All Allgaier could do was drive his wrecked Camaro to the garage area as his team, including car owner Dale Earnhardt Jr., watched on in shock.
While Gibbs started on the pole, Allgaier won Stage 1 and 2, leading 38 of the first 90 laps. Like Corey Heim in Friday’s truck race, Allgaier and his dominant race car were relegated to the back of the pack due to a pit road speeding penalty. If Allgaier were going to win, he would have to mount a charge from the rear of the field.
As it turns out, Allgaier did just that, cracking back into the top 10, and then the top five, and finally the lead on lap 170 after a lightning-quick pit stop. However, the crash occurred on the ensuing restart, ending Allgaier’s chances at a victory on Memorial Day Weekend.
2014 Xfinity Series champion and 2020 Cup Series champion Chase Elliott was there to pick up the pieces of Allgaier’s day, holding off a hard-charging Brandon Jones to score his first Xfinity Series victory since 2016, when he was just a rookie in the NASCAR Cup Series. Unlike most of the frontrunners, Elliott had a set of four sticker tires remaining with 30 laps to go, and along with Sammy Smith and Shane van Gisbergen, he let his fresh tires do the talking for him.
