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Lenox Industrial Tools 301 Recap: AJ Allmendinger
- AJ Allmendinger started in the 28th position in his sixth career NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at NHMS
- Allmendinger collected his third top-10 finish of the season on Sunday
- The driver picked up one spot and now stands in 21st place in the NSCS driver point standings after 17 races
Race Summary: California native AJ Allmendinger lined his No. 43 Berlin City Auto Group Ford Fusion up in the 28th position for the start of Sun-day‟s race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon, New Hampshire, and moved into the top 25 within the first five laps of the event. Allmend-inger held down 22nd place at Lap nine and let his team know that his Ford was handling a little tight in the early stages.
Allmendinger continued to maneuver through slower traffic and when the first yellow flag of the day flew on Lap 35 of the 301-lap event, the No. 43 Ford held down 17th place. Crew Chief Mike Shiplett called for a four-tire change during the ensuing pit stop and made no adjustments to the han-dling of the car. Allmendinger continued his march to the front of the field following the stop and at the Lap-75 mark, had worked his way into the top 10.
At the midway point of the event, Allmendinger held down seventh place and though he began to lose front grip as the race wore on, he was able to remain inside the top 10. A routine stop under yellow on Lap 240 enabled the No. 43 team to bolt on four fresh tires and fill the tank with fuel. All-mendinger lined up for the Lap 246 green flag in sixth place.
Allmendinger ran as high as fourth place in the closing laps of the event, but fell slightly after taking two right side tires during a late caution flag and lining up sixth for the restart. When the checkered flag flew, Allmendinger‟s No. 43 Ford held down 10th place.
Allmendinger on the Loudon event: “If you would have told me at the beginning of the day we were gonna finish 10th, I would have said, „Perfect.‟ When you kind of run top five or top six all day and you finish 10th, it doesn‟t feel quite as good. I‟m just proud of everybody on this No. 43 race team. Thank you to Ford, and we had Berlin City Auto Groups on the car today – the car looked good – Insignia, Best Buy and Valvoline, PVA – we‟ve got them on the car next week – so everybody that supports this race team, thank you. It was another solid day, another top 10. We‟ll take it. It‟s another good points day. I think that probably got us closer to the chase because a couple guys ahead of us fell out, so we‟ll just keep working on it and get-ting this race team even better.”
