A.J. Allmendinger

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A.J. Allmendinger

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</noinclude> A.J. Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981) is a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver of the #44 Valvoline Dodge for Richard Petty Motorsports. He formely drove the #84 Toyota for Team Red Bull. It was announced on September 24, 2008 that he and Team Red Bull would part ways.

Contents 1 Racing career 1.1 Early career 1.2 Champ Car 1.3 NASCAR 2 Personal 3 Teams 4 References 5 External links 6 Complete Champ Car results 7 External links

[edit] Racing career

[edit] Early career

He started his career in kart racing. He won two International Karting Federation Grand National championships. ^[1]

Allmendinger won the Barber Dodge Pro Series championship in 2002, and the Champ Car Atlantic Championship in 2003 with Carl Russo's RuSport team.

[edit] Champ Car

In 2004 they entered the Champ Car World Series, with Michel Jourdain Jr. joining Allmendinger. He generally outperformed the experienced Mexican, scoring a run of 6 top-6 finishes towards the end of the season, winning the Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year award ahead of Justin Wilson. Wilson joined the team for 2005, and both drivers have been in regular contention for podium finishes.

On June 9, 2006, RuSport announced that Allmendinger would be replaced by 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta. However, he did not remain unemployed long, as Forsythe Championship Racing hired him on June 14, 2006. In the interim, he became engaged to Lynne Kushnirenko, a model and chiropractor.

On June 18, 2006, Allmendinger won the Grand Prix of Portland in his first race with Forsythe Championship Racing. Allmendinger became the first American to win a Champ Car World Series event since Ryan Hunter-Reay won at The Milwaukee Mile in 2004.

On June 25, 2006, Allmendinger won the Grand Prix of Cleveland from the pole in a hectic race that saw two-time CART champ and points leader Sébastien Bourdais, teammate Paul Tracy, former teammate Justin Wilson, Dan Clarke and former seatholder Mario Dominguez eliminated during the race.

He continued his winning streak by winning his third consecutive race at the Grand Prix of Toronto on July 9, 2006. He started second after Wilson bested Allmendinger's time in the last lap of the event's final qualifying session. The victory moved Allmendinger into second place in the CCWS championship standings, behind leader Bourdais.

He chalked up his fourth and fifth wins of the season at Denver and Road America.

[edit] NASCAR

Allmendinger made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series driving for Bill Davis Racing at New Hampshire International Speedway on September 16, 2006^{[2] [3]}. He crashed his primary truck in qualifying but started the race 32nd and finished on the lead lap in 13th. He also competed at Talladega Superspeedway in October with a finish of 5th. In his 3rd career truck series start, he qualified in 2nd place at Atlanta.

Allmendinger attempted his first Nextel Cup Series event at Atlanta in October 2006 driving the Team Red Bull entry, however, a rainout in qualifying prevented him from making the race, due to lack of owners points for the team. He also attempted to make the race at Texas however he failed to qualify.

It was announced on October 24, 2006 that Allmendinger will drive the NEXTEL Cup #84 Team Red Bull Toyota Camry in 2007.

Allmendinger failed to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500 after a crash in the first Gatorade Duel race. He has also failed to qualify for the California, Las Vegas, and Atlanta races. As of May 25, 2007, he has qualified for one "current car" event, and has made four races, all featuring the Car of Tomorrow. To assist him in the transition, he is also driving selected Craftsman Truck Series races for Toyota under the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports banner.

Allmendinger finished 40th his first Nextel Cup start at the Food City 500 at Bristol, which was the debut of the COT. The next race, he finished 38th at Martinsville and posted a 32nd place finish at Richmond on May 6, 2007.

'--97.82.251.234 18:29, 16 February 2009 (UTC)2009 information provided by justin icenhour'Bold text Entering the 2009 Sprint Cup Series Season, A.J. Almendinger will be behind the wheel of what used to be the ride of Patrick Carpentier at Gillett Evernham Motorsports, which was bought out in the off season by richard petty. The organization is now called Richard Petty Motorsports, and A.J. Almendinger will be sporting the 1979 #44 valvoline paint scheme during the 2009 Budweiser Shootout, and throughout speedweeks. He has alot to show, being that he is driving for richard petty, and using the replica of pettys 1979 valvoline paint scheme at daytona.

Well the Dytona 500 is over, A.J. Almendinger proved hisself a worthy driver as of sunday, Feb. 15th 2009, posting a 3rd place finish in his first Daytona 500 with his new team Richard Petty Motorsports. We just hope he can keep it up going further on into the 2009 Sprint Cup Season, GOOD LUCK A.J. ALMENDINGER, GO #44!!!

[edit] Personal

On Friday, January 19, 2007, A.J. married Lynne Kushnirenko in Palm Beach, Florida.

[edit] Teams

Year	#	Sponsor	Make/Model	Owner
2009	44	Valvoline	Dodge	Richard Petty Motorsports
2007-2008	84	Red Bull	Toyota	Team Red Bull

[edit] References

1. ↑ Allmendinger's Champ car profile
2. ↑ http://www.speedtv.com/articles/auto/nascar/32253/
3. ↑ NASCAR results at Racing-reference.info

[edit] External links

• A.J. Allmendinger Career Statistics
• AJ Allmendinger Champ Car career
• Allmendinger statistics pre NASCAR career
• Official website
• A.J. Allmendinger Wedding Video - Love Story Interview

[edit] Complete Champ Car results

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Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Team	Rank	Points
2004	RuSPORT	LBH 12	MOT Ret	MIL 5	POR 6	CLE 6	TOR 11	VAN 3	ROA 13	DEN 5	MON 5	LAG Ret	LAS 6	SUR 6	MEX 3	RuSPORT	6th	229
2005	RuSPORT	LBH 8	MOT 10	MIL 2	POR 5	CLE 2	TOR Ret	EDM Ret	SAN Ret	DEN 3	MON 9	LAS 13	SUR 2	MEX 2		RuSPORT	5th	227
2006	RuSPORT	LBH Ret	HST 8	MOT 3	MIL 4	POR 1	CLE 1	TOR 1	EDM 3	SAN 7	DEN 1	MON Ret	ROA 1	SUR Ret	MEX DNS	Forsythe	2nd	280

* Pole positions indicated in bold.

[edit] External links

Stats from Racing-Reference.info