A.G. Dillard Motorsports
A.G. Dillard Motorsports was a NASCAR Winston Cup series team owned by Virginian Alan G. Dillard. This team is most notable for giving future Daytona 500 and Southern 500 champion Ward Burton his start in Winston Cup.
| Owner(s) | Alan G. Dillard |
|---|---|
| Base | Charlottesville, Virginia |
| Series | Winston Cup, Busch Grand National Series |
| Race drivers | Ward Burton, Greg Sacks |
| Sponsors | Hardee's |
| Manufacturer | Buick, Chevrolet |
| Opened | 1982 |
| Closed | 1996 |
| Career | |
| Debut | 1994 Pontiac Excitement 400 (Richmond International Raceway) |
| Latest race | 1995 NAPA 500 (Atlanta Motor Speedway) |
| Drivers' Championships | 0 |
| Race victories | 0 |
History edit
A.G. Dillard Motorsports was first started up in 1982 racing in the inaugural Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series (now the NASCAR Xfinity Series). In their first race with Rick Mast, the team finished 3rd. The team raced for only 12 more times that season. Over the next couple of years, The Allison's Bobby Allison and his brother Donnie Allison raced part-time for Dillard with Rick Mast during the 1983 and 1984 seasons. The team got their first win at Dover in 1987 with Rick Mast. The team won the next race as well at Martinsville Speedway. The team won a total of 13 races in The Busch Series overall. Mostly coming with Ward Burton. he won 3 races in the 1993 campaign and finished 6th in the final standings. The team decided to jump to the Winston Cup series with Hardee's sponsorship with associate backing from Coca-Cola and Minute Maid to help the young Virginian rookie on his rookie year. The team got to a rocky start when they failed to qualify for the first two races, the team made its first race at Richmond where Ward finished 35th after a piston failed on lap 71 of the 400 miler. The team failed to qualify 5 times that year. The team's lone highlight of the year was Ward stealing the pole at the Mello Yello 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. In 1995, the team remained the same, After Ward recorded a best finish of 6th for the team at Michigan in August, Ward was released by the Dillard operation the next day, and went to the Bill Davis Racing team, piloting the 22 MBNA Pontiac, where he would later score his first win at Rockingham. The team finished off the year with several drivers including Greg Sacks, Jimmy Hensley, and finally Gary Bradberry who raced in the team's last race. The Hardee's sponsorship left to become an associate sponsor of Mark Martin in 1996 and Dillard shut down his operation shortly into 1996 after not finding a sponsor. Sold the team to Dean Monroe for Stacy Compton to drive renumbered No.46 Chevy.
Cup Series edit
Car No. 31 results edit
| 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 | NWCC | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Ward Burton | 31 | Chevy | DAY DNQ | CAR DNQ | RCH 35 | ATL 40 | DAR 21 | BRI 25 | NWS DNQ | MAR 16 | TAL DNQ | SON 36 | CLT 37 | DOV 37 | POC 42 | MCH 29 | DAY 36 | NHA 42 | POC 2 | TAL DNQ | IND 31 | GLN 24 | MCH 29 | BRI 36 | DAR 34 | RCH 25 | DOV 27 | MAR 35 | NWS 18 | CLT 41 | CAR 9 | PHO 21 | ATL 41 | ||
| 1995 | DAY 15 | CAR 9 | RCH 22 | ATL DNQ | DAR 25 | BRI 21 | NWS 24 | MAR 25 | TAL 32 | SON 21 | CLT 41 | DOV 38 | POC 19 | MCH 18 | DAY 35 | NHA 39 | POC 11 | TAL 20 | IND 35 | GLN 19 | MCH 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Greg Sacks | BRI 25 | DAR 38 | RCH 37 | DOV DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jimmy Hensley | MAR DNQ | NWS 29 | CLT 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gary Bradberry | CAR 35 | PHO | ATL 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||