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Bobby Allison Motorsports

{{short description|Former NASCAR team}}

{{more citations needed|date=December 2024}}

{{Infobox NASCAR team

| Team_name = Bobby Allison Motorsports

| Logo =

| Owner_names = Bobby Allison

| Base =

| Series = NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Busch Series, NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA Racing Series

| Drivers =

| Sponsors =

| Manufacturer = Ford, Chevrolet, Dodge, Pontiac, Buick, AMC

| Opened = 1965

| Closed = 1996

| Debut = Cup Series:
1965 Motor Trend 500 (Riverside)
Busch Series:
1982 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte)
Truck Series:
1995 Fas Mart SuperTruck Shootout (Richmond)
ARCA Series:
1980 Gould Prix 150 (Michigan)

| Final = Cup Series:
1996 Dura Lube 500 (Phoenix)
Busch Series:
1988 All Pro 300 (Charlotte)
Truck Series:
1995 Fas Mart SuperTruck Shootout (Richmond)
ARCA Series:
1992 Mello Yello 350K (Topeka)

| Races = Total: 401
Cup Series: 347
Busch Series: 34
Truck Series: 1
ARCA Series: 19

| Drivers_champ = Total: 0
Cup Series: 0
Busch Series: 0
Truck Series: 0
ARCA Re/Max Series: 0

| Wins = Total: 7
Cup Series: 6
Busch Series: 1
Truck Series: 0
ARCA Series: 0

| Poles = Total: 14
Cup Series: 14
Busch Series: 0
Truck Series: 0
ARCA Series: 0

}}

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=

File:NASCAR Hall of Fame (51418108261).jpg

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).{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/owner/Bobby_Allison|title = Owner}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/allisbo01/1985/W|title = Driver Season Stats}} 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,{{cite web |first=Heath |last=Holmes |title=Hut Stricklin's Racing Bio and Stats |url=http://www.hutstricklin.net/Hutbio.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080709035400/http://www.hutstricklin.net/Hutbio.html |work=HutStricklin.net |archive-date=July 9, 2008 |access-date=May 13, 2009 |url-status=dead }} 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.1994 NASCAR Preview and Press Guide, UMI Publications 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.{{cite news|title= Ron Zook Invests In Bobby Allisons Team |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24232239/101394-ron-zook-invests-in-bobby/ |newspaper=Orlando Sentinel |date=October 13, 1994 |page=43 |via=Newspapers.com |accessdate=June 22, 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Berger|first1=Ken|title=AUTO RACING PACKAGE: Stricklin Tries To Help Allison's Ex-Team|url=https://apnews.com/article/6b032ccf0657d9e74f210666beb48337|access-date=22 June 2021|work=Associated Press|date=June 7, 1995}} 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, with Cope moving to the new MB2 Motorsports team for 1997.

Team results, 1990–1996

= Car No. 12 results =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:75%"
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

! {{Tooltip|Owners|Owners Points classification}}

! Pts

! Ref

rowspan=3|1990

! Mike Alexander

! rowspan=15|12

! rowspan=4|Buick

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
41

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
14

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
16

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
19

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
17

| colspan=24|

! rowspan=3| 23rd

! rowspan=3| 2906

! rowspan=3|

Jeff Purvis

| colspan=7|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|28}}

| colspan=23|

rowspan=4| Hut Stricklin

| colspan=8|

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| TAL
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
37

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
27

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
12

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
6

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
32

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
26

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
29

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
14

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
23

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
15

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
20

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
11

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
13

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
20

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
34

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
26

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
13

| colspan=2|

1991

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
22

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
31

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
32

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
14

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
10

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
23

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
6

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
6

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
35

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
28

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MCH
2

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
16

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
4

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
29

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| GLN
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
14

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
22

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
17

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
21

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DOV
4

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
16

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
36

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
13

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
39

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
13

| colspan=2|

! 17th

! 3199

!{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/strichu01/1991/W|title=Hut Stricklin – 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=October 13, 2015}}

rowspan=5| 1992

! Chevy

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
24

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
9

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
9

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
29

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
29

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
8

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
18

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
11

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
22

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CLT
34

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
27

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
31

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
35

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
18

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
16

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
36

|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| BRI
27

| colspan=11|

! rowspan=5| 22nd

! rowspan=5| 3027

! rowspan=5| {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/strichu01/1992/W|title=Hut Stricklin – 1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=October 13, 2015}}

