on the last restart, I was sweating bullets there because I knew he was going to be very good. I think Scott is looking probably at the
big picture. He’s thinking about points. He drove me as clean as anyone can. It was a great day. This is my favorite track on the circuit.”
Speed, in the Red Bull Toyota, got within a length of Allgaier in the tunnel turn on the final lap, but fell back to three lengths at the final stripe, finishing second.
Speed, who earned the SIM Factory Pole Award the day before, also moved into first place in national championship points.
The race was delayed by one hour for early morning rain showers and then red-flagged on lap 68 of the 80-lap race for a three-car wreck on the backstretch involving Dexter
Bean, Brian Scott and Frank Kimmel.
Aric Almirola led four laps before Allgaier passed him for the lead position on lap 28. Allgaier and Speed then swapped the lead back and forth over the next 23 laps before
Almirola reasserted himself as the leader on lap 50. Allgaier took the lead for good on lap 67.
Allgaier then endured the ensuing red flag and two more cautions, one of which set up a two-lap green flag dash to the checkers with 19 lead-lap cars in tow.
Allgaier also earned the Accel Fastest Lap of the Race and the Klotz Halfway Leader Award. Allgaier’s crew chief Jim Pohlman was credited with the Cometic Gaskets Crew
Chief of the Race Award. Allgaier is now fourth in the point standings (2855); Speed is first (3045).
From open wheel cars to stock cars, Riverton High School graduate Justin Allgaier had won on short tracks all across the nation, but never on a superspeedway. That all
changed Saturday at Pocono Raceway, where he held off Scott Speed in the closing laps of the Pennsylvania 200 to earn his fifth career ARCA RE/MAX Series victory, and first
ever on a superspeedway.
“Definitely by far this is the biggest race of my career,” said Allgaier, who finished second to Speed last week at the ARCA RE/MAX 200 in Berlin, Mich. “Scott [Speed] is
extremely good on restarts and to be honest on the last restart, I was sweating bullets there because I knew he was going to be very good. I think Scott is looking probably at the
big picture. He’s thinking about points. He drove me as clean as anyone can. It was a great day. This is my favorite track on the circuit.”
Speed, in the Red Bull Toyota, got within a length of Allgaier in the tunnel turn on the final lap, but fell back to three lengths at the final stripe, finishing second.
Speed, who earned the SIM Factory Pole Award the day before, also moved into first place in national championship points.
The race was delayed by one hour for early morning rain showers and then red-flagged on lap 68 of the 80-lap race for a three-car wreck on the backstretch involving Dexter
Bean, Brian Scott and Frank Kimmel.
Aric Almirola led four laps before Allgaier passed him for the lead position on lap 28. Allgaier and Speed then swapped the lead back and forth over the next 23 laps before
Almirola reasserted himself as the leader on lap 50. Allgaier took the lead for good on lap 67.
Allgaier then endured the ensuing red flag and two more cautions, one of which set up a two-lap green flag dash to the checkers with 19 lead-lap cars in tow.
Allgaier also earned the Accel Fastest Lap of the Race and the Klotz Halfway Leader Award. Allgaier’s crew chief Jim Pohlman was credited with the Cometic Gaskets Crew
Chief of the Race Award. Allgaier is now fourth in the point standings (2855); Speed is first (3045).
Issue Date: Aug. 7, 2008
