Alli Owens

Alexandra "Alli" Owens (born September 2, 1988) is an American professional stock car racing driver. She competed part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro for Obaika Racing. She also competed part-time in the ARCA Racing Series for three years (from 2008 to 2010).

Alli Owens
Owens in 2010
Nationality	American
Born	Alexandra Owens (1988-09-02) September 2, 1988 South Daytona, Florida
ARCA Racing Series career
Debut season	2008
Former teams	DGM Racing, D'Hondt Motorsports, Venturini Motorsports
Starts	32
Wins	0
Poles	0
Best finish	20th in 2009
Finished last season	22nd (2010)
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
1 race run over 1 year
2016 position	79th
Best finish	79th (2016)
First race	2016 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Wins Top tens Poles 0 0 0
Last updated on: April 16, 2020.

Racing career

Owens began racing in BMX bicycles at the age of eight which put her on a path to train for the Olympics, but she switched to racing on four wheels at age twelve. Starting out in quarter midgets, she competed in local dirt track races and then raced cars on pavement by age fifteen.[1]

Owens made her ARCA Re/Max Series debut in 2008, driving a limited schedule in the No. 12 ElectriyingCareers.com Chevrolet for DGM Racing, owned by Mario Gosselin. In her twelve races that year, she had a best race finish of 15th place, which she achieved on three separate occasions (Rockingham, Kentucky and Chicago).

In 2009, she and her sponsor moved from DGM to D'Hondt Motorsports to run ten races in the No. 19 Toyota.[2] Owens had a career best 2nd place starting spot in the season opening Lucas Oil Slick Mist 200 at Daytona,[3] but would finish 40th after an early accident. Additionally, she would score her first top ten finish as well career best 6th-place finish at Talladega in April, and would follow that up with another top ten in her next start at Pocono.

In 2010, Owens would race in nine events with Venturini Motorsports, who she raced with in her last race of the 2009 season in preparation for the following year.[4] ElectrifyingCareers.com returned as her sponsor. Owens ran 3rd at Daytona in February 2010 for more than half the race before being shuffled out of the draft. She would score 1 top ten finish, a 9th place showing at Salem in April.

Owens would make the jump to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the 2011 season, driving the No. 76 Ford for Ray Hackett Racing. However, just a few months prior to the season, she would learn that her sponsor, ElectrifyingCareers.com, would be unable to renew their sponsorship.[5] She was able to raise enough donations through fans and local businesses to make it to the season-opening race,[6] though she failed to qualify. It was her only race of the season. Owens did receive offers from sponsors, but declined some of them because they wanted her to do a bikini photoshoot like other female racing drivers have done.[1] She would then be without a ride in NASCAR and ARCA for about five years. However, in January 2012, Owens did return to ARCA in the series' offseason Daytona test session, driving the No. 1 for Andy Belmont with sponsorship from Baby Jock. Despite this, she did not end up attempting the race there the following month. She was seeking a ride in 2012 in either NASCAR or ARCA, however, she did not end up getting one due to lack of sponsorship.[7]

In late August 2016, it was announced that Owens would drive the No. 97 Chevrolet Camaro for Obaika Racing at Richmond International Raceway, making her Xfinity Series debut.[8]

Personal life

Owens is a native of South Daytona, Florida.[3] She got married and then had two children.[9] After she attempted the Daytona Truck race in 2011, she became pregnant with her first child and had to step away from racing for the rest of the season. Her baby was born later that year in November.[7]

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.)

Xfinity Series

NASCAR Xfinity Series results
Year	Team	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	32	33	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2016	Obaika Racing	97	Chevy	DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH 36	CHI	KEN	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	79th	5	[10]

Camping World Truck Series

NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results
Year	Team	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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2011	Ray Hackett Racing	76	Ford	DAY DNQ	PHO	DAR	MAR	NSH	DOV	CLT	KAN	TEX	KEN	IOW	NSH	IRP	POC	MCH	BRI	ATL	CHI	NHA	KEN	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX	HOM	119th	0^1	[11]

^* Season still in progress
¹ Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

ARCA Racing Series results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2008	DGM Racing	12	Chevy	DAY 41	SLM	IOW 27	KAN 18	CAR 15	KEN	TOL	POC 24	MCH 24	CAY	KEN 15	BLN	POC	NSH 29	ISF	DSF	CHI 15	SLM	NJE 27	TAL 41	TOL 22	24th	1530	[12]
2009	D'Hondt Motorsports	19	Toyota	DAY 40	SLM	CAR 12	TAL 6	KEN	TOL	POC 10	MCH 16	MFD	IOW	KEN 13	BLN	POC 22	ISF	CHI 19	TOL	DSF	NJE 17	SLM	KAN 12		20th	1895	[13]
	Venturini Motorsports	35	Chevy																					CAR 13
2010		15		DAY 23	PBE	SLM 9	TEX 24	TAL 32	TOL	POC 20	MCH 13	IOW	MFD	POC	BLN	NJE		CHI 14	DSF	TOL	SLM	KAN	CAR		22nd	1410	[14]
			Toyota														ISF 30

References

1. McCubbin, Ashley (January 14, 2011). "NASCAR Exclusive Interview with Alli Owens: Raising Money to Live Daytona Dream". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
2. "Owens Debuts With Dhondt". Motor Racing Network. December 22, 2008. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
3. Kelly, Godwin (January 26, 2011). "Owens tweets way to ride in Trucks race". The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Daytona Beach, FL. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
4. "Owens Debuting Early With Venturini". Motor Racing Network. October 6, 2009. Archived from the original on April 7, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
5. McCubbin, Ashley (January 14, 2011). "NASCAR Exclusive Interview with Alli Owens: Raising Money to Live Daytona Dream". Bleacher Report. Turner Broadcasting System. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
6. Shivers, R.C. (February 16, 2011). "Strong female drivers make waves at Daytona Speed Weeks". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
7. "Alli Owens Returns to Racing, Will Participate in ARCA Test at Daytona". Speedway Digest. Breaking Limits PR. December 12, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
8. Wilson, Steven B. (August 30, 2016). "Obaika Racing Brings Onboard, Alli Owens". Speedway Digest. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
9. "Alli Owens is Ready to Make a Come Back, now as a Mother". Alli Owens official site. January 8, 2013. Archived from the original on July 20, 2014. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
10. "Alli Owens – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
11. "Alli Owens – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
12. "Alli Owens – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
13. "Alli Owens – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
14. "Alli Owens – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

External links

• Official website Broken link
• Alli Owens driver statistics at Racing-Reference