Justin Allgaier captures elusive NASCAR Xfinity Series championship after 14 years of trying

But with three laps to go, Allgaier's rotten luck continued. A spinning Leland Honeyman Jr. brought out the caution flag, sending the race into overtime. 

With the field coming down pit road, Allgaier restarted sixth on lap 206, behind Hill and Custer. 

It was in turn three on lap 206 that Allgaier ensured his name would forever be etched in NASCAR history. 

A three-wide move by Allgaier shot him from sixth to second in one corner, as he passed both Hill and Custer to take over the championship lead. 

While another caution flag flew for a wrecked Parker Retzlaff, Allgaier had enough of a gap to cruise to the championship. Riley Herbst passed Allgaier in the final corner in order to win the race, but Allgaier had his eyes on the big prize. 

As Allgaier rode around Phoenix on the cool-down lap, nearly the entire field drove up beside him to congratulate a man who after 14 years of full-time competition, had finally reached the mountaintop.

 It was similar to Dale Earnhardt's 1998 Daytona 500 victory, in that nearly the entire garage area came together to celebrate a driver who had long been denied one of the biggest prizes in racing. 

With Jr Motorsports owner Dale Eearnhardt Jr. in attendance to celebrate his driver, Allgaier's championship was the culmination of 14 years of dedication. 

It's a story that only NASCAR can tell to the fullest.