A. J. Allmendinger

Anthony James Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981), nicknamed "the Dinger,” is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 16 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 for Kaulig Racing and part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the Nos. 10/25 Ram 1500 for Kaulig.

Allmendinger's professional racing career began on the American open-wheel circuit. He earned five wins and third place overall in the 2006 Champ Car season. Allmendinger then began competing in NASCAR for Team Red Bull. He later drove for Richard Petty Motorsports, Penske Racing, Phoenix Racing, and JTG Daugherty Racing in the Cup Series. When he lost his full-time Cup Series ride with JTGD in 2019 to Ryan Preece, he became a part-time driver for Kaulig in the Xfinity Series and part-time television broadcaster for NBC, working as a color commentator for IMSA races and an analyst on NASCAR America until 2021 when he returned to driving full-time.

Moreover, Allmendinger competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona for Michael Shank's team in all but one year (2017) from 2006 to 2021, winning the event in 2012.

Early career Allmendinger started his racing career at the age of five, racing BMX bikes. He advanced to quarter-midgets on ovals on the West Coast by the time he was eight, and within a few years, he began racing karts, winning two International Kart Federation Grand National championships. In 2003, he was signed to Carl Russo's RuSPORT team and won the Champ Car Atlantic Championship, winning nine pole positions and seven races. Around this time, Red Bull signed Allmendinger to their family of athletes. Allmendinger scored his first podium of the season in the Grand Prix of Vancouver. In the second half of the season, Allmendinger finished sixth place or higher five times, including another podium finish in Mexico City. Allmendinger ended the season sixth in points, winning the Roshfrans Rookie of the Year Award over Justin Wilson.

In 2005, Wilson replaced Jourdain Jr. at RuSPORT, becoming Allmendinger's teammate. Throughout the season, Allmendinger finished on the podium five times, finishing runner-up in four of those podium finishes. In July, Allmendinger qualified on pole for the first time in his Champ Car World Series career at the Grand Prix of Edmonton.

2006: Multiple wins with Forsythe On June 9, 2006, after four races in the season, RuSPORT announced that Allmendinger would be replaced by 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta, as the team believed that de Matta would be a better challenger against Sébastien Bourdais, who had swept the first four races of the season. Five days later, Forsythe Championship Racing announced Allmendinger as their new driver, replacing Mario Domínguez. In the first race with Forsythe, Allmendinger won the Grand Prix of Portland. Allmendinger won the next two races at the Grand Prix of Cleveland and the Grand Prix of Toronto, giving him three consecutive victories in the first three races since his departure from RuSPORT.

Allmendinger earned two more wins during the 2006 season, winning the Grand Prix of Denver and Road America. Despite being second in points heading into the final race of the season, Allmendinger left Champ Car before the race to accept a lucrative offer from NASCAR's Red Bull Racing Team. In 2007, Allmendinger commented that a lack of marketing and sponsorship due to the CART-IRL split played a role in him and several other open-wheel drivers moving to NASCAR, adding "it needs to be one series. To have all the best open-wheel drivers on this continent racing against each other, you'd hopefully get some sponsors back and get a decent TV package."

2013: Return to IndyCar with Team Penske It was reported in late 2012 that Allmendinger could move to the now-unified IndyCar Series with Michael Shank Racing, which he co-owned, for the 2013 season. This failed to materialize; instead, he participated in IndyCar's winter testing at Sebring with Team Penske. In March, it was announced that Allmendinger would compete part-time in the IndyCar series for the team at Barber Motorsports Park and in the 2013 Indianapolis 500, with the goal of adding more races later in the season. After finishing 19th in his IndyCar debut, Allmendinger was put back into the car for the following race at Long Beach. In May, Team Penske announced that Allmendinger would participate in the Chevrolet Indy Dual races in Detroit.

Allmendinger qualified fifth for the 2013 Indianapolis 500. He led 23 laps and finished seventh despite pitting with around seventy laps to go due to his seatbelt loosening during the race. Allmendinger failed to complete a lap in the Chevy Indy Dual races, crashing out in the first race on lap one after contact with Scott Dixon and crashing out on lap 1 in the second race after hitting the wall. In October, it was announced that Allmendinger would race in the season finale at Fontana in an attempt to help Hélio Castroneves win the championship. Allmendinger would qualify second in the race behind polesitter and teammate Will Power. He would finish in sixteenth after crashing on lap 190.

