Bobby Allison Motorsports was an American professional stock car racing team owned by NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison that fielded entries in the NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Truck Series and ARCA Racing Series on and off from 1965 to 1996.

History

Cup Series

Allison drove his own cars for portions of the early 1970s, including the full 1973 season. Allison won six races as an owner-driver from 1970 to 1974. Allison also ran for his own team in 1977 after splitting with Penske Racing, with a best finish of second at Nashville. Other drivers who drove for Allison's team in its first stint in the Cup Series were Paul Lewis (1 race in 1968), G. C. Spencer (1 race in 1968), Dave Marcis (1 race in 1970) and Neil Bonnett (1 race in 1974 and 2 in 1975).[1]

In 1985, Allison returned to being an owner-driver after leaving DiGard Motorsports, taking his number (22) and sponsor Miller Brewing Company with him to his own team. His best finish as an owner-driver in 1985 was a fourth-place finish at Dover.[2] Following the 1985 season, he brought his number and sponsor with him to the Stavola Brothers Racing team.

After Allison retired from driving in 1988, he revived his team again in 1990 and was a car owner for numerous drivers, starting with Mike Alexander, Jeff Purvis and Hut Stricklin driving the team's No. 12 car that year. Stricklin, the son-in-law of Donnie Allison,[3] continued to drive the car full-time in 1991 and for the entire 1992 season except for the last 8 races when he moved over to Junior Johnson & Associates.[3][4] After Stricklin left the team in September 1992 for Junior Johnson & Associates, Purvis returned to drive for BAM as well as Jimmy Spencer, who continued with the team full-time into 1993. Raybestos, which was the primary sponsor of the car from 1990 to 1992, left for 1993 to sponsor the Stavola Brothers Racing No. 8 team, and Meineke Car Care Centers became the new primary sponsor.

Spencer also left for Junior Johnson's team in 1994 and was replaced by rookie Chuck Bown who moved up from the Busch Series. Bown suffered injuries from a crash at Pocono Raceway that year, which kept him out for the rest of the season. He was replaced by ARCA driver Tim Steele and later Derrike Cope. For the 1994 season, the team partnered with Ron Zook.[5][6] Also from 1990 until the team's closure in 1996, Jimmy Fennig was the team's crew chief. Fennig had crew chiefed Bobby Allison to his 1988 Daytona 500 win with the Stavola Brothers and after his time at BAM, he crew chiefed for Roush Racing for the rest of his career, winning several races and a championship.

Cope drove full-time for BAM in the No. 12 car in 1995 and 1996 with primary sponsorship from Mane 'n Tail. Allison was forced to close down the team due to financial problems after the 1996 season,[3] with Cope moving to the new MB2 Motorsports team for 1997.

