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.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. 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 Pts Ref1990 12Buick DAY41 RCH14 CAR16 ATL23 DAR19 BRI23 NWS17 23rd 2906 Jeff Purvis MAR Hut Stricklin TAL9 CLT37 DOV27 SON12 POC6 MCH32 DAY26 POC29 TAL14 GLN23 MCH15 BRI21 DAR20 RCH13 DOV11 MAR13 NWS20 CLT29 CAR34 PHO26 ATL13 1991 DAY29 RCH22 CAR31 ATL13 DAR32 BRI16 NWS14 MAR10 TAL23 CLT6 DOV6 SON35 POC28 MCH2 DAY16 POC4 TAL29 GLN8 MCH14 BRI22 DAR17 RCH21 DOV4 MAR16 NWS17 CLT36 CAR13 PHO39 ATL13 17th 3199 1992 Chevy DAY24 CAR9 RCH9 ATL29 DAR29 BRI8 NWS18 MAR11 TAL22 CLT34 DOV7 SON27 POC31 MCH35 DAY18 POC21 TAL16 GLN36 BRI27 22nd 3027 Ford MCH24 DAR11Jeff Purvis Chevy RCH MAR NWS Ford DOV Jimmy Spencer CLT CAR PHO ATL 1993 DAY CAR RCH ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL SON CLT DOV POC MCH DAY NHA POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR PHO ATL 12th 3496 1994 Chuck Bown DAY23 CAR25 RCH17 ATL41 DAR12 BRI23 NWS35 MAR7 TAL27 SON21 CLT13 DOV21 POC3930th2638 Tim Steele MCH39 DAY43 NHA41 POC33 TAL38 INDDNQ Derrike Cope GLN40 MCH18 BRI16 DAR35 RCH19 DOV12 MAR17 NWS19 CLT8 CAR37 PHO30 ATL7 1995 DAY31 CAR8 RCH6 ATL13 DAR5 BRI13 NWS30 MAR28 TAL42 SON12 CLT19 DOV12 POC20 MCH19 DAY13 NHA7 POC39 TAL15 IND40 GLN15 MCH34 BRI10 DAR15 RCH34 DOV7 MAR9 NWS13 CLT11 CAR19 PHO2 ATL35 15th 3384 1996 DAY41 CAR8 RCH22 ATL35 DAR39 BRI22 NWS13 MAR28 TAL29 SON39 CLT14 DOV23 POC27 MCH40 DAY42 NHA38 POC10 TAL27 IND14 GLN16 MCH24 BRI29 DAR34 RCH8 DOV31 MARDNQ NWS37 CLT18 CAR39 PHO43 ATLDNQ 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 one race in 1982 and two 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 four races in 1983, seven races in 1984 and four 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.

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