AJ ALLMENDINGER, NO. 47 KROGER/USO CHEVROLET SS
JTG DAUGHERTY RACING DAYTONA 500 POST RACE REPORT
JTG DAUGHERTY RACING DAYTONA 500 POST RACE REPORT
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014
Track: Daytona International Speedway
Event: Daytona 500
Start: 15th
Finish: 26th
TEAM NOTES AND QUOTES:
AJ Allmendinger was leading the Daytona 500 at Lap 83 when he discovered coming to pit road that he had no brakes to stop his No. 47 Kroger Chevrolet SS.
A cracked right-rear caliper forced Allmendinger to spend lengthy amounts of time on pit road that led to a 26th-place finish after completing 194 of 200 laps.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the season opener that had 42 lead changes among 18 drivers and seven caution flags for 39 laps.
“I don’t know, but something happened with the right-rear caliper - - it broke,” AJ Allmendinger said. “I had no brakes. After that, all I could do is just ride around. The guys did a good job of assessing the problem and fixing it. We got at least a little bit lucky with all the teams that wrecked to get some decent points. We’ll talk it over, address it and it is stuff we’ve got to fix.
“The bright side is that the car was fast - - the motor was fast,” Allmendinger continued. “I really look forward to our next race, which is Phoenix (International Raceway). I think we will have a good package for there. I like Phoenix. So, hopefully we can go there and get some momentum going."
“It looks like we had a brake failure in the right rear - - the caliper broke,” crew chief Brian Burns said. “It’s unfortunate. We will figure out what happened there. We tried to make the best of the night after that happened and we were able to salvage a 26th-place finish. We could have ended up 40th. We did our best to fight back and tried to make the best out of a bad day.”
A cracked right-rear caliper forced Allmendinger to spend lengthy amounts of time on pit road that led to a 26th-place finish after completing 194 of 200 laps.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the season opener that had 42 lead changes among 18 drivers and seven caution flags for 39 laps.
“I don’t know, but something happened with the right-rear caliper - - it broke,” AJ Allmendinger said. “I had no brakes. After that, all I could do is just ride around. The guys did a good job of assessing the problem and fixing it. We got at least a little bit lucky with all the teams that wrecked to get some decent points. We’ll talk it over, address it and it is stuff we’ve got to fix.
“The bright side is that the car was fast - - the motor was fast,” Allmendinger continued. “I really look forward to our next race, which is Phoenix (International Raceway). I think we will have a good package for there. I like Phoenix. So, hopefully we can go there and get some momentum going."
“It looks like we had a brake failure in the right rear - - the caliper broke,” crew chief Brian Burns said. “It’s unfortunate. We will figure out what happened there. We tried to make the best of the night after that happened and we were able to salvage a 26th-place finish. We could have ended up 40th. We did our best to fight back and tried to make the best out of a bad day.”
FAST FACTS:
Career Starts: 192
Top-fives: 5
Top-10s: 30
Pole Awards: 2
First Start: 3/25/2007 Bristol
First Pole: 4/10/2010 Phoenix
Last Pole: 4/22/2012 Kansas
Best Start: 1 4/10/2010 Phoenix
Best Finish: 2 4/1/2012 Martinsville
Driver DOB: 12/16/1981
Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
Crew Chief: Brian Burns
Career Starts: 192
Top-fives: 5
Top-10s: 30
Pole Awards: 2
First Start: 3/25/2007 Bristol
First Pole: 4/10/2010 Phoenix
Last Pole: 4/22/2012 Kansas
Best Start: 1 4/10/2010 Phoenix
Best Finish: 2 4/1/2012 Martinsville
Driver DOB: 12/16/1981
Hometown: San Jose, Calif.
Crew Chief: Brian Burns
KROGER:
The Kroger Co. Partners with the USO again this season:
Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers, employs 343,000 associates who serve customers in 2,414 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith’s.
Honoring Our Heroes, Kroger’s partnership with the USO, will continue in 2014. The Kroger Co. Family of Stores has donated $8.4 million to the USO since 2010 to help the USO carry out its mission - to lift the spirits of America’s troops and their families around the world. For nearly 75 years, the USO is the only organization that serves the U.S. military throughout their service, from the moment they join, through their deployments and as they transition back to their communities.
For more information about Kroger, please visit www.kroger.com. To learn how you can help the USO please visit HonoringOurHeroes.com.
The Kroger Co. Partners with the USO again this season:
Kroger, one of the world’s largest retailers, employs 343,000 associates who serve customers in 2,414 supermarkets and multi-department stores in 31 states under two dozen local banner names including Kroger, City Market, Dillons, Jay C, Food 4 Less, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, King Soopers, QFC, Ralphs and Smith’s.
Honoring Our Heroes, Kroger’s partnership with the USO, will continue in 2014. The Kroger Co. Family of Stores has donated $8.4 million to the USO since 2010 to help the USO carry out its mission - to lift the spirits of America’s troops and their families around the world. For nearly 75 years, the USO is the only organization that serves the U.S. military throughout their service, from the moment they join, through their deployments and as they transition back to their communities.
For more information about Kroger, please visit www.kroger.com. To learn how you can help the USO please visit HonoringOurHeroes.com.
FAN OF THE WEEK:
Enter NOW for a chance to ride along with AJ Allmendinger during a race this season!
Each week, the JTG Daugherty Racing "#47 FAN OF THE WEEK" will have their photo featured on AJ's #47 car.
Congratulations to Matt Treske, Amanda LaCount, Matt Sawinski!
We are excited to announce our first #47FanOfTheWeek winners are Matt Treske, Amanda LaCount and Matt Sawinski. Their winning entry came to us via Twitter: @Sawsi17 : @NASCAR47 @AJDinger - rain delay, no problem we @mattturok cleaned some shirts up with @Clorox bleach #47fanoftheweek pic.twitter.com/wSEkNynHJr
We are excited to announce our first #47FanOfTheWeek winners are Matt Treske, Amanda LaCount and Matt Sawinski. Their winning entry came to us via Twitter: @Sawsi17 : @NASCAR47 @AJDinger - rain delay, no problem we @mattturok cleaned some shirts up with @Clorox bleach #47fanoftheweek pic.twitter.com/wSEkNynHJr
Using their creativity, the trio made custom #47FanOfTheWeek AJ Allmendinger t-shirts and sent us some photos of the process, the images can be seen here: http://imgur.com/a/GEnh5
As a reward for their winning entry, we are placing their #47FanOfTheWeek photo on AJ Allmendinger's #47 Clorox car for the race in Phoenix this weekend. Prior to the race we'll take a snapshot of AJ with the winning photo and have AJ autograph a few copies for them. Great job!
We had several terrific entries during our first week of competition and we will announce next week's #47FanOfTheWeek challenge tomorrow afternoon! Thank You to everyone who participated in our first challenge, we look forward to seeing what you all come up with next!
Credit - Photos & Information courtesy of JTG Daugherty Racing.
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