A.J. Allmendinger News

Scott Speed to NASCAR?

Scott Speed to NASCAR?

August 14, 2007
Axed Toro Rosso racer Scott Speed will almost certainly switch to the NASCAR series in 2008, it has emerged. Although his relationships with STR chiefs Franz Tost and Gerhard Berger are over, the Californian remains strongly linked with Red Bull magnate Dietrich Mateschitz

Rumblings – Pocono:

Rumblings – Pocono:

August 5, 2007
If it had been a fight, they'd have stopped it! Kurt Busch totally dominated (if you call leading 87.5% of the laps dominating) today at Pocono Raceway and captured the Pennsylvania 500 for his first win of the season (last we saw of him was snow angels at Bristol

Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

Rumblings – Chicago Race Notes:

July 15, 2007
Tony Stewart dominated the second half of today's USG Sheetrock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway and pulled away from Matt Kenseth on the final restart (with 12 to go) for his first win of the season and the 30th of his Cup career (he's in 20th on the all-time win list).

Allmendinger Completes Test at Infineon Raceway:

Allmendinger Completes Test at Infineon Raceway:

June 7, 2007
#84-AJ Allmendinger completed a two-day test session at Infineon Raceway on Wednesday in preparation for the Toyota/Save Mart 350 Nextel Cup Series weekend, June 22-24. It was Allmendinger's first chance to drive a stock car on the 10-turn, 1.99-mile road course, where

Testing at Nashville:

Testing at Nashville:

May 23, 2007
A closed-test session Tuesday [no word if it was with the COT or old car] at the Nashville Superspeedway featured #00-David Reutimann, #84-A.J. Allmendinger, #20-Tony Stewart, #14-Sterling Marlin, #38-David Gilliland, Mark Green, #66-Jeff Green, and #88-Ricky Rudd.

Hornaday sets new series record for most wins:

Hornaday sets new series record for most wins:

May 21, 2007
Ron Hornaday in the #33-Camping World Chevy held off AJ Allmendinger with 36 laps to go in the Quaker Steak and Lube 200 on Friday night. Hornaday, known as the "master of restarts," held off Allmendinger on two more restarts, including a green-white-checkered finish

Stewart to work as pit reporter for SPEED during Nextel Open:

Stewart to work as pit reporter for SPEED during Nextel Open:

May 15, 2007
#20-Tony Stewart will work as a SPEED pit reporter during the Nextel Open, a qualifying event that moves the top two finishers forward into the Nextel All-Star Challenge. Nextel Cup Series drivers #99-Carl Edwards, #18-J.J. Yeley and #84-A.J. Allmendinger have all

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 evening;

Lowe’s Motor Speedway Testing Day 2 evening;

May 8, 2007
Final testing for the car of yesterday at Lowe's Motor Speedway ended Tuesday night. The fastest was #2A-Kurt Busch [Dodge] with a speed of 185.644mph [the second fastest lap after #40-Stremme's 187mph on Monday night] followed by #88B-Ricky Rudd [Ford], #36A-Jeremy

Red Bull Teams to honor slain team member:

Red Bull Teams to honor slain team member:

April 13, 2007
Team Red Bull celebrates the life of one of its most colorful characters this weekend in Texas. In honor of James Jimmy Sprinkle ” a test team mechanic who died after an unfortunate altercation at his property on March 31 ” the #83-Brian Vickers and #84-A.J. Allmendinger

Qualifying Rained Out

Qualifying Rained Out

April 13, 2007
for the Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway and the field was set by the rules book, so the top-35 in 2007 Owners Pts fill the top 35 spots, then #83-Brian Vickers as a past race winner in 2006-2007 (2006 race winner at Talladega in the #25), #44-Dale Jarrett (past

Testing at Greenville:

Testing at Greenville:

March 29, 2007
many teams tested recently at Greenville Pickens Speedway in S.C. including #18-J.J. Yeley [3/27], #41-Reed Sorensen [3/27], #84-A.J. Allmendinger [3/28-3/29].(3-29-2007)

More Money for Raybestos Rookie program in 2007:

More Money for Raybestos Rookie program in 2007:

February 15, 2007
Officials with Affinia Group today announced an increase in the year-end payout to Raybestos Rookie of the Year in the Nextel Cup Series. The driver who wins Raybestos Rookie of the Year will take home a check for $65,000, a $15,000 increase from 2006. The company

Allmendinger to run some races for DW: UPDATE 3: Red Bull to sponsor:

Allmendinger to run some races for DW: UPDATE 3: Red Bull to sponsor:

February 12, 2007
When asked about his Truck team on Sirius Radio this morning, Darrell Waltrip said that along with Josh Wise, AJ Allmendinger would be running a few races for Waltrip Racing in the Truck Series in 2007. The trucks and equipment has been moved to the new home of Michael

Las Vegas Testing Day 2 Incidents.:

Las Vegas Testing Day 2 Incidents.:

January 30, 2007
About 10 minutes into the Tuesday test session at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, #84-A.J. Allmendinger crashed again in the turn 2. Allmendinger looped the car coming out of two and damaged the drivers side. It appears Red Bull Racing is putting Allmendinger in the #83

Las Vegas Testing Day 1 Incidents:

Las Vegas Testing Day 1 Incidents:

January 29, 2007
AM: #07-Clint Bowyer's blown motor occurred in turn four as he was about to pass #36-Jeremy Mayfield. Went down low and all of a sudden it went "boom". #96-Tony Raines slammed the turn 4 wall saying his car got tight and he looped it then went along for the ride. He