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Allgaier thriving despite overhaul to NASCAR team

Justin Allgaier started the season with a new car, a new crew chief and a relatively new pit crew.The changes haven't led to a victory just yet for the veteran NASCAR Nationwide Series driver, but Allgaier is confident the No. 31 car will be a winner in the weeks ahead.Allgaier is currently fourth in the Nationwide standings, only one point behind Elliott Sadler and 43 behind leader Regan Smith despite a massive overhaul of his team in the offseason. Allgaier will run again Saturday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway."We weren't really sure how well the season was going to start off. We could start off 40th or we could start off first. We really weren't sure," Allgaier said Monday at an event to promote the Iowa Speedway's first race of the season next month. "We spent a couple of weeks just kind of maintaining, which put us backward a little bit ... Now I feel like we're back on that forward progression and I feel really good about the direction we're going."Allgaier, in his fifth full s...

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