Justin Allgaier’s 2010 season has been one of ebbs and flows.
Fortunately for the youngster, it looks like this portion could be one of success. Considering the trends from this season, it seems Allgaier, 24, is due for a few good runs in a row.
Here’s the sequence:
Allgaier’s first five races were tremendous. He earned top-five finishes in each, including his first NASCAR national series win at Bristol Motor Speedway. Over that five-race stretch, Allgaier averaged a finish of 5.0, a Driver Rating of 104.1, an Average Running Position of 9.4 and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 82.6%. He averaged a robust 160 points per race in the first five.
Then the dip came, and fears of a sophomore slump surfaced. Allgaier had six consecutive finishes outside the top 10. His numbers: an average finish of 14.5, a Driver Rating of 92.9, an Average Running Position of 11.2 and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 75.8%. His points per race average was 120.3 – a 40 point drop from the first five.
Then there was a short uptick. After those six subpar finishes, Allgaier ripped off two top fives and three top 10s in three races. He averaged a Driver Rating of 115.0, an Average Running Position of 6.4 and a Laps in the Top 15 percentage of 92.1%. His points per race average launched back to 157 per event.
But a disastrous race at Road America (he finished 35th) gave way to a rough patch of five races, three of which were finishes outside the top 15. In that particular segment, Allgaier had an average finish of 18.6, a Driver Rating of 82.4 and an Average Running Position of 15.2. He averaged 110.4 points per race.
But the 2009 Raybestos Rookie of the Year rebounded last week at O’Reilly Raceway Park, finishing seventh with a Driver Rating of 104.6.
Now he heads to Iowa, where he ran extremely well last year despite a finish outside the top 10. In the inaugural NASCAR Nationwide Series race there, Allgaier started second, led 35 laps, posted a Driver Rating of 116.4 and had an Average Running Position of 3.9. Still, he finished 15th.
It was a case of horrible luck – a double dose of it, actually. First, in the closing laps, Allgaier got hit by Brendan Gaughan (No. 62 South Point Hotel & Casino Toyota) after pulling out of his pit box and suffered some right front damage. Then, on the ensuing restart with 15 to go, Allgaier, Steve Wallace (No. 66 5-Hour Energy Toyota) and Erik Darnell wrecked on the backstretch.
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