Despite claiming he would be willing to race full-time in IndyCar if Roger Penske offered, Allmendinger hasn't raced in the series since. After the death of Justin Wilson, who died after getting struck in the helmet with debris in a 2015 IndyCar race at Pocono, Allmendinger stated that he would not return to IndyCar unless IndyCar made safety modifications to the cockpit. Despite IndyCar introducing the aeroscreen in 2020 and NASCAR driver Kyle Larson running in the 2024 Indianapolis 500, Allmendinger has stated he is not considering running another race in IndyCar.

NASCAR

2006: Stock car debut

Allmendinger made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series driving for Bill Davis Racing at New Hampshire International Speedway on September 16, 2006, in the No. 24 Toyota Tundra. He crashed his primary truck in qualifying but started the race 32nd in a backup truck from teammate Bill Lester and finished on the lead lap in 13th. He also competed at the Talladega Superspeedway in October with a fifth-place finish. In his third career truck series start, he qualified in second place at Atlanta and led five laps before he wrecked and finished 34th.

Red Bull officially announced Allmendinger as part of its 2007 Nextel Cup Series driver lineup on October 25, 2006. He attempted his first Cup Series event at Atlanta in October 2006 driving the No. 84 Red Bull-sponsored Dodge Charger, As the season progressed, Allmendinger made a handful of races, predominantly in the "Car of Tomorrow.” Allmendinger failed to qualify in nineteen races that season, running a total of seventeen races at the end of the season. To assist him in the transition to stock cars, he participated in selected Craftsman Truck Series races in the No. 00 Toyota Tundra for Darrell Waltrip Motorsports, and in the No. 42 Chip Ganassi Racing Dodge Charger in the Busch Series. In May, in the Craftman Truck Series race at Charlotte, Allmendinger ran towards the front of the field for the first time in his career, leading seven laps during the race. He would finish in second place in the race after being held off by Ron Hornaday Jr. on a green–white–checkered finish.

Allmendinger again failed to qualify for the 2008 Daytona 500. After three failures to qualify in two attempts (qualifying for the second race of the season, Fontana, was rained out and set by 2007 owner's points), he was temporarily replaced by veteran driver Mike Skinner. Allmendinger returned to the Cup Series at Talladega. On May 17, 2008, he won the Sprint Showdown at Lowe's Motor Speedway during NASCAR's annual All-Star weekend. The win qualified Allmendinger for the Sprint All-Star Race later that evening, where he finished seventeenth. Due to Allmendinger's eleventh-place finish at Watkins Glen, for the first time in his career, he had a guaranteed starting spot for the next race. He had his best career finish at the time at Kansas, finishing in ninth, but was released from the team two days later. He was replaced for the rest of the season by Scott Speed and Mike Skinner. Allmendinger raced with Michael Waltrip Racing for one race in the No. 00 and Evernham Motorsports for the last five races in the No. 10. Allmendinger posted two top-tens and improved in making races by only failing to qualify for just the first three races.

2008–2011: Richard Petty Motorsports After signing a one-race contract with Michael Waltrip Racing, Allmendinger replaced fellow former open-wheel star Patrick Carpentier at Gillett Evernham Motorsports, scoring an average finish of 15.4 over five races in the team's No. 10 Valvoline-sponsored Dodge. During the offseason, as part of the merger between GEM and Petty Enterprises, Allmendinger was to move to the No. 19 Best Buy-sponsored Dodge replacing Elliott Sadler. However, Sadler was still under contract for the 2010 season and announced he would file suit against Allmendinger and the organization. In early January 2009, Richard Petty Motorsports announced a settlement where Sadler would remain in the No. 19 and Allmendinger would return to his 2008 team, which was renumbered 44. However, Valvoline did not commit to sponsoring the team full-time, and they were forced to race without full-time sponsorship.

Allmendinger's team ended the 2008 season 36th in owner's points, meaning it did not have exemptions for the first five races of 2009. The retro-styled Valvoline 44 raced its way into the Daytona 500, and third in his Daytona 500 debut, also his personal best, and is the fourth-best Daytona 500 debut behind Lee Petty in the 1959 Daytona 500, Scott Wimmer in the 2004 Daytona 500 and Trevor Bayne in the 2011 Daytona 500. Allmendinger was one of two go-or-go-home drivers (the other being Tony Stewart, but Stewart had the past champion's provisional available) to successfully attempt the first five races of the 2009 season.

At 1:27 a.m. on October 29, 2009, Allmendinger was arrested for drunk driving by Mooresville, North Carolina police. He registered a .08 blood alcohol level according to a police report. NASCAR placed him on probation for the rest of the 2009 season. Allmendinger drove a Ford Fusion in the final three races of the season as part of RPM's transition from Dodge to Ford.

