NASCAR: Justin Allgaier released from the hospital
By Asher Fair
JR Motorsports NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Justin Allgaier has been treated and released from the hospital after Thursday’s last-lap crash at Kentucky Speedway.
Following a hard crash on the final lap of Thursday night’s Shady Rays 200 NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Kentucky Speedway, JR Motorsports’ Justin Allgaier was transported to a local hospital.
The 34-year-old Spaulding, Illinois native has now been treated and released from the hospital and is slated to undergo further evaluation to determine whether or not he will compete in tonight’s 200-lap race around the four-turn, 1.5-mile (2.414-kilometer) oval in Sparta, Kentucky, the Alsco 300.
JR Motorsports confirmed this news in a statement released Friday morning.
Update from JR Motorsports:
— JR Motorsports (@JRMotorsports) July 10, 2020
Justin Allgaier was treated and released from a local hospital early this morning for non-racing related medical purposes following last night’s event at Kentucky Speedway. He will undergo further evaluation today before being cleared to race.
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The crash that sent the driver of the #7 Chevrolet to the hospital took place in overtime on Thursday evening. On the final restart with just two laps remaining, Allgaier was in fourth place on the outside of the second row. Teammate Noah Gragson restarted in third and got loose in turn two, which caused his #9 Chevrolet to make slight contact with Allgaier’s car.
That contact dropped Allgaier’s car several positions down the order before the race’s 136th and final lap.
Coming down the back straightaway on lap 136, Allgaier’s #7 Chevrolet slid into the #90 DGM Motorsports Chevrolet of Ronnie Bassett Jr. This contact sent Allgaier’s car into the outside wall and Bassett’s car spinning into the inside wall. Bassett’s car made heavy contact with the inside wall and lifted slightly off the ground.
Then the #61 MBM Motorsports Toyota of Timmy Hill arrived on the scene and made hard contact with both cars, first Allgaier’s and then Bassett’s. The contact with Allgaier’s car turned the #7 Chevrolet and sent it nose-first into the turn three wall.
Both Bassett and Hill were checked and released from the infield care center.
Here is a video of the crash.
ICYMI: This last-lap collision at @KySpeedway was massive.
— NASCAR Xfinity (@NASCAR_Xfinity) July 10, 2020
Thankfully, Ronnie Bassett Jr. was able to get out under his own power. pic.twitter.com/HEu3D83Ykl
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Tonight’s race is set to be broadcast live from Kentucky Speedway on Fox Sports 1 beginning at 8:00 p.m. ET. Allgaier finished Thursday night’s race in 20th place, so that is where he is set to start tonight’s Alsco 300 if he competes, but he will likely drop to the rear since he will likely move to a backup #7 Chevrolet following Thursday’s wreck. If he does not compete, whoever replaces him would drop to the rear anyway due to the driver change.