A.G. Dillard Motorsports

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A.G. Dillard Motorsports
Owner(s)Alan G. Dillard
Base Charlottesville, Virginia
Series Winston Cup, Busch Grand National Series
Race drivers Ward Burton, Greg Sacks
Sponsors Hardee's
Manufacturer Buick, Chevrolet
Opened 1982
Closed 1996
Career
Debut 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Richmond International Raceway)
Latest race 1995 NAPA 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway)
Drivers' Championships 0
Race victories0

A.G. Dillard Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup series team owned by Virginian Alan G. Dillard. This team is most notable for giving future Daytona 500 and Southern 500 champion Ward Burton his start in Winston Cup.

History

A.G. Dillard Motorsports was first started up in 1982 racing in the inaugural Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series (now the NASCAR Xfinity Series). In their first race with Rick Mast, the team finished 3rd. The team raced for only 12 more times that season. Over the next couple of years, The Allison's Bobby Allison and his brother Donnie Allison raced part-time for Dillard with Rick Mast during the 1983 and 1984 seasons. The team got their first win at Dover in 1987 with Rick Mast. The team won the next race as well at Martinsville Speedway. The team won a total of 13 races in The Busch Series overall. Mostly coming with Ward Burton. he won 3 races in the 1993 campaign and finished 6th in the final standings. The team decided to jump to the Winston Cup series with Hardee's sponsorship with associate backing from Coca-Cola and Minute Maid to help the young Virginian rookie on his rookie year. The team got to a rocky start when they failed to qualify for the first two races, the team made its first race at Richmond where Ward finished 35th after a piston failed on lap 71 of the 400 miler. The team failed to qualify 5 times that year. The team's lone highlight of the year was Ward stealing the pole at the Mello Yello 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In 1995, the team remained the same, After Ward recorded a best finish of 6th for the team at Michigan in August, Ward was released by the Dillard operation the next day, and went to the Bill Davis Racing team, piloting the 22 MBNA Pontiac, where he would later score his first win at Rockingham. The team finished off the year with several drivers including Greg Sacks, Jimmy Hensley, and finally Gary Bradberry who raced in the team's last race. The Hardee's sponsorship left to become an associate sponsor of Mark Martin in 1996 and Dillard shut down his operation shortly into 1996 after not finding a sponsor. Sold the team to Dean Monroe for Stacy Compton to drive renumbered No.46 Chevy.

Cup Series

Car No. 31 results

YearDriverNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NWCCPts
1994 Ward Burton 31 Chevy DAY
DNQ
CAR
DNQ
RCH
35
ATL
40
DAR
21
BRI
25
NWS
DNQ
MAR
16
TAL
DNQ
SON
36
CLT
37
DOV
37
POC
42
MCH
29
DAY
36
NHA
42
POC
2
TAL
DNQ
IND
31
GLN
24
MCH
29
BRI
36
DAR
34
RCH
25
DOV
27
MAR
35
NWS
18
CLT
41
CAR
9
PHO
21
ATL
41
1995 DAY
15
CAR
9
RCH
22
ATL
DNQ
DAR
25
BRI
21
NWS
24
MAR
25
TAL
32
SON
21
CLT
41
DOV
38
POC
19
MCH
18
DAY
35
NHA
39
POC
11
TAL
20
IND
35
GLN
19
MCH
6
Greg Sacks BRI
25
DAR
38
RCH
37
DOV
DNQ
Jimmy Hensley MAR
DNQ
NWS
29
CLT
39
Gary Bradberry CAR
35
PHO ATL
29

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