4 hundred and seventy.
That is what number of occasions Justin Allgaier has cranked up his engine for a NASCAR Xfinity Sequence race.
For 14 years, the 38-year-old from Riverton, Illinois, has chased the NASCAR Xfinity Sequence championship to no avail.
Allgaier has received 25 Xfinity Sequence races, made the playoffs in each season since they have been launched in 2016 and has made the Championship 4 seven occasions in 9 seasons.
In some way, he is but to hoist the championship trophy.
However might that change on Saturday?
Allgaier’s 2024 season hasn’t been extraordinary by his requirements. A median end of 13.9 is his worst since a median end of 13.4 in 2020 netted him a second-place factors end, and he is assured to have his least quantity of top-five finishes in a season since a minimum of 2017 — a 12 months he completed third within the championship.
Nonetheless, a four-race stretch by Allgaier that includes finishes of seventh, third, eighth and fifth have taken the No. 7 group again to Phoenix with the chance to lastly declare the championship.
A race win by Allgaier on Sunday would in flip win him the championship. Allgaier has solely received twice thus far in 2024 — his lowest whole since 2021, which is likely one of the two seasons wherein he missed the Championship 4 — however he is a two-time winner at Phoenix, most just lately within the fall of 2019.
Allgaier and the No. 7 group are certainly one of few groups within the Xfinity Sequence storage which have the innate means to decimate the sphere on any given race weekend. That hasn’t precisely been the story of their 2024 season, nevertheless it’s a part of what makes Allgaier a perennial championship contender.
This weekend, Allgaier is hoping to buck the pattern and write a brand new narrative surrounding his NASCAR profession.
The NASCAR Xfinity Sequence championship race at Phoenix will go inexperienced shortly after 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, with protection on the CW, MRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio.
