AJ Allmendinger

AJ Allmendinger: 2017 NASCAR Season Driver Preview

JTG Daugherty Racing No. 47
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There is positive momentum at JTG Daugherty Racing, but there is also significant change afoot at the organization. The end result promises to be more of the same for AJ Allmendinger this season, a topsy-turvy ride of highs and lows as the organization continues its fight just to pull even with NASCAR’s top teams.

AJ Allmendinger 2015 Season Driver Preview

Allmendinger broke through with his first win last season. What does he have in mind for an encore?
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2015 driver profile for AJ Allmendinger on the NASCR Sprint Cup circuit.
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Telling AJ Allmendinger that things happen for a reason used to get under his skin. The phrase irked him for its simplicity, as he felt there was always more to the story.

 

The last few years changed his mind.

 

NASCAR Chase Report: Previewing race No. 6 at Talladega

Pretenders, contenders and potential winners as NASCAR's Chase moves south to Talladega
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Contenders, pretenders and predicted winners for the sixth race of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup, the GEICO 500 from Talladega Superspeedway.
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With the WWE Attitude-Era finale to last weekend’s Bank of America 500 in Charlotte, you’d be hard pressed to remember how the first 25 laps were obscured by either a college football game or (of all things) a preseason NBA game. No chance of that happening this weekend, as the NASCAR Sprint Cup race runs on Sunday — and, of course, it’s Talladega.

NASCAR's Chase is dramatic — but is it working?

Geoffrey Miller's five things to watch at Charlotte Motor Speedway
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Geoffrey Miller highlights the five things to watch as the NASCAR Sprint Cup Chase rolls on to Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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The Chase is dramatic — but is it working?

Taylor Swift has one of the hottest tunes on pop radio right with a message for all of her, um, haters. 

 

'Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play

And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate

Baby, I'm just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake

I shake it off, I shake it off

 

Will conservative race strategy pay off for NASCAR's Chasers in Dover?

Geoffrey Miller's five things to watch at Dover International Speedway
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Each week, Geoffrey Miller's "Five Things to Watch" will help you catch up on the biggest stories on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' upcoming race weekend. This week, the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup hits its first elimination race at Dover International Speedway. Jimmie Johnson's chance to shine, conservative race strategy, Joey Logano's contract extension and Kasey Kahne's season on a brink highlight the storylines heading into the AAA 500.
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Each week, Geoffrey Miller's "Five Things to Watch" will help you catch up on the biggest stories on the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series' upcoming race weekend. This week, the 10-race Chase for the Sprint Cup hits its first elimination race at Dover International Speedway. Jimmie Johnson's chance to shine, conservative race strategy, Joey Logano's contract extension and Kasey Kahne's season on a brink highlight the storylines heading into the AAA 500.

 

 

Dover will welcome Jimmie Johnson to the Chase spotlight

NASCAR Chase Report: Previewing Race No. 3 in Dover

Pretenders, contenders and potential winners as NASCAR's Chase moves to the high banks of Dover
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Contenders, pretenders and predicted winners for the third race of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup, the AAA 400 at Dover International Speedway.
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Ted Nugent likely would refer to the third track of the 2014 Chase for the Sprint Cup as “the concrete jungle hell-zone.” And honestly, that’s exactly what Dover is — an oversized Bristol with corners akin to the white cliffs of the same name that fall away into the abyss, only to shoot cars up onto a straightaway with what feels like an off-camber turn.

NASCAR Chase Race No. 2: The four things we learned in New Hampshire

Through the Gears: Balance of power clearly in Team Penske's court
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Post-race reaction from New Hampshire Motor Speedway, where Joey Logano won the Sylvania 300, the second race of NASCAR's Chase for the Sprint Cup.
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NASCAR Chase Race No. 1: The four things we learned at Chicagoland Speedway
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A debris field of Chase contenders at Loudon, with several drivers nursing home wrecked race cars and mulling potential elimination, was caused by none other than … debris itself. That’s right; an exciting end to the second race of NASCAR’s playoffs may never have happened had officials not called a debris caution on Lap 171, “cleaning up” the track while bunching up the field after a long, sprawling green-flag run.

Chicagoland winner Keselowski prepares for reset as NASCAR Chase marches on

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Brad Keselowski makes statement with win at Chicagoland Speedway. NASCAR pushes on to second Chase for Sprint Cup event.
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Qualifying has never been so important in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series — just ask the six drivers with the best qualifying average on the circuit. Each has scored multiple wins in 2014.

 

Brad Keselowski is amongst that group. In fact, he leads it. Keselowski’s five wins are a series best, as is his 7.2-place average starting position.

 

That’s what made Sunday’s Chase kickoff race at Chicagoland Speedway unusual.

 

NASCAR Chase Race No. 1: The four things we learned at Chicagoland Speedway

Through the Gears: Keselowski wins first Chase race; Larson on verge of breaking through
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Post-race reaction from Chicagoland Speedway, where Brad Keselowski won his fifth race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season and earned a pass into Round 2 of the Chase for the Sprint Cup.
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Wait a second. Are you telling me there was a pass for the lead in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series’ visit to Chicagoland Speedway within the last 20 laps of the race? Not just one, or two, or three … but four passes? 

 

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