Allgaier found his way to the front early, won the first two stages, led 134 of 188 laps and easily topped Trevor Bayne by 4.513 seconds to claim the victory.
Several top contenders elected to wait until late in the final stage to make their final pit stop for tires and fuel, but Allgaier was among the group that pit under caution as soon his No. 7 JR Motorsports team was within its pit window.
On new tires he ran down then-leader A.J. Allmendinger to reclaim the lead on Lap 149 and led the final 40 laps, which went caution-free.
The win is Allgaier’s second of the season and 19th of his career.
“What a heck of a race,” he said. “I’ve been coming to this track a long time and I’ve been trying to get to Victory Lane so bad and just haven’t been able to do it.
“Today was for the dirt racers, though. It was slick. It was hot. Just sliding around. … That was the best car I’ve ever had. This is just so much fun right now.”
Riley Herbst finished third, Ty Gibbs was fourth and Sam Mayer rounded out the top-five.
“Overall a good day,” Herbst said. “Had a shot there to win but (Allgaier) was good, congratulations to that team.”
Completing the top-10 were Ryan Preece, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Austin Hill, Ryan Sieg and Brett Moffitt.
Allmendinger, who led 48 laps but pit under green with just under 20 laps to go for fuel, finished 16th.
Stage 3
Following the break between Stages 2 and 3, the lead-lap cars all pit with Gibbs first off pit road. Mayer and Anthony Alfredo were both penalized for speeding on pit road and had to restart from the rear of the field.
On the restart on Lap 97, Gibbs was followed by Allgaier, Bayne and Noah Gragson.
Allgaier powered around the outside of Gibbs to grab the lead on the restart only to see Gibbs reclaim it on Lap 99.
Allgaier then maneuvered his way back around Gibbs on Lap 100 and began to put some distance between the two.
On Lap 105, Josh Berry spun in Turn 2 and also collected Preece in the process to place the race under caution.
A handful of cars pit but Allgaier remained on the track and in the lead when the race returned to green on Lap 110. He was followed by Gibbs, Bayne and Brandon Jones.
Earnhardt spun in Turn 4 on Lap 116, which brought out the fourth caution of the race. Most of the lead-lap cars elected to pit with Alfredo the first off pit road taking fuel-only.
Preece was penalized for having equipment over the wall too soon and Bayne was penalized for equipment…
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