During the offseason, Allmendinger replaced Reed Sorenson in the team's famous No. 43 car. He collected two top-fives, eight top-tens, and a pole position in 2010, and finished nineteenth in the final standings.

After finishing eleventh in the 2011 Daytona 500, Allmendinger started the season tenth in points, driving the No. 43 Ford sponsored by Best Buy. Allmendinger continued to have a career-best year in 2011 with ten top-ten finishes and an average finish of sixteenth. He finished the 2011 regular season contending for a wild card spot in the Chase for the Sprint Cup, but came up just short. Three races before setting the field for the Chase, RPM put former Roush Fenway Racing crew chief Greg Erwin on the pit box starting at the 2011 Brickyard 400. Allmendinger and Erwin recorded six top-ten finishes after their pairing. Allmendinger finished the 2011 season a career-best fifteenth in the points. Allmendinger also announced that he would have a partnership stake in Mike Shank's IndyCar team, MSR Indy.

2012: Team Penske, suspension

At the end of the 2011 season, Allmendinger left Richard Petty Motorsports when the driving spot for Penske Racing's No. 22 Shell/Pennzoil-sponsored Dodge became open after the parting ways of Kurt Busch and Penske. Before his suspension, his best finish was a second at Martinsville Speedway.

After failing a random drug test on July 7, 2012, Allmendinger was suspended from participation in the Coke Zero 400. Steve O'Donnell, NASCAR's senior vice president for racing operations, said that Allmendinger had up to 72 hours to request a B test sample. The next day, Penske said before the Honda Indy Toronto race that Allmendinger's B sample would be tested on Monday or Tuesday. Allmendinger requested a B sample test on July 9, 2012. On July 11, 2012, Allmendinger's camp said a stimulant caused the positive drug test. The B sample test had not yet been scheduled at that time.

On July 24, 2012, it was announced by NASCAR that Allmendinger was suspended indefinitely after the B sample tested positive for a banned stimulant, which was revealed to be amphetamine. He chose to participate in the Road to Recovery program. On August 1, 2012, he was released from his contract by Penske Racing. Allmendinger was replaced in the No. 22 by Sam Hornish Jr.; he later stated that the cause of the positive test was Adderall that he had unknowingly taken, being told it was an "energy pill". Allmendinger was reinstated by NASCAR on September 18, 2012 after completing the Road to Recovery program.

In October 2012, Allmendinger returned to NASCAR at Charlotte Motor Speedway, driving for Phoenix Racing, substituting for Phoenix's intended driver Regan Smith, who had been hired by Hendrick Motorsports to drive the No. 88 for Charlotte and Kansas while Dale Earnhardt Jr. was sidelined with a concussion.

2013: Nationwide success, part-time in Cup

On June 1, 2013, Roger Penske announced that Allmendinger would drive for his team at Road America and the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. In his first race of the season, the Johnsonville Sausage 200 on June 22, 2013, he won after winning the pole position and leading 29 laps, which was the most of any driver. At Mid-Ohio in August, Allmendinger dominated the race, saving fuel through a green–white–checkered finish to win and sweep the year's Nationwide Series road-course races for Penske Racing.

Sprint Cup Series Allmendinger drove part-time for Phoenix Racing in the No. 51 Chevrolet in the Sprint Cup Series. He had several strong finishes in the first part of the season: eleventh at Phoenix, thirteenth at Bristol, sixteenth at Fontana, and fourteenth at Richmond. His first finish worse than twentieth was at Pocono, where he finished 33rd. Afterward, Allmendinger moved to the No. 47 Toyota at JTG Daugherty Racing in place of Bobby Labonte for two races, with a nineteenth-place finish at Michigan and a 22nd-place finish at Kentucky. At Daytona, Allmendinger returned to the No. 51 and was running near the top-ten for almost the entire night until lap 148, when he was part of a wreck in the tri-oval with Denny Hamlin, Jeff Gordon, Matt Kenseth, and David Reutimann, reducing Allmendinger to a 35th-place finish.

Returning to the No. 47 at Watkins Glen, Allmendinger had another breakout run, qualifying fourth, and running in the top fifteen for most of the day, finishing in tenth place.

On August 29, 2013, the Sporting News reported that Allmendinger would be the full-time driver for JTG Daugherty Racing in 2014. This was confirmed a month later with Allmendinger signing a multi-year deal with the team.

2014: Breakthrough Cup victory Allmendinger had a few poor opening races, but did well at Fontana, recovering from a late speeding penalty to finish eighth, as well as having top-tens at Richmond and Talladega.

