Justin Allgaier won his first NASCAR Xfinity season championship Saturday night at Phoenix Raceway, making a stunning comeback after falling a lap down midway through the race.

Justin Allgaier has won the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship. Allgaier finished in second place in Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway. Riley Herbst won the race in overtime after leading 116 of the 213 laps.

Justin Allgaier has come up one spot short of a championship twice, most recently last year when he lost to Cole Custer in overtime at Phoenix. This year, with the odds repeatedly stacked against him, Allgaier overcame to secure JR Motorsports the 2024 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship.

All four NASCAR Xfinity championship drivers said the right things heading into the season finale. Everyone will be respectful of each other on the track, I’m just going to run my race — you get the picture.

Justin Allgaier is the only driver to compete in all nine NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs, but he has never won a championship. Always a bridesmaid, never a bride. In those nine playoffs runs he finished second twice and appeared in the Championship 4 a series-leading seven times.

Justin Allgaier, among the four drivers running for a NASCAR Xfinity Series championship on Saturday at Phoenix, was involved in a practice crash on Friday.

Multiple drivers, including Championship 4 pilot Justin Allgaier, crash into Turn 1 at Phoenix Raceway after an engine expired and left fluid on the track.