Willie Allen (racing driver)

Willie Allen (born June 15, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He won the 2007 Rookie of the Year award in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series.

Willie Allen
Born (1980-06-15) June 15, 1980
Bon Aqua, Tennessee, U.S.
Awards2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
29 races run over 5 years
2014 position119th
Best finish30th (2010)
First race2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race2011 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
33 races run over 6 years
Best finish15th (2007)
First race2005 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2014 North Carolina Education Lottery 200 (Charlotte)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
Statistics current as of May 16, 2014.

Career

Allen ran two ARCA Racing Series races in 2006, with a best finish of sixth at the second of the two at Nashville Superspeedway, and is a regular competitor at Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville.[1] Allen won the 2006 NASCAR points title for Music City Motorplex late model stock car division and the 2015 Big Machine Records Pro Late Model Challenge Series presented by Hunter Sand & Gravel championship at Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville.

Camping World Truck Series

Allen made his NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series debut in 2005 in the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway driving for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports, starting 21st and finishing sixth. He made one more start in 2005 for SS-Green Light Racing before signing with ThorSport Racing to run the final race of 2006 and ultimately replace Kerry Earnhardt in the No. 13 truck for the 2007 season. Allen ran his first full season in NASCAR in 2007 and at the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, matched his career-best finish with a sixth-place run. However, it was his lone top 10 on the season, and he was replaced by Shelby Howard for the 2008 season.

For 2008, Allen returned to Morgan-Dollar Motorsports to drive the No. 46 Chevrolet Silverado to a 19th-place finish in the MemphisTravel.com 200 at Memphis Motorsports Park. He then drove two of the next three races in the No. 81 for the newly renamed Randy Moss Motorsports (RMM), after Randy Moss had bought a 50 percent share in Morgan-Dollar Motorsports. His first race was on July 19 at Kentucky Speedway with sponsorship from Rascal Flatts, where he finished 15th. Two races later, Allen made his third start of the year at Nashville Superspeedway with sponsorship from Rascal Flatts and GoDaddy, but crashed late in the race and finished 27th. Afterwards, Allen parted ways with RMM. After not racing in 2009, Allen returned to the series in 2010 for Team Gill Racing to run the No. 46 in the Nashville 200, starting 36th and finishing 29th. Allen has not raced in the series since.[1]

Nationwide Series

Allen made his Nationwide debut in 2006 for FitzBradshaw Racing, racing at Memphis Motorsports Park and Phoenix International Raceway, with a best finish of 28th. In 2008, Allen ran two races with Sadler-Hamilton Racing (Daytona and Nashville), with a best finish of 29th at Daytona. The next year, Allen ran five races for Whitney Motorsports, but failed to finish all five. He also failed to qualify for a sixth race. He then signed to drive the No. 05 31-W Insulation/CertainTeed/Cash America car for Day Motorsports in 2010, running 18 races with a best finish of 11th. Allen also failed to qualify for four additional races. Allen ran two more races for Day Motorsports in 2011 before departing the team and the series.[1]

After several years out of NASCAR, Allen returned to compete in the Nationwide Series in 2014, driving for the debuting Martins Motorsports.[2]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Nationwide Series
NASCAR Nationwide Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 NNSC Pts
2006 FitzBradshaw Racing 14 Dodge DAY CAL MXC LVS ATL BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW DAY CHI NHA MAR GTY IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
28		 TEX PHO
35		 HOM 103rd 137
2008 Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Dodge DAY
29		 CAL LVS ATL BRI NSH
33		 TEX PHO MXC TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH KEN MLW NHA DAY CHI GTY IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 107th 140
2009 Whitney Motorsports 96 Dodge DAY CAL LVS BRI TEX NSH PHO TAL RCH DAR CLT DOV NSH
36		 KEN MLW NHA
42		 DAY CHI GTY
41		 IRP IOW GLN 96th 200
92 MCH
42		 BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN
DNQ		 CAL CLT MEM
43		 TEX PHO HOM
2010 Day Enterprises 05 Chevy DAY CAL
28		 LVS
25		 BRI
15		 NSH
35		 PHO TEX TAL
DNQ		 RCH
27		 DAR
DNQ		 DOV
23		 CLT
22		 NSH
15		 KEN
36		 ROA NHA
24		 DAY CHI
27		 GTY
15		 IRP IOW GLN MCH
43		 BRI
11		 CGV ATL
23		 RCH
32		 DOV
20		 KAN
DNQ		 CAL
22		 CLT GTY
DNQ		 TEX PHO HOM 30th 1605
2011 DAY PHO LVS BRI
35		 CAL TEX TAL NSH
41		 RCH DAR DOV IOW CLT CHI MCH ROA DAY KEN NHA NSH IRP IOW GLN CGV BRI ATL RCH CHI DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 83rd 12
2014 Martins Motorsports 76 Dodge DAY
DNQ		 PHO LVS BRI
DNQ		 CAL TEX DAR RCH TAL IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN DOV KAN CLT TEX PHO HOM 119th 01

Camping World Truck Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 NCWTC Pts
2005 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR
6		 ATL TEX 63rd 211
SS-Green Light Racing 08 Chevy PHO
34		 HOM
2006 ThorSport Racing 87 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTY CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
25		 89th 0
2007 13 DAY
29		 CAL
22		 ATL
13		 MAR
22		 KAN
18		 CLT
21		 MFD
28		 DOV
14		 TEX
28		 MCH
22		 MLW
31		 MEM
23		 KEN
15		 IRP
29		 NSH
29		 BRI
19		 GTW
12		 NHA
28		 LVS
23		 TAL
6		 MAR
14		 ATL
20		 TEX
11		 PHO
17		 HOM
28		 15th 2524
2008 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM
19		 52nd 306
Randy Moss Motorsports 81 KEN
15		 IRP NSH
27		 BRI GTW NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
2010 Team Gill Racing 46 Dodge DAY ATL MAR NSH
29		 KAN DOV CLT TEX MCH IOW GTY IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 108th 76
2014 JJC Racing 0 Chevy DAY MAR KAN CLT
32		 DOV TEX GTW KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 110th 01

* Season still in progress
1 Ineligible for series points

ARCA Re/Max Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Re/Max Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ARMSC Pts Ref
2006 Bob Schacht Motorsports 75 Ford DAY
38		 NSH
5		 SLM WIN KEN TOL POC MCH KAN KEN BLN POC GTW NSH MCH ISF MIL TOL DSF CHI SLM TAL IOW 95th 245 [3]

References
  1. "Willie Allen Career Statistics". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  2. "Nashville team plans to race in NASCAR's Nationwide Series". The Tennessean. January 19, 2014. Retrieved February 14, 2014.
  3. "Willie Allen – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
Achievements
Preceded by
Erik Darnell		 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2007		 Succeeded by
Colin Braun
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