At Sonoma, Allmendinger qualified on the front row with Jamie McMurray. Allmendinger led the most laps and was in position to possibly earn his first Sprint Cup victory when he was wrecked by Dale Earnhardt Jr. with 25 laps to go. Allmendinger was visibly upset with Earnhardt Jr. in post-race ceremonies.

At Watkins Glen, Allmendinger took the lead with less than 30 laps to go after a side-by-side battle with former teammate Marcos Ambrose and kept the lead until the checkered flag, earning his first Sprint Cup Series win after 213 Sprint Cup starts, leading 30 laps in the process. "My gosh, I can't believe we won a NASCAR Sprint Cup race. This whole 47 team... all the sponsors, my first Cup victory. I love these guys. I just wanted it so bad for them. For this team. They worked so hard. I wasn't going to let Marcos take that from me. I hope the fans loved that race and at home. Because it was fun in the race car." Before the race, Allmendinger had announced that Kimberly-Clark Corporation (consisting of Scott, Viva, Kleenex, Cottonelle, and Huggies brands) extended its sponsorship agreement with the team through 2017.

2015

Though NASCAR expanded the grid of the Sprint Unlimited to include all the Chase drivers, Allmendinger declined the invitation, saying he wanted to save his equipment for the points races such as the Daytona 500. Instead, he joined the Motor Racing Network's radio broadcast of the race, working in the booth alongside Joe Moore and Jeff Striegle.

Allmendinger got his season off to a good start, leading a few laps during the Daytona 500. The next week at Atlanta, he finished seventh and sixth one week later at Las Vegas. On May 9, 2015, Allmendinger announced plans to sign a five-year contract extension with JTG Daugherty, allowing him to remain with the team through the 2020 season.

2016 Allmendinger nearly pulled off an upset at the 2016 STP 500 at Martinsville. He charged hard from thirteenth place with less than twenty laps to go, to finish second to Kyle Busch by 1.547 seconds. It tied 2012 as his career-best finish at Martinsville. Allmendinger ended the season on a high note, earning four top-tens in the final six races and finishing nineteenth in the standings.

On June 8, 2016, Richard Childress Racing announced plans to add Allmendinger to their Xfinity Series driver lineup, hiring him to drive the No. 2 Chevrolet Camaro at Mid-Ohio; however, Allmendinger had a schedule conflict and Sam Hornish Jr. drove the race instead.

2017

Allmendinger started the 2017 season at Daytona by finishing in third place, equalling his best career finish in the event. At Talladega, Allmendinger was caught in a multi-car accident while running third with nineteen laps to go. Allmendinger got loose drafting Chase Elliott, causing Allmendinger's car to spin out and eventually flip over. At Watkins Glen, Allmendinger ran well enough to be the highest-finishing Chevrolet in the race, placing ninth.

2018 Allmendinger opened the 2018 season with a top-ten finish in the Daytona 500 and later had an eighth-place finish at the STP 500. In May, Allmendinger won the Monster Energy Open, the second time he had taken victory in the race.

On September 25, 2018, it was announced that Allmendinger, despite having two years left on his contract from 2015, would part ways with JTG at the end of the 2018 season, ending a long-time relationship with the team.

2019–2020: Part-time with Kaulig Racing

On March 21, 2019, Kaulig Racing announced Allmendinger would join the team's No. 10 car for a part-time Xfinity Series schedule. His schedule was originally a four-race slate beginning in July at Daytona, followed by the road course events at Mid-Ohio, Road America, and the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval. In the 2019 Circle K Firecracker 250 at Daytona, Allmendinger finished third, but was disqualified and relegated to last place after his car failed an engine vacuum test during post-race inspection.

On July 17, 2019, Kaulig announced that Allmendinger would add a fifth race to his schedule: the 2019 Zippo 200 at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 3, 2019. He was once again disqualified when his second-place finishing car was discovered to be too low on both rear corners during post-race inspection.

At his final start of the year at the Charlotte Roval, Allmendinger picked up his first win of the season and third of his Xfinity Series career, beating out RCR driver Tyler Reddick.

A few weeks after his Roval win, Kaulig president Chris Rice stated in an interview that Allmendinger would tentatively return to the team to drive for them in all of the Xfinity Series road course races again. In addition to those four races, he added he could likely run the new race for the series at Martinsville, a track that Allmendinger has historically performed well at throughout his NASCAR career. Allmendinger formally moved to the No. 16, Kaulig's part-time third car, for 2020 because the No. 10 was taken over full-time by Ross Chastain. On January 30, 2020, Kaulig Racing announced Allmendinger would appear in eight races for the team, predominantly at the road courses and superspeedways. Further races at Bristol and Atlanta were later added to his schedule, the latter in which he scored his first career victory on an oval.

