AJ Allmendinger’s Parents Mortgaged the House So He Could Race
Kenny Wallace sits down with AJ Allmendinger, and AJ’s career path is wilder than you’d guess.
His parents mortgaged their house three times to keep him in go-karts. He qualified dead last at Bristol and called it the happiest moment of his life. He gave his prize money back just to keep a ride. Then he won the Rolex 24, a Cup race at Watkins Glen, and the Brickyard.
AJ opens up about crying in Victory Lane at the Roval, why he sits on the plane after a bad race convinced, he’s letting everybody down, and the checkered flag he almost handed away before stealing it back for his newborn son. He…
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