Justin Allagier finished the NASCAR Nationwide STP 300 at Chicagoland on fumes Saturday night, but that’s all he needed to take his first win of the year.
For the second time in a week a NASCAR race leader, this time is was Carl Edwards, ran out of gas on the last lap, to turn the lead over to a different driver.
Edwards had dominated the standalone Nationwide race while battling Elliott Sadler for the lead in the closing laps until the third turn when his engine quit.
“Coming off of Turn 2 we were catching Carl pretty quickly,” Allgaier told reporters.
“Right as he got to the wall he was wiggling pretty good. And as soon as I got even with him, mine ran out of fuel. I had an extra 100 feet of being on the throttle and that was a big help.”
Edwards was able to coast home to second place after leading 144 laps.
“I thought I saved about a lap of fuel and they told me I could make it to 200,” Edwards said. “My first thought was that I should block him, but then he might pile into me and wreck me. If I could have gone 100 or 150 feet, I think we would have still won the race
Surprise Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne, made his comeback from a mysterious illness finishing third in his first race since April 23rd.
For the second time in a week a NASCAR race leader, this time is was Carl Edwards, ran out of gas on the last lap, to turn the lead over to a different driver.
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| Justin Allgaier races Ryan Truex in the NASCAR Nationwide Series STP 300. (Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images for NASCAR) |
Edwards had dominated the standalone Nationwide race while battling Elliott Sadler for the lead in the closing laps until the third turn when his engine quit.
“Coming off of Turn 2 we were catching Carl pretty quickly,” Allgaier told reporters.
“Right as he got to the wall he was wiggling pretty good. And as soon as I got even with him, mine ran out of fuel. I had an extra 100 feet of being on the throttle and that was a big help.”
Edwards was able to coast home to second place after leading 144 laps.
“I thought I saved about a lap of fuel and they told me I could make it to 200,” Edwards said. “My first thought was that I should block him, but then he might pile into me and wreck me. If I could have gone 100 or 150 feet, I think we would have still won the race
Surprise Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne, made his comeback from a mysterious illness finishing third in his first race since April 23rd.