The Atlanta victory made Allmendinger eligible for the series' $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus available the following week at Homestead-Miami. Kaulig added the race to Allmendinger's schedule, where he finished fourth, enough to claim the bonus.

At the Cup Series race at Martinsville in June, Allmendinger was on standby for RCR's Austin Dillon, who was expecting his first child with his wife, Whitney. Allmendinger continued acting on standby until Homestead-Miami but was not needed as Dillon's son was born Sunday morning before the Homestead race.

In August, Allmendinger finished second at Road America to Team Penske's Austin Cindric. At the Daytona road course race, Allmendinger finished fourth but was involved in controversy as he spun Justin Allgaier in the closing laps, leading to a confrontation between the two drivers. Allmendinger was leading going into the final corner of the August Daytona oval race but wrecked after contact with his Kaulig teammate Ross Chastain.

In October, Allmendinger defended his win on the Charlotte Roval, taking victory at the track for the second year in a row in a race affected by rain and darkness.

2021–2022: Full-time at Kaulig and return to the NASCAR Cup Series

On December 1, 2020, Kaulig announced that Allmendinger would run the full 2021 Xfinity Series schedule for the team. He also joined the team's Cup Series program for the Daytona road course, marking his first Cup series race since 2018. In March, Allmendinger earned his sixth career win by passing Daniel Hemric on a late-race restart at Las Vegas. He scored a second win at Mid-Ohio in June.

On August 5, 2021, GMS Racing announced that Allmendinger would run his first Camping World Truck Series race since 2008 at the regular-season finale at Watkins Glen International, replacing its normal driver Chase Purdy after he tested positive for COVID-19.

On August 15, 2021, Allmendinger scored his second career Cup series win at the Indianapolis road course, giving Kaulig Racing its first victory in the Cup series.

At Bristol, battling with Austin Cindric for the regular-season championship, Allmendinger won the race as well as the regular-season title, despite crashing at the finish similar to Terry Labonte at the 1995 Goody's 500 at Bristol when Labonte was spun by Dale Earnhardt and still won.

After his win at the 2021 Drive for the Cure 250, Allmendinger broke the record for most wins (six) at a road course in NASCAR Xfinity series history. This record was previously held by Austin Cindric. As of March 25, 2023, Allmendinger has won eleven races at a road course in a NASCAR sanctioned event.

In November 2021, it was announced that Allmendinger would be scheduled to run fourteen races for Kaulig Racing during the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. However, due to Alex Bowman's concussion-like symptoms and Noah Gragson replacing him, Allmendinger would make the last four races instead of Gragson.

Allmendinger started the 2022 Xfinity Series season with a second-place finish at Daytona. He racked up wins at Circuit of the Americas, Portland, and Indianapolis. Following the 2022 Food City 300 at Bristol, Allmendinger clinched the regular season championship. He would win back-to-back races at Talladega and the Charlotte Roval. Allmendinger was unable to advance to the Championship 4, ultimately finishing fifth in the point standings.

2023: Redemption in Cup

On October 5, 2022, Kaulig Racing announced that Allmendinger would drive the No. 16 full-time in 2023, marking his first full-time Cup season since 2018. Despite not making the playoffs, Allmendinger scored a win at the Charlotte Roval. He finished the season 21st in the final points standings.

Allmendinger continued to run in the Xfinity Series on a part-time basis. He scored wins at Circuit of the Americas and Nashville.

2024: Return to the Xfinity Series

On December 7, 2023, it was announced that Allmendinger will return to the Xfinity Series full-time in 2024, driving the No. 16 for Kaulig. Despite not winning a race during the regular season, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs. During the playoffs, Allmendinger won at Las Vegas to lock himself into the Championship 4. He would go on to finish ninth in the season finale at Phoenix, placing himself third in the final championship standings.

2025: Full-time again in Cup Kaulig announced on August 15, 2024, that Allmendinger would run a full-time Cup Series schedule for the team in 2025, driving the No. 16 car. It would also be the first year since 2017 that he did not make an appearance in the Xfinity Series.

