Willie Allen (racing driver)

This article is about the American truck series racing driver. For the American dirt modified racing driver, see Willie Allan.
For other people with the same name, see Willie Allen.
Willie Allen
BornWilliam A. Allen
(1980-06-15) June 15, 1980 (age 44)
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 Craftsman Truck Series career
35 races run over 7 years
2021 position58th
Best finish15th (2007)
First race2005 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race2021 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 2 0
ARCA Menards Series career
2 races run over 1 year
Best finish95th (2006)
First race2006 Daytona ARCA 200 (Daytona)
Last race2006 PFG Lester 150 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Statistics current as of December 30, 2021.

William A. Allen (born June 15, 1980) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He is the co-owner of Rackley W.A.R., a team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and in late model racing.[1] Allen previously competed as a driver in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, Truck Series (including a full season in 2007 where he won the Rookie of the Year award), and the ARCA Menards Series.

Racing career

Driving career

Allen made his NASCAR debut in the Craftsman Truck Series in 2005, driving the No. 47 Chevrolet Silverado for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports in the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway, starting 21st and finishing sixth. He made one more start in 2005 for SS-Green Light Racing.

Allen ran the first two races of the 2006 ARCA Racing Series season in the No. 75 for Bob Schacht Motorsports, finishing 38th at Daytona and finishing fifth at Nashville.[2] Towards the end of the year, he made his Busch Series debut, driving the No. 14 Dodge for FitzBradshaw Racing at Memphis, where he finished 28th, and Phoenix, where he finished 35th.[3] He also ran the final race of the 2006 Truck Series season for ThorSport Racing in a part-time third truck for the team, the No. 87. This led to his running full-time with the team in 2007, where he replaced Kerry Earnhardt in the team's No. 13 truck. It was his first full season in NASCAR. After finishing the season 15th in the standings, with his only top ten of the season being a sixth-place finish at Talladega, Allen was replaced by Shelby Howard for the 2008 season.

In 2008, Allen started the season in the renamed Nationwide Series, running two races (Daytona and Nashville) in the Sadler Brothers Racing No. 95, with a best finish of 29th at Daytona.[4] Later in the year, returned to Morgan-Dollar Motorsports in the Truck Series to drive three races in the No. 46 at Memphis, Kentucky and Nashville. In those three races, Allen was sponsored by the band Rascal Flatts, who were promoting their new album Still Feels Good on the truck. Shortly after rejoining the team, Morgan-Dollar was bought by New England Patriots player Randy Moss, who renumbered the truck to the No. 81 to match his jersey number in the NFL. However, Allen's plans were not affected by the change in ownership.[5]

Allen attempted six Nationwide races in 2009 in the Nos. 92 and 96 for Whitney Motorsports, but failed to qualify for one race and started and parked in the other five races that he did qualify for. He returned to the Truck Series in 2010 for Team Gill Racing to drive their No. 46 in the race at Nashville, starting 36th and finishing 29th.[6]

The No. 05 car for Day Enterprise Racing, which Allen would drive part-time in 2010 and 2011

In the Nationwide Series, Allen drove the No. 05 31-W Insulation/CertainTeed/Cash America car for Day Enterprise Racing in 2010. In the 24th race at Bristol that same year, Allen qualified the car in 7th place, his best career start in front of Cup Series regulars Clint Bowyer, Ryan Newman, and Carl Edwards. Allen would finish 11th in that race. Allen ran 18 races in 2010 with a best finish of 11th. Allen also failed to qualify for four additional races. He returned to the team for two more races in 2011 before he was without a ride in any NASCAR series in 2012 and 2013.[7][8]

The No. 76 car for Martins Motorsports, which Allen would drive in two races in 2014

Allen found a ride for 2014 in the Nationwide Series, driving multiple races with hopes of a full season in the No. 76 for the upstart Martins Motorsports team.[9] Team owner/driver Tommy Joe Martins (who drove the team's other car, the No. 67) stated that the plan at the start of the season was for Allen to run full races in the No. 76, while Martins would start and park the No. 67. These plans fell apart after both Martins Motorsports cars failed to qualify for the spring race at Bristol,[10] For the remainder of the season, the No. 67 would no longer be fielded (except for at Michigan) and Martins would drive the No. 76 himself instead of Allen.[11] After not racing in the Truck Series for the previous three years, Allen drove Jennifer Jo Cobb's No. 0 start and park truck at Charlotte.

In 2021, Willie returned for the 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Talladega, his first NASCAR sanctioned race since 2014. He drove the No. 25 for Rackley W.A.R..[12]

Team owner

After several years out of NASCAR, it was announced that Allen would return to the sport as an owner and would start a full-time team in the Truck Series in 2021 with Curtis Sutton, the owner of Rackley Roofing, which was the primary sponsor of the No. 68 Clay Greenfield Motorsports truck in 2020. With their co-ownership, they named the team Rackley W.A.R. (Rackley for Sutton's company and W.A.R. standing for "Willie Allen Racing"). The team fields the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for Dawson Sutton with sponsorship from Rackley Roofing and Chad Kendrick as crew chief.[13][14]

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 Ref
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 GTW IRP GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM
28 		TEX PHO
35 		HOM 103rd 137 [15]
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 GTW IRP CGV GLN MCH BRI CAL RCH DOV KAN CLT MEM TEX PHO HOM 107th 140 [16]
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 GTW
41 		IRP IOW GLN 96th 200 [6]
92 MCH
42 		BRI CGV ATL RCH DOV KAN
DNQ 		CAL CLT MEM
43 		TEX PHO HOM
2010 Day Enterprises Racing 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 		GTW
15 		IRP IOW GLN MCH
43 		BRI
11 		CGV ATL
23 		RCH
32 		DOV
20 		KAN
DNQ 		CAL
22 		CLT GTW
DNQ 		TEX PHO HOM 30th 1605 [7]
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 [8]
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 [17]

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 Ref
2005 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 47 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTW MFD CLT DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI RCH NHA LVS MAR
6 		ATL TEX 63rd 211 [18]
Green Light Racing 08 Chevy PHO
34 		HOM
2006 ThorSport Racing 87 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR GTW CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW KAN KEN MEM IRP NSH BRI NHA LVS TAL MAR ATL TEX PHO HOM
25 		89th 0 [19]
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 [20]
2008 Morgan-Dollar Motorsports 46 Chevy DAY CAL ATL MAR KAN CLT MFD DOV TEX MCH MLW MEM
19 		52nd 306 [21]
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 GTW IRP POC NSH DAR BRI CHI KEN NHA LVS MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 108th 76 [22]
2014 Jennifer Jo Cobb 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 [23]
2021 Rackley W.A.R. 25 Chevy DAY DRC LVS ATL BRD RCH KAN DAR COA CLT TEX NSH POC KNX GLN GTW DAR BRI LVS TAL
18 		MAR PHO
24 		58th 32 [24]

* 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 [25]

References

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Achievements
Preceded by NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2007 		Succeeded by