Hot off his win at Charlotte on May 29th, 2023, Justin Allgaier and the No. 7 NASCAR Chevy Camaro put forth a valiant effort to track down the No. 00 Ford Mustang of Cole Custer at Portland International Raceway on June 3rd, 2023, but couldn’t seal the deal when it came down to it.
Allgaier, who led 23 laps in the No. 7 NASCAR Chevy, found his lead suddenly in danger when a wreck forced the race into NASCAR Overtime on Lap 76. He lost the top spot when Parker Kligerman’s No. 48 Camaro charged to the inside, forcing Allgaier’s No. 7 Camaro to run wide and opening the door for Custer’s No. 00 Mustang through Turn 1.
Allgaier sent the No. 7 Camaro through the road course’s multiple turns as he found himself relegated to second place. He never let up, keeping Custer’s No. 00 Mustang in his sights, but he couldn’t find a lane to make it stick as he charged to the finish line, .142 seconds off the lead.
“I saw a guy that decided he wanted to win his first race and just missed the braking zone,” said Allgaier of Kligerman’s aggressive move on the restart. “I understand it. I don’t blame him for being aggressive. I just hate it for everybody on this team. I felt like we did everything we needed to do today. These guys put an absolutely incredible Camaro underneath me. We were able to get up there and mind our business and not make anybody mad and have good, solid laps. And then there at the end, to have it taken away like that and finish second is really tough.
He added, “Hats off to Cole. He did what he needed to do – he made Turn 1.”
Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 00 | Cole Custer | Haas Automation Ford | 77 | 5 | Ford Mustang |
2 | 5 | 7 | Justin Allgaier | BRANDT Chevrolet | 77 | 23 | Chevrolet Camaro |
3 | 36 | 1 | Sam Mayer | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
4 | 3 | 8 | Josh Berry | Tire Pros Love The Drive Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
5 | 8 | 21 | Austin Hill | Bennett Transportation Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
6 | 9 | 19 | Myatt Snider | Tree Top Toyota | 77 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
7 | 1 | 2 | Sheldon Creed | Whelen Chevrolet | 77 | 47 | Chevrolet Camaro |
8 | 11 | 24 | Connor Mosack | Open Eyes Toyota | 77 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
9 | 7 | 16 | Chandler Smith # | Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
10 | 4 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek | Red Bird Farms Toyota | 77 | 2 | Toyota Supra |
11 | 15 | 91 | Alex Labbe | Duroking/Larue/Portland Gear Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
12 | 19 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Technical Solutions Ford | 77 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
13 | 37 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Schultz Potting Soil Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
14 | 14 | 48 | Parker Kligerman | Big Machine Racing Spiked Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
15 | 27 | 02 | Blaine Perkins # | Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
16 | 28 | 92 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer Services Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
17 | 23 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff # | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
18 | 24 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | CMRroofing.com Ford | 77 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
19 | 31 | 45 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | ForeverLawn Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
20 | 29 | 53 | Patrick Emerling | Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
21 | 17 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | Dude Wipes Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
22 | 20 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | Spartan Waste/Fox Sports 98.3 Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
23 | 33 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr. | ArmsList.com Ford | 77 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
24 | 35 | 4 | Garrett Smithley | DozerWinchParts.com Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
25 | 13 | 27 | Jeb Burton | Bommarito.com/EasyCare Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
26 | 18 | 26 | Kaz Grala | FDC Black Cherry Bourbon Toyota | 77 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
27 | 6 | 10 | Jordan Taylor(i) | Leaf Home Water Solutions Chevrolet | 77 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
28 | 21 | 43 | Leland Honeyman | Rokform Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
29 | 22 | 44 | Dylan Lupton | Lupton Excavation Inc. Chevrolet | 76 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
30 | 16 | 18 | Sammy Smith # | Pilot Flying J Toyota | 75 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
31 | 25 | 8 | Preston Pardus | B2B/Chinchor Electric Ford | 72 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
32 | 12 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 65 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
33 | 10 | 11 | Daniel Hemric | Cirkul Chevrolet | 47 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
34 | 30 | 28 | Kyle Sieg | HMS Commercial Service Ford | 46 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
35 | 32 | 35 | Parker Chase | Ontivity Toyota | 36 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
36 | 34 | 66 | Mason Maggio(i) | HMS Commercial Service Toyota | 28 | 0 | Toyota Supra |
37 | 38 | 7 | Stefan Parsons | Lanphere Auto Group Chevrolet | 17 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
38 | 26 | 6 | Brennan Poole | Cascade West Development Inc. Chevrolet | 15 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
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Comments
It was a great race even though Chevrolet got aced from an incident that shouldn’t have happened. Road courses are the best. It shows the total car, driver and team skills more completely than the ovals.
Allgaier is the unluckiest driver in NASCAR.