A.G. Dillard Motorsports

A.G. Dillard Motorsports

Owner(s)	Alan G. Dillard
Base	Charlottesville, Virginia
Series	Winston Cup, Busch Grand National Series
Race drivers	Bobby Allison, Donnie Allison, Gary Bradberry, Ward Burton, Jimmy Hensley, Rick Mast, Patty Moise, Greg Sacks, Elton Sawyer
Manufacturer	Buick, Chevrolet, Oldsmobile, Pontiac
Opened	1982
Closed	1996

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. ^[1] 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. ^[2] 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. ^[3]

Motorsports career results

Winston Cup

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

Car No. 31 results

Year	Driver	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	NWCC	Pts
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	36th	1971
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											35th	2292
	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

Busch Grand National

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

Car No. 2 results

Year	Driver	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	NBGNC	Pts
1985	Rick Mast	2	Pontiac	DAY 32
		44			CAR 20	HCY	BRI	MAR	DAR 8	SBO	LGY	DOV 4	CLT 6	SBO	HCY	ROU	IRP	SBO	LGY	HCY	MLW	BRI	DAR 7	RCH	NWS	ROU	CLT 8	HCY	CAR 7	MAR
1990	Elton Sawyer	41	Buick	DAY 5	RCH
		27				CAR 19	MAR 2	HCY 10	DAR 27	BRI 30	LAN 27	SBO 10	NZH 14	HCY 23	CLT 19	DOV 9	ROU 17	VOL 2	MYB 22	OXF 29	NHA 25	SBO 24	DUB 28	IRP 6	ROU 5	BRI 31	DAR 41	RCH 12	DOV 25	MAR 18	CLT 34	NHA 6	CAR 13	MAR 15
1991				DAY 15	RCH 26	CAR 25	MAR 5	VOL 12	HCY 12	DAR 29	BRI 27	LAN 11	SBO 7	NZH 11	CLT 38	DOV 23	ROU 23
	Ward Burton																	HCY 15	MYB 8	GLN 22	OXF 14	NHA 34	SBO 18	DUB 26	IRP 26	ROU 17	BRI 15	DAR 36	RCH 9	DOV 3	CLT 12*	NHA 22	CAR 24	MAR 6
1992			Chevy	DAY 3																		TAL 30			MCH 28
			Buick		CAR 1	RCH 27	ATL 37	MAR 19	DAR 7	BRI 18	HCY 7	LAN 21	DUB 9	NZH 17	CLT 6	DOV 6	ROU 12	MYB 7	GLN 15	VOL 19	NHA 22		IRP 13	ROU 8		NHA 39	BRI 5	DAR 11	RCH 11	DOV 21	CLT 16	MAR 16	CAR 18	HCY 21
1993		2	Chevy	DAY 21									CLT 11			GLN 3		TAL 22	IRP 4	MCH 24	NHA 25		DAR 23		DOV 30	ROU 25	CLT 7		CAR 2		ATL 1*
			Buick		CAR 24	RCH 32	DAR 4	BRI 17	HCY 16	ROU 1*	MAR 1*	NZH 3*		DOV 35	MYB 2		MLW 19					BRI 24		RCH 22				MAR 17		HCY 12