Allmendinger would begin the season with a DNF at the Daytona 500 caused by a blown engine, placing him last in 41st place. After running in the front for most of the race, a vibration caused by a loose right front wheel from the final pit-stop would see him finish 30th at Circuit of the Americas. Allmendinger would recover from these misfortunes with consecutive top-ten finishes at Las Vegas and Homestead. A second engine failure of the season at the next race at Kansas after just six laps dropped him to 25th in the standings. He found redemption at the Coca Cola 600, where Allmendinger was able to grab his first top-five finish of the year, finishing fourth and bringing him up to seventeenth in the points, just outside the cut line.

In June, Allmendinger continued to hover around the cut line. At Nashville, he started from the back due to a penalty for unapproved adjustments after qualifying and finished in twentieth. In Mexico, he qualified eighth but was involved in a crash early in the race. Allmendinger was able to drive his damaged car back up the field to finish thirteenth. His best finish of June came at the end of the month in Atlanta, where he finished in twelfth after recovering from another early race wreck, leaving him seventeenth in the points standings and 59 points below the cut line. Allmendinger's No. 16 car during practice for the 2025 South Point 400 Allmendinger would start July with a fifth top-ten on the streets of Chicago by finishing in sixth, but the remainder of the regular season would prove to be disappointing. At the next race in Sonoma, he was fastest in practice and qualified fifth but finished down the field in eighteenth after a spin in stage 2. In Dover he again suffered a mechanical issue causing him to finish last, this time due to rear brake failure. His best result between Chicago and the regular season finale at Daytona was an eleventh place finish at Watkins Glen. Allmendinger would fail to make the playoffs, ending 21st in points after Daytona.

Despite not making the playoffs, Allmendinger would notch his second top-five at the playoff opening Southern 500. Another bright spot would come two races later at Bristol where he qualified on pole, the first time he had done so since 2015. Unfortunately, he was forced to retire from the race due to crash damage and finished in 36th. A final top-ten of the season came at the Charlotte Roval, but he would end up retiring early in four out of the final eight races of the season due to accidents. He ended the season 26th in points with two top-fives, seven top-tens, and a pole.

2026: Return to Truck Series Allmendinger would begin the 2026 season with a 19th-place finish in the Daytona 500. He would score his first top 10 of the season at Austin. At Sonoma, Allmendinger had his 500th career start.

On March 18, it was announced Allmendinger would return to the Craftsman Truck Series at Darlington, driving the No. 10 Ram 1500 after the original driver, Daniel Dye, would be suspended by NASCAR and Kaulig Racing after using a homophobic slur the day prior. This would be Allmendinger's first Truck Series start since 2021 at Watkins Glen, and his first oval start in the series since 2008 at Fontana. He finished eleventh in the race. Allmendinger was announced in the No. 25 at Watkins Glen. He finished inside the top-ten, earning a sixth place finish.

Sports car racing

From 2006 to 2021, with the exception of 2017, Allmendinger has competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona.

On January 28–29, 2012, Allmendinger entered the Rolex 24 driving for Michael Shank Racing and drove the final segment of the 24-hour race to the victory for the team in the Daytona Prototype Division. His teammates were Justin Wilson, John Pew, and Oswaldo Negri. To do so, he had to fend off sports car racing veteran Allan McNish, among others.

On January 4, 2014, it was announced that Allmendinger would return to Michael Shank Racing for the 24 Hours of Daytona. Co-driving with John Pew, Oswaldo Negri Jr. and Justin Wilson, the team finished 47th overall, a twelfth in the Prototype class.

Television career Allmendinger first ventured into television with Fox Sports' NASCAR Race Hub, serving as a recurring driver analyst while still racing full-time for JTG Daugherty Racing. On December 19, 2018, NBC Sports announced plans to hire Allmendinger as an analyst for their IMSA Sports Car coverage. He would also be a contributor to NBCSN's NASCAR America.

Additionally, Allmendinger joined NBCSN's coverage of American Flat Track as an analyst for the 2019 season. In July 2019, Allmendinger joined the IndyCar Series on NBC booth for the Iowa Speedway event, working alongside Leigh Diffey and Paul Tracy.

In 2025, Allmendinger joined the NASCAR on The CW crew as a guest analyst at the 2025 The Loop 110. The following year, he joined the crew for the 2026 Pit Boss/FoodMaxx 250.

Personal life Allmendinger was born in Santa Clara but raised in Los Gatos, both suburbs of the San Francisco Bay area.

Allmendinger was married to Canadian model and 2003 Miss Molson Indy Canada Lynne Kushnirenko in January 2007 after meeting her at a Champ Car race in Toronto in 2005. The two filed for divorce in 2012.

In 2019, Allmendinger married longtime girlfriend Tara Meador. The two owned a pet cat named Mr. Tickles, whom they enjoyed dearly.

