FORT WORTH, Texas — Justin Allgaier’s statistics at Texas Motor Speedway render it nothing short of remarkable that the driver of the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet has never won at the 1.5-mile intermediate speedway in Fort Worth.
Allgaier has qualified in the top 10 in 12 of the last 13 NASCAR O’Reilly Auto Parts Series events at the track, with a pole in 2023. He has finished in the top-five in five of the last seven races, with a best of second in 2021.
In the last three races combined, Allgaier has led 349 laps. He has won five of the last six stages at the track and a record seven overall.
Yet Allgaier is seeking his first victory at TMS in Saturday’s Andy’s Frozen Custard 340.
The irony is that Allgaier, the career leader in Dash 4 Cash wins with eight, isn’t eligible for the $100,000 bonus in the final race in this year’s Dash 4 Cash program. A victory, however, would suffice on its own merits.
“Texas has been a really good track for us over the last few years,” Allgaier acknowledged. “I know that (crew chief) Andrew (Overstreet) and all the guys on this Roto-Rooter Chevrolet are working really hard to give us another car capable of running up front again this weekend.
“We’ve come close here before, and hopefully we can be in a position at the end of the day to get that one spot better and come away with a Cowboy hat.”
Standing in Allgaier’s way is defending race winner Kyle Larson, who is making his fourth start of the season in the No. 88 JR Motorsports Chevrolet. Larson has a victory, a second and a fourth in his first three 2026 starts in the car.
Sheldon Creed is seeking his third straight Dash 4 Cash bonus, having won at Kansas Speedway and Talladega Superspeedway with respective finishes of second and third. To collect the $100,000 prize, Creed must finish higher than three other eligible drivers—Corey Day, Sammy Smith and Brent Crews.
Fresh from his first career O’Reilly Series victory at Talladega, Day is eligible for the Dash 4 Cash bonus for the first time. Interestingly, in last Saturday’s race, Day became only the sixth driver in series history to notch his first career victory while leading only the final lap.
