BRISTOL TN (3-21-10) - Justin Allgaier led the charge for the ARCA veterans in the NASCAR Nationwide Series field Saturday at Bristol Motor Speedway, winning the Scotts Turf Builder 300, a career-first for the 2008 ARCA Racing Series presented by RE/MAX and Menards champion.
Allgaier, after passing Penske Racing teammate Brad Keselowski during a late-race restart, held off Keselowski over the final laps to score the momentous win.
"That battle with Brad at the end was awesome, and I couldn't have been happier at the end to see two Penske cars up there running for the win," Allgaier said in his first visit to Victory Lane.
However, Allgaier wasn't the only ARCA veteran who shined in Saturday's Nationwide show. In fact, just over 65% of the entire field are ARCA veterans, many of whom had outstanding runs, including Kyle Busch (third), Kevin Harvick (fifth), Reed Sorenson (seventh), Jason Leffler (ninth) and Scott Wimmer (10th), giving six of the top-10 finishing positions to drivers who have ARCA experience. Further, 14 of the top-20 finishers are ARCA veterans.
Other ARCA veterans in the race (along with finishing positions) included......
Paul Menard - 11th
Kelly Bires - 12th
Scott Lagasse, Jr. - 13th
Joey Logano - 14th
Willie Allen - 15th
Mike Wallace - 17th
Michael McDowell - 18th
Michael Annett - 20th
Andy Ponstein - 21st
Josh Wise - 23rd
Eric McClure - 24th
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. - 25th
John Wes Townley - 26th
Brian Scott - 29th
Kasey Kahne - 32nd
Shelby Howard - 34th
Morgan Shepherd - 35th
James Buescher - 36th
Colin Braun - 37th
Steve Wallace - 38th
Brian Keselowski - 39th
Danny O'Quinn - 41st
In addition, there were 14 former ARCA winners in Saturday's Nationwide race including Allgaier, Busch, Sorenson, Menard, Lagasse, Logano, Mike Wallace, McDowell, Annett, Stenhouse, Howard, Buescher, Steve Wallace and Brian Keselowski
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