Notes: All good for Allmendinger in All-Star prelim

Allmendinger Wins His First in the All-Star Showdown
doyounascar.com 5/18/2008 — AJ Allmendinger wins the Sprint Cup Series' All-Star Showdown to earn himself a spot in the All-Star Race itself.

View From the Couch: All-Star Challenge
troubleinturn2.mikemaruska.com 5/19/2008 — Kasey Kahne won the All-Star race thanks in part to the fans. He finished 5th in the Sprint Showdown, but made the feature event from the fans voting him. I’m sure some people will say he didn’t deserve to make the race, but so what? ...

NASCAR: Garcon, What is the Soup de Jure?
fullthrottle.cranialcavity.net 5/20/2008 — “Garçon, what is the soup de jure?” “Well sir, the special this week as pictured on the menu at left, is the specialty of NASCAR Nation, at least temporarily, is Crab-Walk Soup de Jure.” The master chef’s of NASCAR ...

Allmendinger Wins Showdown, Hornish Also In All-Star — FastMachines.com

Sam Hornish, Jr. turns in memorable All-Star performance — On Pit Row

AJ wins first NASCAR race in Sprint Showdown (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NASCAR News 5/18/2008
AJ Allmendinger won for the first time in his NASCAR career Saturday night, winning the Sprint Showdown to earn a berth in the All-Star race.

AJ wins first NASCAR race in Sprint Showdown — Latest Sporting News Articles for NASCAR 5/18/2008
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) -- AJ Allmendinger won for the first time in his NASCAR career Saturday night, wi...

Allmendinger's Showdown win makes him an All-Star — NASCAR.COM - Sprint Cup Series Headlines 5/18/2008
Open-wheel stars A.J. Allmendinger and Sam Hornish Jr. raced their way into Saturday night's NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race at Lowe's Motor Speedway by finishing 1-2 in the Sprint Showdown, which preceded the main event.

Numbers tell the story at the All-Star Race — FOXSports.com News for NASCAR 5/19/2008
What did we learn from All-Star weekend? Former open-wheelers like AJ Allmendinger may be the real deal, Jorge Mondaca says.