Team Red Bull’s No. 84 driver, AJ Allmendinger, recorded the best finish of his career at Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Allmendinger ran inside of the Top-5 for most of the day before recording his first career Top-10 in NASCAR’s top echelon.

"It’s Indy, we were running up front, we led a couple laps," he said. "We were no worse than 10th all day and when you can run that good - and we’re just starting to run with these guys - every weekend is a lot of fun.”

With his Top-10 Allmendinger inched closer to the Top-35. Allmendinger is now 63 points behind 35th place, and the team is continuously getting better.

The ability to compete with the sports top athletes Allmendinger has more and more confidence instilled in him with each week that goes by. The Team Red Bull driver ensures that his success has not been just a stroke of luck.

"This is where we need to be running and we’re starting to do it consistently, and that’s how you gain respect from these guys," he said. "We just need to keep running up there each week and learning from them. When you get your chance, finish top five or go for the win, or just take what you can get.

"This is why I’m here - I want to run with these guys and it feels good.”