Allmendinger was very close friends with his former RuSPORT and Rolex 24 teammate Justin Wilson. After Wilson's death in 2015, former RuSPORT president Jeremy Dale recalled their positive relationship as teammates as something that helped Allmendinger's growth as a driver. Allmendinger honored Wilson throughout the final races of the 2015 Cup Series season by placing Wilson's name above the window of his car. He also stated after Wilson's death that he would only return to IndyCar racing if the series implemented cockpit protection.

Motorsports career results

American open-wheel racing (key)

Barber Dodge Pro Series Barber Dodge Pro Series results Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points Ref 2001 SEB PIR LRP1 LRP2 DET CLE TOR CHI MOH22 ROA7 VAN6 LAG 18th 19 2002 SEB1 LRP1 LAG3 POR1 TOR1 CLE4 VAN1 MOH3 ROA2 MTL1 1st 189

Champ Car World Series Champ Car World Series results Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Rank Points Ref 2004 RuSPORT 10 Lola Ford LBH12 MTY17 MIL5 POR6 CLE6 TOR11 VAN3 ROA13 DEN5 MTL5 LS15 LVG6 SRF6 MXC3 6th 229 2005 LBH8 MTY10 MIL2 POR5 CLE2 TOR12 EDM14 SJO17 DEN3 MTL9 LVG13 SRF2 MXC2 5th 227 2006 LBH16 HOU8 MTY3 MIL4 3rd 285 Forsythe Championship Racing 7 Lola Ford POR1 CLE1 TOR1 EDM3 SJO7 DEN1 MTL17 ROA1 SRF16 MXC

IndyCar Series IndyCar Series results Year Team No. Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Rank Points Ref 2013 Team Penske 2 Dallara DW12 Chevrolet STP ALA19 LBH23 SAO INDY7 DET25 DET25 TXS MIL IOW POC TOR TOR MOH SNM BAL HOU HOU FON16 27th 79

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2013 Dallara Chevrolet 5 7 Team Penske

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2006 Team Red Bull 84 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY CHI NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM N/A - 2007 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL CLT MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 43rd 1165 2008 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH NHA DOV KAN TAL 36th 2436 Michael Waltrip Racing 00 Toyota CLT Gillett Evernham Motorsports 10 Dodge MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 2009 Richard Petty Motorsports 44 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL 24th 3476 Ford TEX PHO HOM 2010 43 DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT POC MCH SON NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 19th 3998 2011 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT KAN POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 15th 1013 2012 Penske Racing 22 Dodge DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV TAL 33rd 417 Phoenix Racing 51 Chevy CLT KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 2013 DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX KAN RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV POC DAY NHA IND POC 35th 410 JTG Daugherty Racing 47 Toyota MCH SON KEN GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 2014 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 13th 2260 2015 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 22nd 758 2016 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN DOV CLT POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN BRI MCH DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT KAN TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 19th 830 2017 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL KAN CLT DOV POC MCH SON DAY KEN NHA IND POC GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH CHI NHA DOV CLT TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 27th 531 2018 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV KAN CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 22nd 603 2021 Kaulig Racing 16 Chevy DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL BRD MAR RCH TAL KAN DAR DOV COA CLT SON NSH POC POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 43rd 0 2022 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR BRD TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH RCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 42nd 0 2023 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH BRD MAR TAL DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC RCH MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 21st 692 2024 DAY ATL LVS PHO BRI DOV KAN DAR CLT GTW SON IOW NHA NSH POC IND RCH MCH DAY DAR ATL BRI KAN ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 46th 0 13 COA RCH MAR TEX TAL CSC GLN TAL 2025 16 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO 26th 649 2026 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS DAR MAR BRI KAN TAL TEX GLN CLT NSH MCH POC COR SON CHI ATL NWS IND IOW RCH NHA DAY DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -*

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2007 Team Red Bull Toyota DNQ 2008 DNQ 2009 Richard Petty Motorsports Dodge 20 3 2010 Ford 15 32 2011 15 11 2012 Penske Racing Dodge 15 34 2014 JTG Daugherty Racing Chevrolet 15 26 2015 40 20 2016 30 21 2017 38 3 2018 20 10 2023 Kaulig Racing Chevrolet 29 6 2024 28 6 2025 13 41 2026 35 19

