Earlier than Justin Allgaier and Kyle Larson battled for the win in Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 340 at Texas Motor Speedway, the 2 made contact earlier within the race beneath warning.
In Stage 1 of Saturday’s NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Elements Collection race, Larson, who was second to Allgaier on the time, appeared to crowd Allgaier throughout warning laps. The trigger each drivers to make contact as they warmed up their tires.
Larson, who was getting ready to restart on a slick and soiled exterior lane, appeared to only be attempting to maintain as a lot grit and dirt off of his tires as potential.
“I am dissatisfied, as a result of he is fully under the tempo automobile,” Allgaier advised the CW relating to his contact with Larson beneath yellow. “It is his proper to go down there. It is my proper to remain up there. We made contact within the center.”
Finally, Larson held off Allgaier to attain the win in Sunday’s race. Mockingly, Larson and Allgaier had been teammates for Saturday’s race, with Larson, a full-time driver for Hendrick Motorsports within the Cup Collection, piloted a JR Motorsports Chevy on Saturday.
“I believe he knew the highest was soiled at that time,” Larson stated. “He did it to me and Connor [Zilisch] and simply sort of left us out within the marbles there. I used to be simply attempting to offer myself a lane. He was, like, three lanes up.”
Not the primary time Justin Allgaier has had comparable run-in
Saturday wasn’t the primary time Allgaier had a considerably controversial run-in with a Cup Collection star who occurs to drive for Hendrick Motorsports. It is not even his first get-together with Larson within the O’Reilly Collection.
At Indianapolis in July 2025, Larson and Allgaier made contact late within the race, which resulted in Allgaier ending thirty sixth. Larson, in the meantime, escaped with a fourth-place consequence.
At Pocono in June 2025, Allgaier and Chase Elliott made contact on a late-race restart, with Allgaier drifting up the monitor in flip 1 and forcing Elliott to fall again. Elliott bounced again to complete fourth, whereas Allgaier fell to tenth.
“I’ve lots of respect for Justin,” Elliott advised Yardbarker following that incident. “We have at all times raced one another with lots of respect. I haven’t got any ailing will towards him.”
Apparently, Connor Zilisch received each of these races. However the extra essential pattern is that Allgaier appears to often be concerned in considerably controversial incidents with among the greatest names in racing and, all 3 times, has come out on the more severe finish.
