JTG Daugherty Racing driver wins closest-to-the-pin contest at California track
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On the strength of back-to-back top-10 finishes at Atlanta Motor Speedway and Las Vegas Motor Speedway, AJ Allmendinger ranks fifth in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series standings. His string of success continued on Tuesday at Auto Club Speedway in his home state of California.
The Los Gatos native was in Fontana to promote the upcoming Auto Club 400 (March 22, 3:30 p.m. ET, FOX), the final stop in NASCAR’s three-race West Coast swing. The driver used a 9-iron to loft a ball from 50 feet up in the grandstands to within 16 inches of the pin, which was 90 feet away, in the track’s tri-oval.
The feat beat former PGA Tour winner Dave Stockton and new Auto Club Speedway President Dave Allen. Allmendinger hopes his luck and skill hold when he returns next week to Fontana, where he earned an eighth-place finish last March, a career-best at the two-mile facility, in his 10th start there.
That result was one of five top-10 finishes for Allmendinger who earned his first Sprint Cup win at Watkins Glen International, putting himself and his team, JTG Daugherty Racing, into their first Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup. Allmendinger finished 13th in the 2014 points standings.
Check out some of the tweets from Allmendinger’s winning day below.
Pro golfer Dave Stockton, @AJDinger & President Dave Allen drive golf ball today at track @NASCAR #AJWestCoastSwing pic.twitter.com/xXSjEvFDkh
— Auto Club Speedway (@ACSupdates) March 10, 2015
The good week continues for @AJDinger, wins CTP contest with Dave Stockton’s 9-iron on 2nd swing. #AJWestCoastSwing pic.twitter.com/6UERPhKTwY
— JTG Daugherty Racing (@NASCAR47) March 10, 2015
Your @ACSupdates ClosestToThePin from the top of the grandstands winner @AJDinger 16″ from the pin. #AJWestCoastSwing pic.twitter.com/UDyBQbZ845
— JTG Daugherty Racing (@NASCAR47) March 10, 2015
Always good to see new, young @nascar fans. Everyone say hello to @AJDinger‘s new friend Hayden! #AJWestCoastSwing pic.twitter.com/wzDEBOgPIq
— JTG Daugherty Racing (@NASCAR47) March 10, 2015
Beautiful day @ACSupdates w/ @NASCAR47‘s @AJDinger. Threw it down w/ a winning swing and he even made a new friend. pic.twitter.com/ly294m5Ad3
— Tara Lea (@_TaraLea) March 10, 2015
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