{"id":325442,"date":"2025-10-23T03:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325442\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T03:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T03:10:10","slug":"gives-you-lots-of-misery-at-time-why-aj-allmendinger-ignores-wife-taras-advice-about-his-hobbies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/325442\/","title":{"rendered":"“Gives You Lots of Misery At Time”: Why AJ Allmendinger Ignores Wife Tara’s Advice About His Hobbies"},"content":{"rendered":"

AJ Allmendinger rejoined the Cup Series full-time, in 2025 after a Championship 4 run in the Xfinity Series the previous season. But the year hasn\u2019t quite gone to plan. With just two top-fives and seven top-tens in 34 starts, he has two races left to end the season on a stronger note. Still, there\u2019s no questioning his competitive spirit. In fact, it\u2019s gotten to intense that his wife Tara Meador has had to step in.<\/p>\n

In Jeff Gluck\u2019s latest 12 Questions segment, Allmendinger<\/a> <\/strong>revealed that his hobbies turn into battles. When asked what he was talking about, Allmendinger shared his experiences on the golf course.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time I play. But really, just with myself. I always joke with my buddies that I\u2019d rather lose shooting 76 and them shoot 75 than me shoot 85 and they shoot 86 and I beat them,\u201d\u00a0he said.<\/p>\n

The Kaulig Racing<\/a><\/strong> driver chalked it up to his racer\u2019s mindset, saying his hobbies mirror racing in one crucial way. \u201cYou love it even though it drives you insane and gives you lots of misery at times,\u201d\u00a0the 43-year-old said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife [Tara] always says, \u2018Why don\u2019t you pick up a hobby that\u2019s not competitive?\u2019 I say, \u2018No, I just want to be better at the hobbies that I\u2019ve got.\u2019 I love it and hate it all at the same time, just like racing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

That same fiery nature was on display again at Talladega before Allmendinger\u2019s race came apart on Lap 52 of the YellaWood 500. Moments after the first round of green-flag pit stops, chaos erupted at the front of the pack.<\/p>\n

A poor push from Erik Jones turned Noah Gragson<\/a><\/strong>, who slid into Allmendinger and triggered a multi-car wreck that collected Chase Elliott, defending fall winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr., and several others.<\/p>\n

Allmendinger\u2019s No. 16 machine took a brutal hit, smoke billowing as he climbed out and briefly lay on the ground before walking to the ambulance. He was one of seven drivers knocked out early, credited with a 37th-place finish. Six others, including Elliott, Stenhouse Jr., Gragson, and Jones, also failed to continue.<\/p>\n

Now, Allmendinger will turn his attention to Martinsville, a track that has treated him a bit more kindly in the past, with two top-five finishes to his name. With little left to lose and pride still on the line, he\u2019ll look to channel his Xfinity momentum and close the year on a high note.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AJ Allmendinger rejoined the Cup Series full-time, in 2025 after a Championship 4 run in the Xfinity Series…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":325443,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[162191,54200,149924,1406,1422,62,132456,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-325442","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-aj-allmendinger","9":"tag-kaulig-racing","10":"tag-martinsville-speedway","11":"tag-nascar","12":"tag-nascar-playoffs","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-talladega-superspeedway","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-unitedstates","17":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115421290553101151","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=325442"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/325442\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=325442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=325442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=325442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}