AJ Allmendinger had a top-five run going until the closing laps of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Circuit of the Americas. He finished 30th, with no apparent reason why. What happened to Allmendinger?
Also, Connor Zilisch had a whirlwind Cup debut, and he finished last. Will we see him in a Cup car again in 2025?
Frontstretch’s Kevin Nix answers this week’s questions for NASCAR Mailbox on Frontstretch’s YouTube channel.
Kevin Nix has been with Frontstretch since February 2023. Hailing from Gilbert, Arizona, his dream is to be in the NASCAR media sphere full-time. He is a video assistant, working on the back end to streamline video and audio quality of all at-track interviews. Nix also writes about news every Monday for the site.
Nix graduated with a Master's Degree in Sports Journalism from ASU's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Phoenix, Arizona. He also has bachelor's degrees in Communications and Political Science. In his downtime, he likes to read, play video games and take walks in the Arizona weather - when it's not too hot.