Loy Allen Jr. | |||||||
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Born |
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States |
April 7, 1966 ||||||
Achievements | 1994 Daytona 500 Pole Sitter | ||||||
Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series career | |||||||
48 races run over 6 years | |||||||
Best finish | 39th (1994) | ||||||
First race | 1993 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) | ||||||
Last race | 1999 Pepsi 400 (Daytona) | ||||||
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NASCAR Xfinity Series career | |||||||
4 races run over 3 years | |||||||
Best finish | 80th (1998) | ||||||
First race | 1995 All Pro Bumper To Bumper 300 (Charlotte) | ||||||
Last race | 1998 MBNA Platinum 200 (Dover) | ||||||
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Statistics current as of November 27, 2012. |
Loy Allen Jr. (born April 7, 1966), is an American professional 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.
Allen Jr. made his Cup debut at Daytona in July 1993. Driving his father's No. 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 No. 68 Country Time Ford.
Allen was hired for Tri-Star's No. 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 No. 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.