Justin Allgaier won the NASCAR Xfinity Series’ Crayon 200 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway Saturday, July 16.
The No. 7 took the lead from Landon Cassill with less than 20 laps to go and sailed away to his third win of the season and 19th of his career.
It was Chevrolet’s first Xfinity win in 15 years at Loudon.
“We finished second last year to one (a Toyota),” Allgaier told NBC Sports. “I told these guys I really wanted to win here. This place is so much fun over the years. First of all, it’s my wife’s birthday today. If I can’t be with my wife on her birthday, the best way to do it is take home a trophy to her.
“Just proud of our team. I didn’t do a good job early on in the race and I apologize to Julia and the (No.) 45 team, I got into her, I still don’t know what happened but I just feel bad no matter what was the case was. Just felt like all day I wasn’t doing a good job and the guys kept me calm and were doing great pit stops all day. Eddie D’Hondt is awesome up on the spotter’s stand. Just really proud of this team.”
Trevor Bayne was second, Cassill took home third, Noah Gragson was fourth and Brandon Brown rounded out the top five.
Jeremy Clements, Sheldon Creed, Ty Dillon, Austin Hill and Kyle Weatherman took positions sixth-10th, respectively.
The race saw a lot of the contenders have issues throughout the afternoon.
After polesitter Josh Berry dropped to the back during the pace laps, the lead exchanged hands a few times throughout stage one. Daniel Hemric shot out to the lead but Joe Gibbs Racing’s Bayne and Ty Gibbs closed in quickly. Around lap 6, Gibbs drove underneath Hemric, while Bayne got by both drivers and into the lead.
Then on lap 23, Gibbs took first from Bayne as Allgaier moved into second.
As the field worked through traffic, Allgaier had some pressure from behind from William Byron. On lap 35, they came off of turn 4 and Allgaier tagged the left-rear of Julia Landauer, sending her around and into the inside wall.
Julia Landauer’s @NASCAR_Xfinity Series debut ends early at @NHMS.
Take a look at the contact between her and Justin Allgaier. #NASCAR
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— NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) July 16, 2022
Landauer, who made her series debut, went down pit road for repairs and was able to make minimum speed to continue in the race. She later crashed into Matt Mills after a lap 98 restart, sending them both into the wall, and retired from the race.
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