Well, that was interesting. AJ Allmendinger took home the win in the Pacific Office Automation 147 at Portland International Raceway yesterday amidst the most chaotic race we’ve seen thus far during the Xfinity season. The Pacific Northwest rain was unrelenting and made the track surface as slick as glass in some sections. Naturally, this led to plenty of chaos.
Myatt Snider, Austin Hill, Josh Berry and Justin Allgaier rounded out the rest of the top five. Yes, you read that right, Myatt Snider delivered the first top-five finish of the season for Jordan Anderson Racing. This race was absolutely wacky from start to finish, more so than any other rain race and arguably even Circuit of the Americas earlier this season.
The Winners
You would think that nobody would be surprised to see Allmendinger taking the win at any road course, but that wasn’t the case yesterday. After venturing so far off track you would have thought he had four-wheel drive before the race even started, Allmendinger found himself a lap down early on in stage one. The veteran struggled all throughout the stage, which Ty Gibbs ultimately won, even finding himself a lap down at one point.
That fact alone is impressive enough, but what I find most impressive is that Allmendinger only had to lead six laps to earn his second win of the season. It just goes to show that if you’re leading when it counts, that’s all that matters.
I mentioned Jordan Anderson Racing’s highest finish of the season is, so far at least, the crowing jewel in a growing list of achievements for the up-start team out of Statesville, N.C. The second-place finish marked their fourth top 10 of the season and second in a row. Snider has proven all year long that he has the ability to drive the wheels off any car, and finishing second to Allmendinger at a road course is nothing to stick your nose up at.
Snider is currently in 18th place in the points standings, with Sheldon Creed, who had a horrible finish today…
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