Justin Allgaier is lastly a NASCAR Xfinity Collection champion.
With a daring three-wide transfer on the second-to-last restart of the race, Allgaier handed fellow Championship 4 drivers Cole Custer and Austin Hill to take the championship lead.
Whereas Riley Herbst gained the race after passing Allgaier within the last nook, the second-place end was sufficient for Allgaier to earn his first title after 14 years of full-time competitors.
The championship comes after Allgaier was penalized with a restart violation and subsequent pit highway rushing penalty earlier within the race.
Allgaier’s staff proprietor, NASCAR Corridor of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr., watched as his driver did his burnout on the entrance stretch of the Phoenix Raceway.
“I have been doing this a very long time. These individuals which are standing round me… there isn’t any phrases,” Allgaier informed NBC Sports activities. “My spouse and my youngsters have given up a lot for me to do that job. God is nice, man. I mentioned all week, I do not know what the plan is, I do not know what that appears like, He is received a motive for all the things. Tonight is actually that, it is mind-blowing.”
Allgaier, Aric Almirola, Connor Zilisch, Chandler Smith, Jesse Love, Sheldon Creed, Custer, AJ Allmendinger and Hill rounded out the highest 10.
Different notable finishers embrace Sam Mayer in eleventh, Shane van Gisbergen in twelfth, Parker Kligerman in 14th, Brandon Jones in 18th and Anthony Alfredo in thirty sixth.
The 2025 NASCAR Xfinity Collection season will start on the Daytona Worldwide Speedway with the United Leases 300 on Feb. 15.