Team Results 1990-1996

Car No. 12 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 Owners Pts
1990 Mike Alexander 12 Buick DAY
41 		RCH
14 		CAR
16 		ATL
23 		DAR
19 		BRI
23 		NWS
17 		23rd 2906
Jeff Purvis MAR
28
Hut Stricklin TAL
9 		CLT
37 		DOV
27 		SON
12 		POC
6 		MCH
32 		DAY
26 		POC
29 		TAL
14 		GLN
23 		MCH
15 		BRI
21 		DAR
20 		RCH
13 		DOV
11 		MAR
13 		NWS
20 		CLT
29 		CAR
34 		PHO
26 		ATL
13
1991 DAY
29 		RCH
22 		CAR
31 		ATL
13 		DAR
32 		BRI
16 		NWS
14 		MAR
10 		TAL
23 		CLT
6 		DOV
6 		SON
35 		POC
28 		MCH
2 		DAY
16 		POC
4 		TAL
29 		GLN
8 		MCH
14 		BRI
22 		DAR
17 		RCH
21 		DOV
4 		MAR
16 		NWS
17 		CLT
36 		CAR
13 		PHO
39 		ATL
13 		17th 3199 [7]
1992 Chevy DAY
24 		CAR
9 		RCH
9 		ATL
29 		DAR
29 		BRI
8 		NWS
18 		MAR
11 		TAL
22 		CLT
34 		DOV
7 		SON
27 		POC
31 		MCH
35 		DAY
18 		POC
21 		TAL
16 		GLN
36 		BRI
27 		22nd 3027 [8]
Ford MCH
24 		DAR
11
Jeff Purvis Chevy RCH
22 		MAR
26 		NWS
32
Ford DOV
32
Jimmy Spencer CLT
4 		CAR
11 		PHO
5 		ATL
4
1993 DAY
13 		CAR
16 		RCH
13 		ATL
10 		DAR
29 		BRI
4 		NWS
14 		MAR
30 		TAL
2 		SON
27 		CLT
7 		DOV
8 		POC
4 		MCH
18 		DAY
39 		NHA
18 		POC
24 		TAL
30 		GLN
3 		MCH
20 		BRI
25 		DAR
15 		RCH
35 		DOV
6 		MAR
3 		NWS
13 		CLT
6 		CAR
20 		PHO
27 		ATL
16 		12th 3496 [9]
1994 Chuck Bown DAY
23 		CAR
25 		RCH
17 		ATL
41 		DAR
12 		BRI
23 		NWS
35 		MAR
7 		TAL
27 		SON
21 		CLT
13 		DOV
21 		POC
39 		30th 2638 [10]
Tim Steele MCH
39 		DAY
43 		NHA
41 		POC
33 		TAL
38 		IND
DNQ
Derrike Cope GLN
40 		MCH
18 		BRI
16 		DAR
35 		RCH
19 		DOV
12 		MAR
17 		NWS
19 		CLT
8 		CAR
37 		PHO
30 		ATL
7
1995 DAY
31 		CAR
8 		RCH
6 		ATL
13 		DAR
5 		BRI
13 		NWS
30 		MAR
28 		TAL
42 		SON
12 		CLT
19 		DOV
12 		POC
20 		MCH
19 		DAY
13 		NHA
7 		POC
39 		TAL
15 		IND
40 		GLN
15 		MCH
34 		BRI
10 		DAR
15 		RCH
34 		DOV
7 		MAR
9 		NWS
13 		CLT
11 		CAR
19 		PHO
2 		ATL
35 		15th 3384 [11]
1996 DAY
41 		CAR
8 		RCH
22 		ATL
35 		DAR
39 		BRI
22 		NWS
13 		MAR
28 		TAL
29 		SON
39 		CLT
14 		DOV
23 		POC
27 		MCH
40 		DAY
42 		NHA
38 		POC
10 		TAL
27 		IND
14 		GLN
16 		MCH
24 		BRI
29 		DAR
34 		RCH
8 		DOV
31 		MAR
DNQ 		NWS
37 		CLT
18 		CAR
39 		PHO
43 		ATL
DNQ 		[12]

Busch, Truck and ARCA Series

The team made their ARCA debut in 1980 with Davey Allison, Ferrel Harris and John Rezek each running a race. Davey would run 1 race in 1982 and 2 in 1983 for his father's team in ARCA. Clifford Allison, Bobby's other son and Davey's brother, ran a combined total of 12 ARCA races for the family team between 1988 and 1992.[1]

From 1982 to 1988, Allison fielded a Busch Series entry on a part-time basis. His son Davey drove 4 races in 1983, 7 races in 1984 and 4 races in 1985, all in the team's No. 23 car. Bobby himself drove 1 race in 1982 in a No. 25 car and would next run a Busch race as an owner-driver in 1986, running the Nos. 7 and 85 in seven races combined. He ran five more races in 1987 with the No. 33 as his number. In 1988, the team switched numbers again to the No. 12, their Cup Series number. Allison started the season by scoring the team's only Busch Series win in the season-opener at Daytona, sweeping the weekend with a win in the Daytona 500 the next day. After running four more races in the car, Neil Bonnett drove it in the race at Charlotte in October, which ended up being BAM's final Busch Series race.[1]

BAM fielded an entry in the Truck Series in 1 race in the inaugural season of the series in 1995. Derrike Cope, the team's Cup Series driver, drove a No. 32 truck in the race at Richmond and finished 7th.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Owner".
  2. ^ "Driver Season Stats".
  3. ^ a b c Holmes, Heath. "Hut Stricklin's Racing Bio and Stats". HutStricklin.net. Archived from the original on July 9, 2008. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
  4. ^ 1994 NASCAR Preview and Press Guide, UMI Publications
  5. ^ "Ron Zook Invests In Bobby Allisons Team". Orlando Sentinel. October 13, 1994. p. 43. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Berger, Ken (June 7, 1995). "AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Stricklin Tries To Help Allison's Ex-Team". Associated Press. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Hut Stricklin – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  8. ^ "Hut Stricklin – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
  9. ^ "Jimmy Spencer – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 14, 2015.
  10. ^ "Chuck Bown – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  11. ^ "Derrike Cope – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  12. ^ "Derrike Cope – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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