Allmendinger finishes season-best eighth in Martinsville

MARTINSVILLE, Va. -- AJ Allmendinger couldn't run with the contenders in Monday's STP 500, but at least he could see them through his windshield. Allmendinger hadn't sniffed a top 10 since running 10th in the Daytona 500, but in the snow-delayed race, he had a strong enough No. 47 JTG Daugherty Chevrolet to fight his way toward the front, even after losing spots to comparable cars on pit road. RELATED: Full Martinsville results | Updated driver standings Allmendinger, who has two runner-up finishes at the .526-mile short track, once again demonstrated he has a knack for the tricky paperclip-shaped circuit. He finished eighth, second-best among Chevrolet drivers. On the final green-flag run, Allmendinger complained that his car was bouncing, but he persevered. "We still got a top 10 out it, ran in the top 10 all day and were able to start 25th and pass a lot of cars," Allmendinger said. "Solid day, what we needed at one of our better race tracks. "These are the places we know that we have a better chance at, and we have to take advantage of it. So I would say I'm OK with eighth. I wish we could have got a little bit more at the end of the race there, but a solid day all around."