Ashley Allgaier, the wife of NASCAR Xfinity Series driver Justin Allgaier, has always been a consistent presence at the track. While Justin is in the spotlight, Ashley stands beside her husband at every pre-race ceremony and often in the background during interviews. A private person by nature, Ashley Allgaier has always stood outside the spotlight and remains an enigma to many. In a rare interview, she opened up about her personal goals, her marriage, and the Allgaiers' desire to give back.
From Small Town Girl to NASCAR Wife
Growing up in a small Illinois town of only 500 people, Ashley knew the small-town lifestyle. While growing up, participating in the normal “girlie'” things of cheerleading and gymnastics, Ashley was just like every other young girl, although she had a love for racing. The racing stemmed from her father, Bryan, who helped out with a dirt modified race team. Ashley recalled begging her parents to take her and her brother to the track as a kid, early in the season (around April) but the night races would be too cold for young kids, so the Hansons stuck the kids with a babysitter for the evenings. Ashley herself is currently a college student, enrolled in online courses, and is perusing a degree in business. Ashley says, “I am very hands on working with Justin Allgaier Motorsports so I want to know what is going on with our business and our contracts to make the best decisions.” As she explained, she lives in reality and knows that Justin could get hurt or even loose his ride at sometime and they need a fall back plan, so this is her fall back career.
A Love Story Born at the Racetrack
Dreams of a fifteen year-old come true. Many people have that boy or girl they meet at a young age and dream of one day marrying, for Ashley that dream happened when she met a young Justin Allgaier at the age of 15. Recounting the story of how they first met, Ashley told me, "I have a friend, his older brother worked on Justin’s late model. Because I grew up at the track I knew who Justin was. I had thought he was really cute and kept telling my mom that I am going to marry him and being a mom, she said ok… (in that agreeing manner that all moms do) you can marry him. What I didn’t know is that I had already met him a couple of times bowling (that was a big thing in the time and area for teens to do) and once I met him I realized we had a mutual friend, Jeff. I told Jeff he had to introduce me." The two were later introduced at a hockey game by their mutual friend. Ashley went on to say, “back then AOL Instant messenger was huge, so we would IM and we started dating from like, the day we met. They literally grew up together, learned together, and their relationship absolutely started from scratch.
The young love between Ashley and Justin worked, thanks in part to the support of their families. Ashley’s father Bryan often played chauffeur to the young pair as they were too young to drive to see each other for “dates” so dad was called upon to shuttle the duo. Meeting Justin reignited Bryan’s love for racing as well, by that time he has stopped working for the dirt modified team. Bryan began working with Justin’s team and did for many years, even serving on his pit crew in the ARCA series. It became a family affair as Ashley’s brother also started working with Justin’s pit crew.
Happily married for several years now, Justin and Ashley are living out their dreams. Justin attributes his success to Ashley. He says, “We have an awesome relationship, I love my wife to death. I have said this before, but she is probably the only reason I am racing.” He continued to say “the saying that behind every man is a great woman is more true then it has ever been. I asked Ashley her response to that quote, Justin giving her the credit for where he is today. “He is honestly the sweetest guy ever, he worries about me all the time” Ashley told me of Justin’s concern, putting her first even when they are at track, he makes sure she is okay as well. “He says if it wasn’t for me, well if it wasn’t for him, I would not be who I am because I went through a lot as a teenager and he was the person I ran to.”
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Ashley is always there by Justin’s side. Many of the NASCAR women travel the circuit steadfast, when there is a race, they are there and Ashley is one of those wives. As Ashley said, “I feel like I understand racing enough to let Justin know that I understand that we travel 33 weekends of the year. I understand the dedication it takes to be competitive and follow his dreams and his dreams are my dreams." She continued to say, "people kid me and say, well I would not let him out of my sight either, but that is not why I am there. I am there because I want to support him, when he has bad days I have always told myself that I am not going to be his cheerleader, he is not going to come in the motorhome and I will tell him he did great. Maybe he didn’t, maybe he made a bad decision, whatever the case may be, I am not going to be the constant cheerleader where he feels that I am biased (although I am) but not enough to say ‘Oh honey you did so wonderful although you finished 30th.’ I want to be able to see where his head was when he was in Turn 3 and hit the wall, what was going on. He has enough cheerleaders in his life and I do not want to be one of them.” Ashley made it clear, she is there for Justin through the good and the bad, but is simply happy that Justin chooses to have her there.
Ashley said “Justin has never been this ooey gooey romantic guy. I was OK with that because I am so independent, so I want to do things for myself. I think the sweetest thing he does is allows me to pamper myself with getting massages and facials, getting my nails done, it is never a compromise for us. He always says to make sure we budget for that.”
Ashley and Justin got the opportunity to make all the decisions in the home, and after choosing a floor model, the process began of making the selections from countertops to carpets and windows began. The Allgaiers got to put their touches on the design of their new home making it one-of-a-kind. Ashley and Justin just moved in, less then two weeks ago, so they are still in that whole process of adjusting to the home and unpacking as they live there. Ashley said, “now that I live here, there are boxes everywhere, this house is a disaster and I do not have enough furniture. We hired a designer out of Charlotte to help us pick out furniture, I can walk in the model and love how it’s designed but can’t go to the store and pick it out for myself.” Feeling the stress of living in boxes at this point, Ashley knows that her and Justin will overcome it all.