Car No. 22 results

Year	Driver	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	NBGNC	Pts
1982	Rick Mast	22	Pontiac	DAY	RCH 3	BRI	MAR 22	DAR	HCY	SBO 17	CRW	RCH	LGY	DOV	HCY	CLT	ASH	HCY	SBO 5	CAR	CRW	SBO	HCY	LGY	IRP 7	BRI 11	HCY 12	RCH 8	MAR 19		HCY 22	MAR 30
			Plymouth																											CLT DNQ
1983			Pontiac	DAY	RCH 19	CAR	HCY 18	MAR 35	NWS 21	SBO 19	GPS 20	LGY 10		BRI 4		SBO 4	HCY	ROU 16	SBO 19	ROU	CRW	ROU	SBO 7	HCY	LGY	IRP 11	GPS	BRI 5	HCY		RCH 17	NWS	SBO 18	MAR 10	ROU 6		HCY 15	MAR 25
	Bobby Allison												DOV 2*																	DAR 37
			Olds												CLT 5																					CLT 4
1984				DAY 5	RCH	CAR 32	HCY	MAR	DAR 3	ROU	NSV	LGY	MLW 4	DOV 6	CLT	SBO	HCY	ROU	SBO	ROU	HCY	IRP	LGY	SBO	BRI	DAR 24	RCH	NWS			CAR 31	MAR
	Donnie Allison																												CLT 8	HCY
1985	Bobby Allison		Buick	DAY 2	CAR 27				DAR 30			DOV 26	CLT 8														CLT 38		CAR 30
	Rick Mast		Pontiac			HCY 15	BRI 2	MAR 2		SBO 15	LGY 11			SBO 5	HCY 12	ROU 12	IRP 6	SBO 6	LGY 8	HCY 16	MLW 2	BRI 6	DAR	RCH 12	NWS 18	ROU 9		HCY 21		MAR 32
1986				DAY 7	CAR 4	HCY 10	MAR 10	BRI 23	DAR 26	SBO 14	LGY 12	JFC 8	DOV 30	CLT 34						RAL 10		SBO 16	HCY 10	LGY 22			DAR 28	RCH 21	DOV 18		ROU 14	CLT 13	CAR 8	MAR 26
			Chevy												SBO 25	HCY 9	ROU 9	IRP 13	SBO 19		OXF 23				ROU 4	BRI 6				MAR 10
1987			Pontiac	DAY 9	HCY 26	MAR 3	DAR 22	BRI 11	LGY 9	SBO 22	CLT 19		IRP 9	ROU 26	JFC 25	OXF 43	SBO 12	HCY 18	RAL 25	LGY 14	ROU 15	BRI 3	JFC 20		RCH 20		MAR 1			MAR 11
			Buick									DOV 21												DAR 6		DOV 1		CLT 18	CAR 8
1988				DAY 10	HCY 15	CAR 7	MAR 7	DAR 33	BRI 9	LNG 11	NZH 1	SBO 10	NSV 13	CLT 21	DOV 23	ROU 14	LAN 12	LVL 21	MYB 6	OXF 13	SBO 5	HCY 8	LNG 5	IRP 18	ROU 1*	BRI 17	DAR 12	RCH 25	DOV 21	MAR 6	CLT 25	CAR 27	MAR 5
1989				DAY 27	CAR 36	MAR 31	HCY 7	DAR 13	BRI 3	NZH 12	SBO 5	LAN 7	NSV 1	CLT 5	DOV 19	ROU 3	LVL 19	VOL 7	MYB 17	SBO 19	HCY 4	DUB 1	IRP 35	ROU 4	BRI 3	DAR 24	RCH 27	DOV 7	MAR 23	CLT 30	CAR 13	MAR 28
1990				DAY 27	RCH 32	CAR 25	MAR 14	HCY 18	DAR 14	BRI 12	LAN 25	SBO 5	NZH 15	HCY 8	CLT 32	DOV 34	ROU 12	VOL 29	MYB 12	OXF 4	NHA 5	SBO 4	DUB 19	IRP 30	ROU 10	BRI 1	DAR 27	RCH 1	DOV 2	MAR 25	CLT 23	NHA 1*	CAR 17	MAR 32
1991	Patty Moise	42		DAY DNQ	RCH	CAR 22	MAR	VOL	HCY	DAR	BRI	LAN	SBO	NZH	CLT	DOV	ROU 28	HCY	MYB	GLN 20	OXF	NHA	SBO	DUB	IRP	ROU 22	BRI	DAR	RCH	DOV 15	CLT	NHA	CAR	MAR

References

1. Zeller, Bob (December 25, 1993). "SPONSORS GET THE CHECKERED FLAG". The Roanoke Times . Retrieved September 20, 2025.
2. Zeller, Bob (August 23, 1995). "CAR OWNER CUTS BURTON LOOSE TO GET A NEW DEAL". The Virginian-Pilot . Retrieved September 20, 2025.
3. Corpus, Ken. "Ken's NASCAR Silly Season Notebook 96-10-04". Motorsport.com . Retrieved September 20, 2025.

External links

• A.G. Dillard Motorsports owner statistics at Racing-Reference