Loy Allen Jr.

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Loy Allen Jr.
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Allen at Daytona International Speedway in 1999
Born (1966-04-07) April 7, 1966 (age 57)
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Achievements 1994 Daytona 500 Pole Sitter
NASCAR Cup Series career
48 races run over 6 years
Best finish39th (1994)
First race 1993 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)
Last race 1999 Pepsi 400 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
013
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
4 races run over 3 years
Best finish80th (1998)
First race 1995 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300 (Charlotte)
Last race 1998 MBNA Platinum 200 (Dover)
WinsTop tens Poles
010
Statistics current as of November 27, 2012.

Loy Allen Jr. (born April 7th, 1966) is a former professional NASCAR Winston Cup, Busch, and ARCA series race car driver, turned real estate developer and embry-riddle-trained commercial pilot. On February 12, 1994, he became the youngest and first rookie in NASCAR Winston Cup history to win the Daytona 500 pole. [1]

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Racing career

Early Racing Days

1971-1993: Loy Allen Jr. began racing go karts at the age of five in Raleigh, North Carolina. [2] He continued to progress his way up through each racing circuit level. By the age of 16, he had won several World Karting Association Championships and had already graduated to racing dirt late model cars. [2] He also earned his Commercial Pilot’s license from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, as his passion for aviation [3] paralleled his passion for racing. [2]

Winston Cup Career

1993: Loy Allen Jr. made his Winston Cup debut at Daytona International Speedway on July 3. He drove the #37 Naturally Fresh Ford, a former Robert Yates Race Car, starting in 40th position, finishing in 29th. He went on to compete at Talladega Superspeedway on July 25, where he placed 26th in the #37 Naturally Fresh Ford. Following that race, he joined the TriStar Motorsports Team in October at Phoenix Raceway Slick 50 500. He drove the #68 Country Time Ford, finishing 26th.

1994: After winning eight poles in 15 starts and a race at Atlanta Motor Speedway in the ARCA Series, [4] Loy Allen Jr. continued on driving for TriStar Motorsports Team in the #19 Hooters Ford. It was at the season-opening Daytona 500 that he became the youngest and first Rookie in Winston Cup history to win the Daytona 500 pole. [1] He would go on to finish 22nd in the race. In May, he finished 11th at the Coca-Cola 600 in Charlotte. He went on to finish 15th in the Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway in June and finished 17th in the Miller 500 at Pocono Raceway. In July, at Daytona, he missed the pole by hundredths of a second, as the late Winston Cup race car driver, Dale Earnhardt Sr claimed the top spot. Allen had no wins and no top tens, had an average finish of 28.8 and finished 39th in the standings. However, he had 3 pole’s on the season despite not qualifying for 12 races.

With 7 DNFS, the TriStar Motorsports Team and Loy Allen Jr. achieved 1 Top-10 finish in 1994.

1995: Loy Allen Jr. ran four races for Junior Johnson Motorsports Team in the Hooters #27 Ford. He ran seven races for TriStar Motorsports. In their first race at Talladega, Loy Allen Jr qualified 2nd, finishing 10th,his career-high Winston Cup Nascar finish. [5]

1996: In the 2nd race of the season at Rockingham Speedway, Loy suffered a neck injury that put him out of commission for several races. He recovered and returned to Pocono International Raceway in June finishing 23rd, followed by 21st at Talladega Superspeedway.

1997: Loy Allen Jr. continued racing with the TriStar Motorsports Team. He finished 26th at Daytona International Speedway, and 43rd at Rockingham Speedway.

1999: After a two-year hiatus, he qualified for races at Michigan and Daytona.

Busch Series career

Loy Allen Jr made 4 appearances in the NASCAR Busch Series during his career, with one Top-10 finish at Charlotte.

1995: At Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, Loy Allen Jr qualified 21st in the #19 Chevrolet. A multi-car crash on lap 27 led to time spent in the garage, resulting in a 43rd place finish.

1997: Loy Allen Jr started the inaugural race at California in the #48 UniFirst Ford Thunderbird, replacing Randy Porter. He started 42nd and finished 35th.

1998: Loy Allen Jr finished 7th place at Talladega Superspeedway in the #78 Church's Chicken Chevy—his career-highBusch Series finish.

