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Allgaier holds off Sadler for Dover win and $100,000 bonus

Justin Allgaier had done everything but win this season, but no longer.

Jim Utter

Edited: May 5, 2018, 7:14 PM

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Race winner Justin Allgaier, JR Motorsports

Allgaier held off a furious charge from JR Motorsports teammate Elliott Sadler to win Saturday’s One Main 200 at Dover (Del.) International Speedway for his first NASCAR Xfinity Series win of the season.

The two made contact in Turn 4 on the final lap but Allgaier hung on to take the checkered flag.

"I got on the brakes (going into Turn 3) and almost spun myself out," Allgaier said of the final lap. "That race - you couldn't ask for anything better. All the guys at JR Motorsports have done a fantastic job.

"You can never think about these finishes, about how they are going to come. When we were coming to the checkered and we were in the fence, I was thinking how disappointed I would be (if we didn't win). It was so much fun today."

Allgaier said he considered the battle with Sadler "respectful."

"I have three great teammates and the amount of respect Elliott showed me out there was great," Allgaier said. "Obviously, we got together coming to the checkered but I expected that. He had to do what he had to do and we did what we had to do.

"This whole team is incredible and to be part of this group is something special. I think we have a great shot at a championship."

In addition, Allgaier collected the final $100,000 Dash4Cash bonus. He and Sadler were two of four drivers eligible for the bonus in the race.

The win is the sixth of Allgaier’s career and first at Dover. He had already finished second three times this season.

“Damn,” Sadler yelled over his team radio at the finish. “Sorry guys, I tried.”

Daniel Hemric finished third, Christopher Bell was fourth and Tyler Reddick completed the top-five.

Completing the top 10 are Johnny Sauter, Noah Gragson, Matt Tifft, Austin Cindric and Brandon Jones.

With 32 of 200 laps remaining in the race, Ryan Sieg made contact with Ty Majeski, which sent Majeski for a spin and into the path of Dylan Lupton.

On the restart with 27 laps left, Allgaier led the way followed by Hemric, Reddick, Sadler and Cindric. With 25 to go, Sadler moved into second behind Allgaier and began a charge for the win.

Stage 2

Allgaier held off JRM teammate Reddick in a six-lap shootout to claim the Stage 2 victory.

“It’s pretty darn good,” Allgaier said over his team radio about his No. 7 Chevrolet. “The car has been really fast all day. So far, we’ve kept up on the adjustments. It’s fun to drive.”

Cindric was third, Bell fourth and Tifft completed the top-five.

Rounding out the Top 10 were Hemric, Truex, John Hunter Nemechek, Ross Chastain and Michael Annett.

Majeski elected not to pit during the break between Stages 1 and 2 and took over the lead when Stage 2 went green on Lap 52. He was followed by Tifft.

Jones, the pole-winner, was penalized by NASCAR for speeding on pit road and had to restart from the rear of the field.

Majeski fell off the pace on the restart as Tifft moved into the lead. One lap later, Reddick got around Tifft to take the top spot. Majeski ended up going to garage on Lap 54 with a broken axle.

Allgaier moved back into the second position on Lap 67.

Kaz Grala hit the wall in Turn 3 to bring out a caution on Lap 78. On the same lap, Ryan Reed tried to pass Gragson on the outside but Gragson was already moving up the track and the two made contact. Reed got the brunt of the damage from that incident.

On the restart with 6 laps remaining in the stage, Allgaier led the way followed by Reddick and Tifft.

Stage 1

Sadler held off Allgaier to claim the Stage 1 victory after leading 23 of the 45 laps.

“Car was pretty decent there,” Sadler said over his team radio. “It takes me a couple of laps to get going.”

Jones ended up third, Hemric was fourth and Reddick completed the top-five.

Rounding out the top-10 were Cindric, Ryan Truex, Gragson, Bell and John Hunter Nemechek.

Matt Tifft brought out the first caution, spinning off Turn 2 on Lap 2. Tifft didn’t appear to suffer any damage with his No. 2 Chevrolet. Jones continued to lead the way on the restart on Lap 9.

With 25 laps remaining in the stage, Jones continued to hold a slight advantage over Sadler, followed by Gragson, Allgaier and Hemric

Three laps later off Turn 2, Sadler got around Jones on the high side to take the lead for the first time in the race.

Josh Bilicki brought out a caution on Lap 31 after he tagged the wall off Turn 3. On the restart on Lap 36, Sadler continued to lead the way followed by Jones and Gragson.

Allgaier moved into the second position behind Sadler on the restart.

Before the start of the race, the cars of John Hunter Nemechek (backup car) and Spencer Boyd (unapproved adjustments) had to move to the rear of the field to begin the event.

la#DriverManufacturerLapsTimeLaps Led 1 7 united_states Justin Allgaier Chevrolet 200 104 2 1 Elliott Sadler Chevrolet 200 0.306 33 3 21 Daniel Hemric Chevrolet 200 0.911 4 20 Christopher Bell Toyota 200 3.026 5 9 Tyler Reddick Chevrolet 200 3.837 23 6 23 Johnny Sauter Chevrolet 200 6.211 7 18 Noah Gragson Toyota 200 6.512 8 2 united_states Matt Tifft Chevrolet 200 6.778 1 9 22 Austin Cindric Ford 200 9.265 10 19 Brandon Jones Toyota 200 9.707 33 11 11 Ryan Truex Chevrolet 200 11.732 12 3 Jeb Burton Chevrolet 200 12.220 13 00 Cole Custer Ford 200 12.425 14 42 John Hunter Nemechek Chevrolet 200 12.997 15 5 united_states Michael Annett Chevrolet 200 14.037 16 4 Ross Chastain Chevrolet 200 14.777 17 39 Ryan Sieg Chevrolet 200 15.918 18 51 Jeremy Clements Chevrolet 200 16.836 19 16 Ryan Reed Ford 200 17.461 20 35 Joey Gase Chevrolet 200 19.894 21 36 canada Alex Labbé Chevrolet 200 21.892 22 01 united_states Vinnie Miller Chevrolet 200 23 78 B.J. McLeod Chevrolet 199 1 lap 24 28 Dylan Lupton Ford 199 1 lap 25 40 Chad Finchum Toyota 198 2 laps 26 52 David Starr Chevrolet 196 4 laps 27 8 Ray Black Jr. Chevrolet 196 4 laps 28 90 Brandon Brown Chevrolet 195 5 laps 29 45 united_states Josh Bilicki Toyota 194 6 laps 30 76 Spencer Boyd Chevrolet 190 10 laps 31 15 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 188 12 laps 32 0 Garrett Smithley Chevrolet 169 31 laps 2 33 55 Stephen Leicht Toyota 149 51 laps 34 60 Ty Majeski Ford 129 71 laps 4 35 13 Timmy Hill Toyota 113 87 laps 36 38 united_states J.J. Yeley Chevrolet 111 89 laps 37 24 Kaz Grala Ford 76 124 laps 38 89 Morgan Shepherd Chevrolet 57 143 laps 39 66 Carl Long Toyota 29 171 laps 40 93 Jeff Green Chevrolet 11 189 laps

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