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Justin Allgaier

2026 Season — NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

● Playoff eligible
1st
Position
847
Points
5
Wins
12
Top 5
14
Top 10
17
Starts

Through June 20, 2026

Justin Allgaier

Car: No. 7 | Team: JR Motorsports | Manufacturer: Chevrolet Status: Full-time | Hometown: Riverton, Illinois | Age: 40

Career Highlights

Justin Allgaier is one of the most accomplished drivers in NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series history. His 33rd career victory, at Pocono on June 13, 2026, came a week after his 32nd at Nashville broke a tie with Jack Ingram on the all-time O'Reilly Series wins list. The 2024 O'Reilly Series champion, Allgaier has anchored the JR Motorsports lineup since joining the organization in 2016, and is now in his 10th season with the team.

In 2026 he leads the O'Reilly Series standings by 250 points over second-place Jesse Love through 17 races, a commanding margin built on a series-leading five wins. Back-to-back victories at Nashville and Pocono matched the five he won in 2018, his career best, with most of the regular season still to run. At Bristol on April 11 he finished fourth and collected a $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus, one of several career checks from the program.

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Allgaier finally won at Pocono on June 13, the one big track that had kept beating him — surviving a three-wide final restart to take the MillerTech Battery 250 by .607 seconds for his series-leading fifth win of 2026 and second straight after Nashville. He had led more laps and won more stages at Pocono than any driver in O'Reilly Series history without ever winning the race, and broke the trend that no driver over 30 had won there in the series' previous seven visits. Read the recap.

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Coverage (13 articles)

What to Watch and Who's Hot at Dover's First All-Star Race

John Speedway·

The NASCAR All-Star Race goes to Dover Motor Speedway Sunday for the first time in the event's 41-year history — the 42nd running of the showcase, three segments, 26 cars, the trophy on the line. A preview of what to watch and who's hot heading in.

He Won at Hickory First. Now William Sawalich Has Won at The Rock.

John Speedway·

William Sawalich won his first O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race at Rockingham Speedway on Saturday, becoming the youngest winner in track history in his 42nd career start. The nineteen-year-old Joe Gibbs Racing driver charged from 14th to lead 80 laps, outlasting Corey Day's dominant early effort that faded on tire wear.

The Kid From Hickory Was Leading at The Rock

John Speedway·

Brent Crews turned eighteen on March 30. Six days later, the Hickory native was leading the North Carolina Education Lottery 250 at Rockingham Speedway in his first career start at this oval distance class. He didn't get the result. But the kid from Hickory is just getting started.

Corey Day's Final Lap Was the Only One. Now Texas.

John Speedway·

Corey Day won Talladega last Saturday by leading exactly one lap — the last one — for Hendrick Motorsports. Six days later, the same Concord-Mooresville pipeline runs at Texas, with Kyle Larson in the JR Motorsports No. 88, Connor Zilisch in the No. 1, and Austin Dillon in the Richard Childress No. 3. Three Cup drivers, the final Dash 4 Cash of 2026, and Justin Allgaier with a stage-points pace nobody has hit since Denny Hamlin in 2021.

Kyle Larson Can't Win the $100,000 at Bristol Saturday. He Can Still Win the Race.

John Speedway·

Kyle Larson is the defending winner of Saturday night's Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol — and he's not eligible for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus. The reigning Cup champion has won his last two O'Reilly Series starts at Thunder Valley. The four drivers fighting over six figures still have to beat him.

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