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

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

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334NWCCPtsRef
1993 Loy Allen Sr.37 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY
29		 NHA POC TAL
26		 GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS
DNQ		 CLT
DNQ		 CAR
41		 ATL
29		45th362 [6]
Tri-Star Motorsports 68 Ford PHO
26
1994 19 DAY
22		 CAR
40		 RCH
DNQ		 ATL
22		 DAR
DNQ		 BRI
DNQ		 NWS
DNQ		 MAR
DNQ		 TAL
40		 SON
DNQ		 CLT
11		 DOV
15		 POC
31		 MCH
24		 DAY
40		 NHA
DNQ		 POC
18		 TAL
37		 IND
DNQ		 GLN
DNQ		 MCH
22		 BRI
DNQ		 DAR
21		 RCH
31		 DOV
22		 MAR
DNQ		 NWS
DNQ		 CLT
27		 CAR
42		 PHO
41		 ATL
42		39th1468 [7]
1995 Junior Johnson & Associates 27 Ford DAY
17		 CAR
28		 RCH
29		 ATL
DNQ		 DAR
18		 BRI
DNQ		 NWS MAR 41st890 [8]
Tri-Star Motorsports 19 Ford TAL
10		 SON CLT
36		 DOV
DNQ		 POC MCH DAY
31		 NHA POC TAL
39		 DAR
34		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
27		 CAR
DNQ		 PHO ATL
24
Sadler Brothers Racing 95 Ford IND
DNQ		 GLN MCH
DNQ		 BRI
1996 Tri-Star Motorsports 19 Ford DAY
36		 CAR
36		 RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC
23		 MCH
28		 DAY
30		 NHA
DNQ		 POC TAL
28		 IND GLN MCH BRI DAR
41		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
34		 CAR PHO ATL
39		45th603 [9]
1997 DAY
26		 CAR
43		 RCH ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR SON TAL CLT DOV POC MCH CAL 58th119 [10]
LJ Racing 91 Chevy DAY
DNQ		 NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO ATL
1998 Precision Products Racing 14 Pontiac DAY
DNQ		 CAR LVS ATL DAR BRI TEX MAR TAL CAL CLT DOV RCH MCH POC SON NHA POC NA- [11]
Moore-Robinson Motorsports 15 Ford IND
DNQ		 GLN MCH BRI NHA DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT TAL DAY PHO CAR ATL
1999 Donlavey Racing 90 Ford DAY CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX BRI MAR TAL
DNQ		 CAL RCH CLT DOV 62nd86 [12]
SBIII Motorsports 58 Ford MCH
40		 POC
DNQ		 SON DAY
40		 NHA POC IND GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH NHA DOV MAR CLT TAL CAR PHO HOM ATL
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1994 Tri-Star Motorsports Ford 122
1995 Junior Johnson & Associates Ford 3717
1996 Tri-Star Motorsports Ford 2436
1997 3326
1998 Precision Products Racing Pontiac DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132NBSCPtsRef
1995 Phoenix Racing 19 Pontiac DAY CAR RCH ATL NSV DAR BRI HCY NHA NZH CLT DOV MYB GLN MLW TAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT
43		 CAR HOM 112th34 [13]
1997 Mills Racing 19 Ford DAY CAR RCH ATL
DNQ		 LVS DAR
DNQ		 HCY TEX BRI NSV TAL NHA NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT 108th58 [14]
Porter Racing 48 Ford CAL
35		 CAR HOM
1998 Mark III Motorsports 78 Chevy DAY CAR LVS NSV DAR BRI TEX HCY TAL
7		 NHA NZH CLT
DNQ		 DOV
43		 RCH PPR GLN MLW MYB CAL SBO IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT GTY CAR ATL HOM 80th180 [15]
1999 DAY
DNQ		 CAR LVS ATL DAR TEX NSV BRI TAL
DNQ		 CAL NHA RCH NZH CLT DOV SBO GLN MLW MYB PPR GTY IRP MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV CLT CAR MEM PHO HOM N/A- [16]

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series

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

ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021ABMHSCPtsRef
1992 Loy Allen Sr.2 Ford DAY
13		 FIF TWS
33		 TAL
25		 TOL KIL POC
7		 MCH
3		 FRS KIL NSH DEL POC
33		 HPT FRS ISF TOL DSF TWS
3		 SLM ATL
1		16th1925 [17]
1993 DAY
2		 FIF TWS
36		 TAL
2		 KIL CMS FRS TOL POC
4		 MCH
28		 FRS POC
3		 KIL ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN 25th1265 [18]
Chevy ATL
32
1994 Ford DAY
31		 TAL
9		 FIF LVL KIL TOL FRS MCH DMS POC POC KIL FRS INF I70 ISF DSF TOL SLM WIN [19]
Tri-Star Motorsports 19 Chevy ATL
22
1995 Phoenix Racing 1 Chevy DAY ATL TAL FIF KIL FRS MCH I80 MCS FRS POC POC KIL FRS SBS LVL ISF DSF SLM WIN ATL
28		 [20]
1999 SBIII Motorsports 58 Ford DAY ATL SLM AND CLT MCH POC
DNQ		 TOL SBS BLN POC KIL FRS FLM ISF WIN DSF SLM CLT TAL ATL N/A0 [21]

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