William A. Allen (born June 15, 1980) is an American professionalstock car racing driver and team owner. He is the co-owner ofRackley W.A.R., a team that competes full-time in theNASCAR Craftsman Truck Series and inlate model racing.^[1] Allen previously competed as a driver in theNASCAR Xfinity Series, Truck Series (including a full season in2007 where he won theRookie of the Year award), and theARCA Menards Series.

Allen made his NASCAR debut in theCraftsman Truck Series in2005, driving the No. 47Chevrolet Silverado forMorgan-Dollar Motorsports in theKroger 200 atMartinsville Speedway, starting 21st and finishing sixth. He made one more start in 2005 forSS-Green Light Racing.

Allen ran the first two races of the2006ARCA Racing Series season in the No. 75 forBob Schacht Motorsports, finishing 38th atDaytona and finishing fifth atNashville.^[2] Towards the end ofthe year, he made his Busch Series debut, driving the No. 14Dodge forFitzBradshaw Racing atMemphis, where he finished 28th, andPhoenix, where he finished 35th.^[3] He also ran the final race of the2006 Truck Series season forThorSport Racing in a part-time third truck for the team, the No. 87. This led to his running full-time with the team in2007, where he replacedKerry Earnhardt in the team's No. 13 truck. It was his first full season in NASCAR. After finishing the season 15th in the standings, with his only top ten of the season being a sixth-place finish atTalladega, Allen was replaced byShelby Howard for the2008 season.

In2008, Allen started the season in the renamedNationwide Series, running two races (Daytona andNashville) in theSadler Brothers Racing No. 95, with a best finish of 29th at Daytona.^[4] Later in the year, returned to Morgan-Dollar Motorsports in the Truck Series to drive three races in the No. 46 atMemphis,Kentucky andNashville. In those three races, Allen was sponsored by the bandRascal Flatts, who were promoting their new albumStill Feels Good on the truck. Shortly after rejoining the team, Morgan-Dollar was bought byNew England Patriots playerRandy Moss, who renumbered the truck to the No. 81 to match his jersey number in the NFL. However, Allen's plans were not affected by the change in ownership.^[5]

Allen attempted six Nationwide races in2009 in the Nos. 92 and 96 forWhitney Motorsports, but failed to qualify for one race and started and parked in the other five races that he did qualify for. He returned to theTruck Series in 2010 forTeam Gill Racing to drive their No. 46 in therace at Nashville, starting 36th and finishing 29th.^[6]

In the Nationwide Series, Allen drove the No. 05 31-W Insulation/CertainTeed/Cash America car forDay Enterprise Racing in2010. In the 24th race at Bristol that same year, Allen qualified the car in 7th place, his best career start in front of Cup Series regularsClint Bowyer,Ryan Newman, andCarl Edwards. Allen would finish 11th in that race. Allen ran 18 races in 2010 with a best finish of 11th. Allen also failed to qualify for four additional races. He returned to the team for two more races in2011 before he was without a ride in any NASCAR series in 2012 and 2013.^[7][8]

Allen found a ride for2014 in the Nationwide Series, driving multiple races with hopes of a full season in the No. 76 for the upstartMartins Motorsports team.^[9] Team owner/driverTommy Joe Martins (who drove the team's other car, the No. 67) stated that the plan at the start of the season was for Allen to run full races in the No. 76, while Martins wouldstart and park the No. 67. These plans fell apart after both Martins Motorsports cars failed to qualify for thespring race at Bristol,^[10] For the remainder of the season, the No. 67 would no longer be fielded (except for atMichigan) and Martins would drive the No. 76 himself instead of Allen.^[11] After not racing in the Truck Series for the previous three years, Allen droveJennifer Jo Cobb's No. 0 start and park truck atCharlotte.

In 2021, Willie returned for the 2021 Chevrolet Silverado 250 at Talladega, his first NASCAR sanctioned race since 2014. He drove the No. 25 forRackley W.A.R.^[12]

After several years out of NASCAR, it was announced that Allen would return to the sport as an owner and would start a full-time team in theTruck Series in 2021 with Curtis Sutton, the owner of Rackley Roofing, which was the primary sponsor of the No. 68Clay Greenfield Motorsports truck in 2020. With their co-ownership, they named the team Rackley W.A.R. (Rackley for Sutton's company and W.A.R. standing for "Willie Allen Racing"). The team fields the No. 25Chevrolet Silverado forDawson Sutton with sponsorship from Rackley Roofing andChad Kendrick as crew chief.^[13][14]

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• Official website
• Willie Allen driver statistics at Racing-Reference
• Willie Allen crew chief statistics at Racing-Reference
• Rackley W.A.R. owner statistics at Racing-Reference

• 1980 births
• NASCAR drivers
• ARCA Menards Series drivers
• CARS Tour drivers
• People from Hickman County, Tennessee
• Racing drivers from Tennessee
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