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 Pts Ref 2007 Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX 59th 678 41 PHO HOM 2008 Gillett Evernham Motorsports 9 Dodge DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTW IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 109th 132 2013 Penske Racing 22 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 93rd 0 2018 GMS Racing 23 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 91st 0 2019 Kaulig Racing 10 Chevy DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 39th 105 2020 16 DAY LVS CAL PHO DAR CLT BRI ATL HOM HOM TAL POC IRC KEN KEN TEX KAN ROA DRC DOV DOV DAY DAR RCH RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV KAN TEX MAR PHO 24th 366 2021 DAY DRC HOM LVS PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV COA CLT MOH TEX NSH POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC MCH DAY DAR RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO 4th 4023 2022 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR TEX CLT PIR NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 5th 2333 2023 10 DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 73rd 0 2024 16 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 3rd 4028

Craftsman Truck Series NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Pts Ref 2006 Bill Davis Racing 24 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR GTW CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 46th 350 2007 Darrell Waltrip Motorsports 00 Toyota DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 34th 916 2008 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM KEN IRP NSH BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM 115th 0 2021 GMS Racing 23 Chevy DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL MAR PHO 111th 0 2026 Kaulig Racing 10 Ram DAY ATL STP DAR CAR BRI TEX -* -* 25 GLN DOV CLT NSH MCH COR LRP NWS IRP RCH NHA BRI KAN CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

Complete sports car racing results

Rolex Sports Car Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Entrant Class Car Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Rank Points Ref 2006 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk XI Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY2 MEX HOM LBH VIR LAG PHX LIM WGL DAY BAR WGL SON MMP 88th 32 2007 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk XI Lexus 5.0 L V8 DAY16 MEX HOM VIR LAG WGL MOH DAY IOW BAR CGV WGL SON MMP 101st 15 2008 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk XI Ford 5.0 L V8 DAY9 HOM MEX VIR LAG LIM WGL MOH DAY BAR CGV WGL SON NJE MMP 66th 22 2009 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk XX Ford 5.0 L V8 DAY19 VIR NJE LAG WGL MOH DAY BAR WGL CGV MMP HOM 80th 12 2010 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk XI Ford 5.0 L V8 DAY7 HOM BAR VIR LIM WGL MOH DAY NJE WGL CGV MMP 45th 24 2011 Michael Shank Racing DP Dallara Ford 5.0 L V8 DAY7 HOM BAR VIR LIM LAG WGL MOH DAY NJE WGL CGV MMP 46th 24 2012 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk. XXVI Ford 5.0 L V8 DAY1 BAR HOM NJE DET MOH ROA WGL IMS WGL CGV LAG LIM 33rd 35 2013 Michael Shank Racing DP Riley Mk. XXVI Ford 5.0 L V8 DAY3 COA BAR RAL DET MOH WGL 60th 21 Michael Shank Racing w/ Curb Agajanian IMS10 ROA KAN LAG LIM

IMSA WeatherTech Sportscar Championship

24 Hours of Daytona 24 Hours of Daytona results Year Class No Team Car Co-drivers Laps Position Class Pos. 2006 DP 60 Michael Shank Racing Lexus Riley DP Oswaldo Negri Jr. Mark Patterson Justin Wilson 733 2 2 2007 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Lexus Riley DP Henry Zogaib Ian James Paul Tracy 595 26 16 2008 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP John Pew Ian James Burt Frisselle 652 14 9 2009 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP Michael Valiante Ian James John Pew 153 47 DNF 19 DNF 2010 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP Mark Patterson Michael Valiante Brian Frisselle 707 7 DNF 7 DNF 2011 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Dallara DP Michael McDowell Justin Wilson 719 7 7 2012 DP 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson 761 1 1 2013 DP 6 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP Marcos Ambrose Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson 709 3 3 2014 P 60 Michael Shank Racing Ford Riley DP Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Justin Wilson 599 47 12 2015 P 60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier JS P2 Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Matt McMurry 705 9 DNF 5 DNF 2016 P 60 Michael Shank Racing Ligier JS P2 Oswaldo Negri Jr. John Pew Olivier Pla 285 50 DNF 11 DNF 2018 GTD 86 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 Katherine Legge Álvaro Parente Trent Hindman 751 22 2 2019 GTD 86 Michael Shank Racing with Curb Agajanian Acura NSX GT3 Mario Farnbacher Trent Hindman Justin Marks 561 21 5 2020 GTD 57 Heinricher Racing with Michael Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 Evo Misha Goikhberg Trent Hindman Álvaro Parente 762 25 8 2021 DPi 60 Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-05 Dane Cameron Juan Pablo Montoya Olivier Pla 807 4 4 2026 GTP 60 Acura Meyer Shank Racing w/ Curb-Agajanian Acura ARX-06 Tom Blomqvist Colin Braun Scott Dixon 705 9 9