Start: 20th
Finish: 34th
Darlington Race Recap
Spencer Gallagher and the No. 23 Allegiant team qualified 20th for the NASCAR XFINITY Series (NXS) HELP A HERO 200 at Darlington Raceway. Gallagher battled with a tight handling No. 23 Allegiant Chevrolet majority of the race. Crew chief Joey Cohen called Gallagher to pit road from the 25th position under the first stage break on lap 47 for four tires, fuel, air pressure and track bar adjustment restarting 22nd on lap 51. Gallagher reported back to the GMS Racing crew that the adjustments helped the tight conditions slightly but still struggling with it off of turn two. When stage two came to a close on lap 92, Gallagher was scored in the 18th position. Cohen elected Gallagher to pit for four tires, fuel, and no adjustments, restarting 24th on lap 96. Gallagher was involved in an incident in turn two causing him to spin. He came to pit road for tires and returned to the field in the 30th position. Working his way back up into the 19th position when the right front tire went down on Gallagher’s No. 23 machine. Coming to pit road to change the right side tires and returned to the field in the 32nd position when a caution came out shortly after returning to the field. Gallagher gained one of his laps back taking the wave around but while under the caution laps the right front blew again ending Gallagher and the No. 23 team’s day.
Quote
“Not only did we have a good looking throwback scheme we had a pretty fast car this weekend at Darlington. I was running around the 19th position and could have had a top-15 day when the tire went down. Then it went down again on the caution laps that sent me into the wall pretty hard and ended our day early. I am really looking forward to going to Richmond next weekend.”
Additional Info
– Gallagher is in the 22nd position in driver points.
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