Giving Back: Faith and Philanthropy
Another side to Ashley and Justin I learned about through the power of social media has been their goal of giving back through working with Motor Racing Outreach and Back2Back Ministries. In October they will be adventuring to Monterrey, Mexico as part of a MRO mission trip, heading to meet up with a child they have been sponsoring. “It is exciting for me that while on this mission we get to go play and love on the orphans there”, Ashley excitedly told me of this big adventure headed their way. “For us, we are both Christians and we try to walk the straight and narrow path, though it is hard at times. This will be good for us and make us appreciate our dreams and our lifestyle twenty million times more by going to Monterrey and doing God’s work there!” Joining the Allgaiers on their trip with be other NASCAR crew members and drivers.
Back2Back Ministries and Motor Racing Outreach MRO both are faith based organizations. MRO is present each week at NASCAR events, provides support and outreach to the NASCAR community. Back2Back Ministries is a non-profit organization that provides for needy children in many improvised areas of the world.
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Ashley Allgaier the Racecar Driver
Drivers is NASCAR lead such a public life between their weekends at the track, sponsor appearances, autograph sessions and even through social media, its rare you find a gem that is something unknown about a driver. I asked Ashley, what is one thing that most people do not know about Justin? “I would have to say that not a lot of people know how artistically talented he is. He can sketch and draw better then anyone. He is a perfectionist in his artistic world. He likes to design things like helmets and racecars and in fact for MRO I am doing the Better Half Dash, so I am racing a bandolero and he is so pumped because he designed my racecar. Back to this Mrs. Ashley the racecar driver…woah! This is serious business, not some namby pamby deal. After picking up the racecar body, the team is able to wrap and decal the car. That is where Justin comes in, as he is heading the design team. (I want to see pictures come October) Explaining the race deal, there are two test nights at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in which Ashley said “I will need all two hours each night.” The exciting part for Ashley, her girlie touch to her helmet, being designed by Justin’s designer, it is going to be her favorite color - purple and the added touch will be “lots of” glitter. Ashley says, “The bad and good of it, Justin gets to spot for me. He thinks just from reading the information we have, that I do not get to talk back. He says, ‘I am going to love this, I am going to be smiling ear to ear telling you what to do and you cannot say anything.’” Patience will be the key for Ashley, but with Justin coaching her, I expect her to be in Victory Lane, no pressure!
Winning Over the Fans
For a newer driver like Justin Allgaier, making his way into NASCAR, I asked Ashley how she would sway the fans into his camp. “Most young drivers that are trying to make it in Nationwide and trying to move up to the Cup level are so good with their fans. Justin will stop anytime, any place and sign an autograph. Not just sign, but he talks with the fans, he makes them feel important, not just a sign and go. Justin has not mastered the sign and walking (are there classes for that?) because he cannot stop talking. “To me he is fan friendly, a good role model and that is why I would follow Justin Allgaier,” That ringing endorsement from his loving wife alone should be an unbiased opinion to sway you to Camp Allgaier!
Ashley Allgaier's Weight Loss Journey: A Transformation Inside and Out
Ashley Allgaier stunned fans with a transformation that’s not only physical but emotional, personal, and deeply relatable. We’re talking about 40 pounds down, from 180lbs to 140lbs in just six months.
Ashley admits that the post-COVID blues, mom-life fatigue, and the pressure of living in the public eye all started to stack up. She looked in the mirror and didn’t recognize the woman staring back. She wasn’t sleeping well, and her energy was gone. The NASCAR Wife Ashley Allgaier Weight Loss wasn’t born out of vanity. It started with a scary realization-she was burning out.
Ashley’s weight loss wasn’t magic. It was discipline. She walked every day, ate like her grandmother told her to, and slept like it was her job. She cut soda, but not cutting all joy-“I still had my weekly chocolate. Prioritizing sleep and hydration like her life depended on it. No Ozempic. No crash diets. No keto gummies hawked on Instagram.
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“The first 10 pounds didn’t change how I looked, but they changed how I felt. I stood up taller. I laughed louder. Ashley never saw her body as broken. She wasn’t trying to shrink herself to fit in a box. And she’s not shy about the fact that some of it was hard. There were days she wanted to quit, days she felt like a fraud.
Justin Allgaier chimed in with support, “She’s always been beautiful to me. But now?
For the first time in years, Ashley wasn’t just surviving-she was thriving. She was waking up with energy, fueling herself with love, not just food. And let’s not forget-this was 40lbs in just 6 months.
This isn’t just her win. This is a reminder for any woman who’s felt invisible in her own life. You’re not alone. You’re worth showing up for. So yes, the NASCAR Wife Ashley Allgaier Weight Loss is real. But what’s even more real? You don’t have to settle for burnout. You don’t have to accept fatigue as your default.