Loy Allen Jr.

Loy Allen Jr. (born April 7, 1966), is an American professional stock car racing driver. A former competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup and Busch Series, he found his best results in the ARCA series, with a win at Atlanta Motor Speedway in 1992 and two second-place finishes at Talladega and Daytona in 1993.

Winston Cup career

Allen Jr. made his Cup Debut at Daytona in July 1993. Driving his father's #37 Naturally Fresh Ford which was an old Robert Yates Racing Car, Allen Jr. started 40th and finished 29th. He ran three other races for his father's team in 1993, the best being a 26th at Talladega. In addition, Allen Jr. made his first start for Tri-Star at Phoenix, matching that 26th in the #68 Country Time Ford.

Allen was hired for Tri-Star's #19 Hooters Ford in 1994. He won the pole position for the season-opening Daytona 500 (the first rookie to ever do so), finishing 22nd. He won two more poles at Atlanta and the Michigan, as well as the outside pole for that year's running of the Pepsi 400. However, Allen's team missed twelve races due to a tight budget. He only had a best finish of 11th at Charlotte. In addition, he only had two more top-20 finishes, and had a DNF count of seven. It kept the team from making a serious bid at NASCAR Rookie of the Year honors, and Allen Jr. finished 39th in points that year.

In 1995, Allen Jr. ran just eleven races, splitting time with Junior Johnson Motorsports team and the Tri-Star team. He had been hired to run the new #27 Hooters Ford. However, he was released and went back to Tri-Star for the remaining seven races. In his first start back with that team at Talladega, Allen started second and went on to finish tenth, the only top ten of his career. However, Allen continued to struggle, and was put to a part-time schedule.

After suffering a neck injury at Rockingham Speedway in early 1996, he lost hold of his career, and only made sporadic starts after that. He did manage to return to the team at Pocono, with a 23rd, but in six more starts in 1996, he only managed a best finish of 21st at Talladega.

Allen Jr. made two starts in 1997, driving for Tri-Star, making the first two races at Daytona and Rockingham. He was 26th and 43rd respectively. Gary Bradberry took over and Allen Jr. was rideless after that.

His last ride came in 1999, two years later, when he qualified for two out of four races for the SBIII Motorsports team before being replaced by Hut Stricklin. Both of those starts (Michigan and Daytona) ended with 40th place DNFs. After he could not find a ride, he retired.

Busch Series career

Allen Jr. did make periodic appearances in the Busch Series throughout his career.

Driving a #19 Chevrolet at Charlotte in May 1995, Allen qualified 21st for his debut. However, he crashed on the 27th lap, and finished 43rd in a field of 44.

His next run was in 1997, where he started the inaugural race at California. This time, Allen would pilot the #48 Unifirst Ford Thunderbird for Randy Porter. He barely made the race, starting 42nd and last on the grid. Unfortunately, his struggles persisted on race day, as Allen would wind up 35th, 27 laps behind winner Todd Bodine.

Allen attempted three races and started two in 1998, his last year in this series. Driving the #78 Church's Chicken Chevy at Talladega, Allen managed a 7th-place finish, a career-best. However, his final race culminated in a last place finish at Dover, completing only 18 laps before a broken rear end gear sent him to the garage.

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
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	NWCC	Pts
1993	Allen Racing	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					45th	362
1993	TriStar Motorsports	68	Ford																													PHO 26						45th	362
1994	TriStar Motorsports	19	Ford	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				39th	1468
1995	Junior Johnson & Associates	27	Ford	DAY 17	CAR 28	RCH 29	ATL DNQ	DAR 18	BRI DNQ	NWS	MAR																											41st	890
	TriStar 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	TriStar 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				45th	603
1997	TriStar Motorsports	19	Ford	DAY 26	CAR 43	RCH	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	SON	TAL	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	CAL																				58th	119
1997	LJ Racing	91	Chevy																DAY DNQ	NHA	POC	IND	GLN	MCH	BRI	DAR	RCH	NHA	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	CAR	PHO	ATL			58th	119
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																	N/A	-
1998	Moore-Robinson Motorsports	15	Ford																			IND DNQ	GLN	MCH	BRI	NHA	DAR	RCH	DOV	MAR	CLT	TAL	DAY	PHO	CAR	ATL		N/A	-
1999	Donlavey Racing	90	Ford	DAY	CAR	LVS	ATL	DAR	TEX	BRI	MAR	TAL DNQ	CAL	RCH	CLT	DOV																						62nd	86
1999	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	62nd	86

Daytona 500

Year	Team	Manufacturer	Start	Finish
1994	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	1	22
1995	Junior Johnson & Associates	Ford	37	17
1996	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	24	36
1997	TriStar Motorsports	Ford	33	26
1998	Precision Products Racing	Pontiac	DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch 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	NBSC	Pts
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							112th	34
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						108th	58
1997	Porter Racing	48	Ford																												CAL 35	CAR	HOM			108th	58
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		80th	180
1999	Mark III Motorsports	78	Chevy	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	-

External links

Loy Allen Jr. driver statistics at Racing-Reference

TriStar Motorsports

Personnel

Ownership	Mark Smith

Drivers

Xfinity Series	(10) Jeff Green / Matt DiBenedetto / Tyler Young / Josh Wise (14) Benny Gordon / J. J. Yeley / Jeff Green / Tomy Drissi / Matt DiBenedetto / Cole Whitt (44) J. J. Yeley

Notable former drivers

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