Regardless of all of the success, the previous month has been a problem for Justin Allgaier, particularly because it pertains to his duties at Hendrick Motorsports and driving the No. 48 whereas Alex Bowman continues his restoration.
On one hand, since taking on the automobile at Las Vegas, Allgaier has ripped off finishes of fourth, first, first and third for his day job on Saturdays within the O’Reilly Sequence for JR Motorsport, nevertheless it’s additionally been a grind on the Cup aspect.
“I really feel like I’m failing in any respect of it, if I’m being sincere with you,” Allgaier instructed Motorsport.com over the weekend at Rockingham. “You realize, the identical issues which might be making us good on Saturday is what’s hurting us on Sunday.”
He’s referring to the proprietor factors and the way qualifying orders are decided every week. Allgaier frequently is among the many final to take his timed laps within the O’Reilly Sequence when the monitor has essentially the most grip. He qualifies up entrance, will get premium pit stall choices, and finally ends up entrance.
When he jumps within the Cup automobile, it’s down on factors and he’s among the many first to show his laps. He qualifies in the course of the pack and each pit cease is a grind and the outcomes should not the place the 2024 NOAPS champion desires them to be.
“Like, final week, I used to be simply three-hundreths off Kyle Larson, my teammate, however that’s the distinction of 10-to-15 spots. The one factor that stands out to me, particularly with the NextGen automobile, is simply how tight the instances are and it’s actually a credit score to the fellows who leap forwards and backwards and have success in each automobiles.”
Allgaier stated he’s labored arduous to provide crew chief Blake Harris and his No. 48 engineers on a regular basis they deserve whereas additionally not shorting Andrew Overstreet and their No. 7 squad.
“I’m having six or seven conferences every week between the 2 automobiles, between video assessment, sim assessment and SMT assessment,” Allgaier stated. “There are some days the place I don’t know if my mind even is aware of the best way to operate.
“I feel I went back-and-forth from Harmony and Mooresville like seven instances a few weeks in the past. So there’s rather a lot occurring however I feel the largest factor for me is ensuring I can assist the 48 guys, and there are lots of information guys on that staff, discover some momentum began to Alex can leap proper again in that factor and take off.”
Allgaier will likely be within the automobile this weekend at Bristol however he additionally says Bowman is placing ‘superior’ work in to get well from vertigo.
“I hope for his sake that Alex is ready to get again in quickly as a result of that will be a Cinderella story,” Allgaier stated. “I might like to see him get again in and people guys click on off a number of wins immediately.
“That may be unbelievable. I don’t know that I’ll get them there however we’re actively attempting to try this. I feel my function is simply being within the race automobile each week, maintain 4 fenders on it, and construct them momentum for the most effective model of the 48 staff.”
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