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A. J. Allmendinger

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**Anthony James Allmendinger**

Born:	April 12 1981 (1981-16-12) (age 26)
Birthplace:	Los Gatos, California
Awards:	2-time IKF Champion 2002 Barber Dodge Pro Series Champion 2003 Champ Car Atlantic Champion 2004 Champ Car World Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Statistics
Car #, Team	#84 - Team Red Bull
First Race:	2007 Food City 500 (Bristol)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	0	0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics
Car #, Team	#00 - Darrell Waltrip Motorsports
Best NCTS Position:	46th - 2006 (Craftsman Truck Series)
First Race:	2006 Sylvania 200 (New Hampshire)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	2	0
All stats current as of May 19, 2007.

Anthony James Allmendinger (born December 16, 1981, in Los Gatos, California) attended Leigh High School and is an American racecar driver. He currently drives the #84 for Team Red Bull in NASCAR.

1 Racing career
2 Personal
3 References
4 External links
5 Complete Champ Car results

Racing career

Early career

He started his career in karts. He won two International Karting Federation Grand National championships. ^[1] Allmendinger won the Barber Dodge Pro Series championship in 2002, and the Champ Car Atlantic Championship in 2003 with Carl Russo's RuSport team.

Champ Car

A.J. Allmendinger

Nationality	American
Champ Car #	-
Current team	-
Race starts	39
Series Championships	0
Wins	5
Podium finishes	14
Pole positions	2
First Champ Car race	2004 Grand Prix of Long Beach
Last Champ Car race	{{{Last race}}}	edit

In 2004 they entered the Champ Car World Series, with Michel Jourdain Jr. joining Allmendinger. He generally outperformed the experienced Mexican, scoring a run of 6 top-6 finishes towards the end of the season, winning the Roshfrans Rookie-of-the-Year award ahead of Justin Wilson. Wilson joined the team for 2005, and both drivers have been in regular contention for podium finishes. On June 9, 2006, RuSport announced that Allmendinger would be replaced by 2002 CART champion Cristiano da Matta. However, he did not remain unemployed long, as Forsythe Championship Racing hired him on June 14, 2006. In the interim, he became engaged to Lynne Kushnirenko, a Canadian model and chiropractor. On June 18, 2006, Allmendinger won the Grand Prix of Portland in his first race with Forsythe Championship Racing. Allmendinger became the first American to win a Champ Car World Series event since Ryan Hunter-Reay won at The Milwaukee Mile in 2004. On June 25, 2006, Allmendinger won the Grand Prix of Cleveland from the pole in a hectic race that saw two-time CART champ and points leader Sébastien Bourdais, teammate Paul Tracy, former teammate Justin Wilson, Dan Clarke and former seatholder Mario Dominguez eliminated during the race. He continued his winning streak by winning his third consecutive race at the Grand Prix of Toronto on July 9, 2006. He started second after Wilson bested Allmendinger's time in the last lap of the event's final qualifying session. The victory moved Allmendinger into second place in the CCWS championship standings, behind leader Bourdais. He chalked up his fourth and fifth wins of the season at Denver and Road America. He left Champ Car to accept a lucrative offer from NASCAR Team Red Bull.

NASCAR

Allmendinger made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series driving for Bill Davis Racing at New Hampshire International Speedway on September 16 2006^[2] ^[3]. He crashed his primary truck in qualifying but started the race 32nd and finished on the lead lap in 13th. He also competed at Talladega Superspeedway in October with a finish of 5th. In his 3rd career truck series start, he qualified in 2nd place at Atlanta. It was announced on October 24, 2006 that Allmendinger would drive the NEXTEL Cup #84 Team Red Bull Toyota Camry in 2007. Allmendinger attempted his first NASCAR Nextel Cup Series event at Atlanta in October 2006 driving the Team Red Bull entry, however, due to qualifying being rained out, a lacker of owners points prevented Allmendinger from making the race. He also attempted to make the race at Texas Motor Speedway, failing to qualify again, however. Allmendinger failed to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500 after a crash in the first Gatorade Duel race. He has also failed to qualify for the California, Las Vegas, and Atlanta races. A.J. finished 40th his first Nextel Cup start at the Food City 500 at Bristol, and as the season progressed, Allmendinger made a handful of races, predominantly in the "Car of Tomorrow." To assist him in the transition, he participated in selected Craftsman Truck Series races for Toyota for the Darrell Waltrip Motorsports organization, and the #42 Chip Ganassi Dodge in the Busch Series.

Personal

On Friday, January 19, 2007, A.J. married Lynne Kushnirenko in Palm Beach, Florida.

References

External links

Complete Champ Car results

(key)

Yr	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Team	Rank	Points
2004	RuSPORT	LBH 12	MOT Ret	MIL 5	POR 6	CLE 6	TOR 11	VAN 3	ROA 13	DEN 5	MON 5	LAG Ret	LAS 6	SUR 6	MEX 3	RuSPORT	6th	229
2005	RuSPORT	LBH 8	MOT 10	MIL 2	POR 5	CLE 2	TOR Ret	EDM Ret	SAN Ret	DEN 3	MON 9	LAS 13	SUR 2	MEX 2		RuSPORT	5th	227
2006	RuSPORT	LBH Ret	HST 8	MOT 3	MIL 4	POR 1	CLE 1	TOR 1	EDM 3	SAN 7	DEN 1	MON Ret	ROA 1	SUR Ret	MEX DNS	Forsythe	2nd	280

* Pole positions indicated in bold.

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nicolas Rondet	Barber Dodge Pro Series Champion 2002	Succeeded by Leo Maia
Preceded by Jon Fogarty	Toyota Atlantic Champion 2003	Succeeded by Jon Fogarty
Preceded by Sébastien Bourdais (as CART Rookie of the Year)	Champ Car Rookie of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Timo Glock

Persondata
NAME	Allmendinger, A. J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Allmendinger, A. J.
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American NASCAR driver
DATE OF BIRTH	16 December 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH	Los Gatos, California
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH