Justin Allgaier: Balancing Act in Cup & Xfinity

0:00It's April 6th. This is F1 News Today, powered by AI Everything Happening With Your Team. I'm Corey with the story. Justin Algar has been pulling double-duty lately, stepping into the number 48 Cupcar for Hendrick Motorsports while Alex Bowman recovers. From Vertigo, he's been lights out in his day job with JR Motorsports in the Xfinity series, nabbing finishes of 4th, 1st, 1st, and 3rd since taking over at Las Vegas. The flip side is tougher on Sundays in Cup, where low-owner points put him near the front of qualifying lines on a worn track, landing him mid-pack, starts and grinding pit stops that kill his results. Algar admits it feels like he's dropping the ball on both fronts, telling reporters the same setup that wins on Saturdays hurts on Sundays with. These tight-next-shin car times, just 300s off teammate Kyle Larson, can mean 10-15 spots lost. He's grinding through 6 or 7 meetings a week, bouncing between video reviews, sim sessions,

1:00and shop runs between Concord and Morseville 7. Times in a couple weeks to support Kruchy's Blake Harris on the 48th and Andrew Overstreet on the number 7. Algar runs Bristol this weekend, but Bowman's putting an awesome work on recovery and Justin's hoping for that fairy tale return with quick wins to hand off a hot team.