When Ross Chastain – who led the second-most laps – got spun on the final restart on Lap 41 of 46, Allmendinger cleared for the lead and cruised to a 2.039-second win over Austin Hill in Saturday’s race.
The win is his first of the 2022 season, 11th of his career and seventh on a road course.
In the final stage, Allmendinger saw several top challengers experience problems. In addition to Chastain, Jeb Burton and Jeremy Clements were both penalized for violating track limits and Cole Custer had to rebound from a speeding penalty.
“All the men and women at Kaulig Racing have been working so hard. They aren’t sleeping a bit,” Allmendinger said. “I wanted to win so bad. But I knew if I just drove right, it would have speed. Best way to show how hard this team works is to go win races.
“Thanks to my wife for putting up with my whining and crying about how much I suck. Cup (practice and qualifying) wasn’t the best, but this was good, and we’ll go attack them…
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