Glenn Allen Jr. (born September 24, 1970) is the co-owner of
Allen-Hock Motorsports, an
American Speed Association
The American Speed Association (ASA) is a sanctioning body of motorsports in the United States formed in 1968. The Association was based in Pendleton, Indiana, and later in Daytona Beach, Florida. The ASA sanctioned asphalt and dirt tracks ...
(ASA) team. He is a former
auto racer, participating in both the ASA and the
NASCAR Busch Series
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to ...
during his career, and earning the 1996 NBS
Rookie of the Year award.
Career
Busch Series
Allen participated in two Busch Series races from 1992 to 1995 before becoming a full-time driver in 1996.
Other than Mike Dillon, he was the only rookie to participate in all 26 events that year, and had two top-ten finishes. His 14th-place finish in the standings earned him the Rookie of the Year award. His best year came in 1998, when he had 7 top-tens and finished 11th in the points.
Afterwards, he joined
Akins Motorsports
Akins Motorsports, formerly Akins-Sutton Motorsports was a NASCAR team based in Mooresville, North Carolina, which is near Charlotte. The team was formed in 1992 by Brad Akins, owner of several car dealerships in Georgia and team pit crew member, ...
to drive the No. 38
Ford Taurus
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in 1999. However, he struggled, finishing in the top twenty only five times in seventeen races, and was replaced by
Hut Stricklin
Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin Jr. (born June 24, 1961) is an American former professional stock car racing driver.
Racing career
Stricklin grew up in Calera, Alabama. He married Pam Allison, the daughter of NASCAR legend Donnie Allison after the ...
. Afterwards, Allen started in six races in the 2000 season, five of them for
Felix Sabates
Feliciano Sergio "Félix" Sabates Jr. (born September 9, 1945) is a retired Cuban-born entrepreneur and philanthropist living in the United States.
He is currently a partner in Chip Ganassi Racing teams, which formerly fielded teams in the NASCA ...
. Failing to finish in the top twenty-five once, he was released.
ASA
After being released by Sabates, Allen went back to the ASA. Racing for Bud Gebben, he raced in ten events, finishing in the top-ten nine times. Nevertheless, he did not get a full-time ride, and appeared sparingly throughout the 2001 season. He served as a crew chief for Russ Tuttle in the 2002 season. Allen, who still was interested in racing, made a deal with Ed Hock in 2003 to drive in the ASA Series cars.
Later, Allen became the team manager for Kris Stump Motorsports. In 2006, he teamed up with Hock to create Allen-Hock Motorsports, which houses cars for Stump, Brent Downey and Tony Rosebrugh.
[ASA Late Model Series (2006)]
Kris Stump and Brent Downey join forces with Allen-Hock Motorsports
. URL accessed on October 8, 2006.
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.)
Busch Series
Busch North Series
References
External links
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Living people
1970 births
Sportspeople from Cincinnati
Racing drivers from Ohio
NASCAR drivers
American Speed Association drivers