A veteran of all forms of racing, A.J. Allmendinger is skilled enough to keep visiting Victory Lane, savvy enough to persist through all types of circumstances and experienced enough to soak in every winning moment.

Allmendinger survived several early multi-car wrecks, hung on through two overtime restarts and powered his way to a victory in the Tennessee Lottery 250 NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Nashville Superspeedway.

Driving the No. 10 Chevrolet for Kaulig Racing, Allmendinger collected his second Xfinity Series victory on the season and the 17th of his career. Allmendinger is starting 19th in the sold-out Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series race.

“I’m kind of old for this,” the 41-year-old NASCAR Cup Series regular joked. “Got to thank all the men and women at Kaulig Racing.”

The 41-year-old California native started 11th and made his way through a race that had seven caution flags fly through the first 70 laps, and eight multi-car wrecks. The 11 caution flags tied a Nashville Superspeedway Xfinity Series record.

Allmendinger held the lead for the last 20 laps, including the two overtime restarts where he held firm on the bottom of the track as the field spread out three- and even four-wide behind him.

“I just needed to get through Turn 1 clean,” Allmendinger said of the final restart. “I love winning on ovals because people doubt me on ovals.”

Riley Herbst was 1.323 seconds behind in second, with Sam Mayer placing third, Austin Hill finishing fourth and Josh Berry taking fifth.

“This is one of those iconic trophies you want to win,” said Allmendinger, who led 25 laps overall, before lifting the traditional Nashville Superspeedway Gibson guitar in Victory Lane. “You never know when you’ll be back here again.”

Ty Gibbs (28 laps led) took Stage 1 before bowing out in a wreck on the first laps of Stage 2. Chandler Smith (race-high 74 laps led) won Stage 2 before finishing 12th.

Allmendinger completed the overtime-aided 196 lap/260 mile event in 2 hours, 40 minutes, 21 seconds, averaging 97.542 mph with 16 cars finishing on the lead lap. Eleven leaders exchanged the lead 17 times.

Fin Str Vehicle Driver Team Laps
1 11 10 AJ Allmendinger(i) Bailey Zimmerman - Religiously Chevrolet 196
2 5 98 Riley Herbst Monster Energy Ford 196
3 34 1 Sam Mayer Huck's Market Chevrolet 196
4 7 21 Austin Hill Bennett Transportation Chevrolet 196
5 23 8 Josh Berry Bass Pro Shops/TRACKER Boats Chevrolet 196
6 21 20 John Hunter Nemechek Pye Barker Fire and Safety Toyota 196
7 6 28 Zane Smith(i) Blue Oval City Ford 196
8 33 11 Daniel Hemric Cirkul Chevrolet 196
9 1 0 Cole Custer HAAS Automation Ford 196
10 10 31 Parker Retzlaff # FunkAway Chevrolet 196
11 13 48 Parker Kligerman Spiked Light Coolers Chevrolet 196
12 2 16 Chandler Smith # Quick Tie Products Inc. Chevrolet 196
13 12 27 Jeb Burton Hawkins Homes Chevrolet 196
14 26 25 Brett Moffitt SLTC/Lineworker.com Ford 196
15 16 7 Justin Allgaier BRANDT Chevrolet 196
16 20 26 Kaz Grala CRUSH Tropical Punch Toyota 196
17 19 2 Sheldon Creed Whelen Chevrolet 195
18 32 4 Kyle Weatherman Trophy Tractor Chevrolet 195
19 14 39 Ryan Sieg CMRroofing.com Ford 195
20 35 6 Brennan Poole Macc Door Systems Chevrolet 195
21 17 38 Joe Graf Jr. G-Coin Ford 195
22 24 51 Jeremy Clements All South Electric Chevrolet 195
23 28 78 Anthony Alfredo DUDE Wipes Chevrolet 195
24 15 9 Brandon Jones Menards/DuPont Air Filtration Chevrolet 195
25 9 29 Kyle Sieg Peek Pool and Spas Ford 195
26 27 2 Blaine Perkins # Our Motorsports Chevrolet 194
27 30 45 Jeffrey Earnhardt Roadrunner Markets/FL Chevrolet 194
28 25 43 Ryan Ellis Keen Parts Chevrolet 194
29 22 91 Chad Chastain(i) Use Your Melon Drive Sober Chevrolet 194
30 36 35 David Starr Kales Truck and Heavy Equipment Chevrolet 193
31 37 53 Joey Gase Sci-Aps Ford 193
32 31 8 Mason Massey BRUNT Ford 186
33 29 92 Josh Williams Dan-O's Seasoning Chevrolet 111
34 3 18 Sammy Smith # Pilot Flying J Toyota 68
35 38 24 Connor Mosack Toyota Genuine Parts Toyota 61
36 8 77 Carson Hocevar(i) Premier Security Chevrolet 53
37 4 19 Ty Gibbs(i) He Gets Us Toyota 53
38 18 7 Stefan Parsons Nelson's Green Brier Chevrolet 0


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