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
Born	William A. Allen (1980-06-15) June 15, 1980 (age 43) Bon Aqua, Tennessee
Awards	2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
29 races run over 5 years
2014 position	119th
Best finish	30th (2010)
First race	2006 Sam's Town 250 (Memphis)
Last race	2011 Nashville 300 (Nashville)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
35 races run over 7 years
2021 position	58th
Best finish	15th (2007)
First race	2005 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Last race	2021 Lucas Oil 150 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 2 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 WAR, a team that competes full-time in the NASCAR Camping World 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 infront 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 #25 for Rackley WAR. ^[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 WAR (Rackley for Sutton's company and WAR standing for "Willie Allen Racing"). The team currently fields the No. 25 Chevrolet Silverado for Matt DiBenedetto 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	GTY	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	GTY	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	GTY 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	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	[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	GTY	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	GTY	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	GTY	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 WAR	25	Chevy	DAY	DAY	LVS	ATL	BRI	RCH	KAN	DAR	COA	CLT	TEX	NSH	POC	KNX	GLN	GTW	DAR	BRI	LVS	TAL 18	MAR	PHO 24				58th	32	[24]

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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23. "Willie Allen – 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2020.
24. "Willie Allen – 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
25. "Willie Allen – 2006 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

External links

• Official website
• Willie Allen driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Willie Allen crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference
• Rackley WAR owner statistics at Racing-Reference

Achievements
Preceded by Erik Darnell	NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2007	Succeeded by Colin Braun