Ford

| colspan=18|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
24

|

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
11

| colspan=10|

rowspan=2|Jeff Purvis

! Chevy

| colspan=21|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|22}}

|

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|26}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
{{small|32}}

| colspan=6|

rowspan=8| Ford

| colspan=22|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
{{small|32}}

| colspan=8|

rowspan=2| Jimmy Spencer

| colspan=25|

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| CLT
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|11}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PHO
{{small|5}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| ATL
{{small|4}}

| colspan=2|

1993

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|16}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
{{small|10}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
{{small|29}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| BRI
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|14}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MAR
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| TAL
{{small|2}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
{{small|7}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
{{small|8}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| POC
{{small|4}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
{{small|39}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NHA
{{small|18}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
{{small|24}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
{{small|30}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| GLN
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
{{small|25}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
{{small|15}}

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
{{small|35}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFDFDF;"| MAR
{{small|3}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
{{small|13}}

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
{{small|6}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
{{small|20}}

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
{{small|27}}

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
{{small|16}}

|

! 12th

! 3496

! {{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/spencji01/1993/W|title=Jimmy Spencer – 1993 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=January 14, 2015}}

rowspan=3|1994

! Chuck Bown

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
23

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| CAR
25

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
17

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
41

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
12

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
23

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NWS
35

| style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
7

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
27

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| SON
21

| style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
13

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
21

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
39

| colspan=18|

! rowspan=3|30th

! rowspan=3|2638

! rowspan=3|{{cite web|url=http://www.racing-reference.info/drivdet/bownch01/1994/W|title=Chuck Bown – 1994 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|access-date=September 12, 2015}}

Tim Steele

| colspan=13|

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
39

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
43

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
41

| style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
33

| style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
38

| style="background:#FFCFCF;"| IND
DNQ

| colspan=12|

rowspan=3| Derrike Cope

| colspan=19|

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| GLN
40

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
18

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
16

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
35

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| RCH
19

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MAR
17

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
19

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CLT
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
37

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| PHO
30

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| ATL
7

1995

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAY
31

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
8

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
6

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| ATL
13

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| DAR
5

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| BRI
13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
30

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
28

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
42

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| SON
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
19

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DOV
12

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| POC
20

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| MCH
19

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAY
13

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| NHA
7

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| POC
39

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| TAL
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| IND
40

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
34

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| BRI
10

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| DAR
15

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| RCH
34

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| DOV
7

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| MAR
9

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
13

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
11

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CAR
19

|style="background:#DFDFDF;"| PHO
2

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| ATL
35

! 15th

! 3384

!{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/copede01/1995/W|title=Derrike Cope – 1995 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=June 29, 2020}}

1996

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
41

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| CAR
8

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| RCH
22

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| ATL
35

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAR
39

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
22

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| NWS
13

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MAR
28

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| TAL
29

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| SON
39

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
14

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DOV
23

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| POC
27

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| MCH
40

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DAY
42

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| NHA
38

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| POC
10

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| TAL
27

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| IND
14

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| GLN
16

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| MCH
24

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| BRI
29

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| DAR
34

|style="background:#FFDF9F;"| RCH
8

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| DOV
31

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| MAR
DNQ

|style="background:#CFCFFF;"| NWS
37

|style="background:#DFFFDF;"| CLT
18

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| CAR
39

|style="background:#EFCFFF;"| PHO
43

|style="background:#FFCFCF;"| ATL
DNQ

! 34th

! 2374

!{{cite web|url=http://racing-reference.info/drivdet/copede01/1996/W|title=Derrike Cope – 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Results|work=Racing-Reference|publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC|access-date=June 29, 2020}}

=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.

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 one 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.

BAM fielded an entry in the Truck Series in one 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 seventh.

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{Racing-Reference owner|Bobby_Allison}}

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