# Bobby Allison Motorsports

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).
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. 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, 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. 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. 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

| 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 |
| 1990 | Jeff Purvis | 12 | Buick | | | | | | | | MAR 28 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 23rd | 2906 |
| 1990 | Hut Stricklin | 12 | Buick | | | | | | | | | 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 | | | | 23rd | 2906 |
| 1991 | Hut Stricklin | 12 | Buick | 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 | |
| 1992 | Hut Stricklin | 12 | 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 | |
| 1992 | Hut Stricklin | 12 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 24 | | DAR 11 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 3027 | |
| 1992 | Jeff Purvis | 12 | Chevy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | RCH 22 | | MAR 26 | NWS 32 | | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 3027 | |
| 1992 | Jeff Purvis | 12 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DOV 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 22nd | 3027 | |
| 1992 | Jimmy Spencer | 12 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | CLT 4 | CAR 11 | PHO 5 | ATL 4 | | | | 22nd | 3027 |
| 1993 | Jimmy Spencer | 12 | Ford | 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 | |
| 1994 | Chuck Bown | 12 | Ford | 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 | |
| 1994 | Tim Steele | 12 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | MCH 39 | DAY 43 | NHA 41 | POC 33 | TAL 38 | IND DNQ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 30th | 2638 |
| 1994 | Derrike Cope | 12 | Ford | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | GLN 40 | MCH 18 | BRI 16 | DAR 35 | RCH 19 | DOV 12 | MAR 17 | NWS 19 | CLT 8 | CAR 37 | PHO 30 | ATL 7 | 30th | 2638 | | | | |
| 1995 | Derrike Cope | 12 | Ford | 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 | |
| 1996 | Derrike Cope | 12 | Ford | 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 | 34th | 2374 | |

### 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 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.
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.