Justin Allgaier looked to be the most dominant driver during the Xfinity Series race at Texas on September 23rd, 2023, throwing the No. 7 NASCAR Chevy Camaro around the track ahead of the pack for 133 laps. Unfortunately, he was outperformed by the No. 20 Toyota TRD Supra of John Hunter Nemechek once again, who sailed around Allgaier and other Bow Tie teams on his way to his seventh victory in the division this year.
Allgaier managed to nab both Stage 1 and Stage 2 wins, but found himself locked in a battle with fellow NASCAR Chevy driver Parker Kligerman, whose No. 48 Camaro was also near the front of the field for most of the race. Allgaier got loose underneath Kligerman, washing up the track after the green flag waved on a restart with 10 laps left. Both drivers gathered it back together, but Kligerman wasn’t able to hold off a hard-charging Nemechek.
Ultimately, Allgaier’s No. 7 Camaro was scored fifth at the line – not the result he was hoping for, but certainly not one to be too disappointed about. Kligerman, meanwhile, walked away with a second-place finish, and both drivers had a confrontation on Pit Road after the checkered flag waved.
“Had a great run, got to him [Allgaier], and I don’t know how much we got squeezed or didn’t. I thought I could clear him super easily, but I got super loose,” he explained. “Feels like I got choked, he says he gave a lot of room. I’ll have to look at it.”
Allgaier disagreed, saying, “Parker, when I went and I talked to him, said I squeezed him. I felt like I left him plenty of room there, knowing he’d go to the bottom, and he drove it in super, super deep into [turn] three. And he’s been around the sport long enough to know what’s going to happen. Just disappointed. Not only did it mess up battling for second, it put us way up in the marbles.”
| Finish | Start | Car Number | Driver | Team | Laps Run | Laps Led | Car |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 20 | John Hunter Nemechek (P) | Romco Equipment Toyota | 200 | 38 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 2 | 7 | 48 | Parker Kligerman (P) | Spiked Light Coolers Chevrolet | 200 | 1 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 3 | 15 | 18 | Sammy Smith # (P) | Allstate Peterbilt Toyota | 200 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 4 | 9 | 16 | Chandler Smith # (P) | Quick Tie Products Inc Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 5 | 1 | 7 | Justin Allgaier (P) | Reese's Ice Cream/Sam's Club Chevrolet | 200 | 133 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 6 | 3 | 00 | Cole Custer (P) | Haas Automation Ford | 200 | 28 | Ford Mustang |
| 7 | 5 | 21 | Austin Hill (P) | Global Industrial Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 8 | 24 | 2 | Sheldon Creed (P) | Whelen Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 9 | 8 | 9 | Brandon Jones | Menards/Pelonis Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 10 | 22 | 25 | Brett Moffitt | AM Technical Solutions Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 11 | 17 | 39 | Ryan Sieg | Sci Aps Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 12 | 19 | 29 | Kyle Sieg | Pathway Homes Ford | 200 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 13 | 30 | 43 | Ryan Ellis | Limetree/Classic Collision Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 14 | 33 | 78 | Anthony Alfredo | Andy's Frozen Custard Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 15 | 12 | 91 | Kyle Weatherman | DriveSmartWarranty.com Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 16 | 36 | 24 | Parker Chase | NXTLVL Marine/Ontivity Toyota | 199 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 17 | 26 | 44 | Daniel Dye(i) | Champion Container Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 18 | 14 | 51 | Jeremy Clements | First Pacific Funding Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 19 | 38 | 11 | Layne Riggs | Infinity Communications Group Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 20 | 23 | 92 | Josh Williams | Alloy Employer/Call811.com Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 21 | 25 | 74 | Dawson Cram | CHK Racing Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 22 | 32 | 7 | David Starr | Irwin Steel LLC Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 23 | 20 | 66 | Sage Karam | Coble Enterprises Ford | 197 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 24 | 13 | 10 | Daniel Hemric (P) | Poppy Bank Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 25 | 37 | 28 | CJ McLaughlin | Sci Aps Ford | 195 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 26 | 27 | 35 | Joey Gase | Donate Life Texas Toyota | 194 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 27 | 4 | 8 | Josh Berry (P) | Jarrett Logistics Systems Chevrolet | 193 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 28 | 31 | 08 | JJ Yeley | MPV Express Ford | 183 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 29 | 16 | 26 | Kaz Grala | Ruedebusch Toyota | 183 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 30 | 18 | 31 | Parker Retzlaff # | FUNKAWAY Chevrolet | 108 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 31 | 28 | 27 | Jeb Burton (P) | Alsco Uniforms Chevrolet | 108 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 32 | 34 | 45 | Jeffrey Earnhardt | EZ Mart/ForeverLawn Chevrolet | 106 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 33 | 2 | 19 | Trevor Bayne (P) | Interstate Batteries Toyota | 97 | 0 | Toyota TRD Supra |
| 34 | 21 | 6 | Brennan Poole | GJ Boring RW3 Services Chevrolet | 55 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 35 | 29 | 53 | Patrick Emerling | Space Beans Chevrolet | 24 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
| 36 | 35 | 38 | Joe Graf Jr. | Tarpon River Brewing/Honey Love Ford | 11 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 37 | 10 | 98 | Riley Herbst | Monster Energy Ford | 2 | 0 | Ford Mustang |
| 38 | 6 | 1 | Sam Mayer (P) | Accelerate Pros Talent Chevrolet | 0 | 0 | Chevrolet Camaro |
# – Rookie
i – Points ineligible
* – Part-time driver
P – Playoffs eligible
Subscribe to GM Authority for more Chevy news, NASCAR news, GM motorsports news and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
No Comments yet