Alli Owens

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Alli Owens
D'Hondt Motorsports, Venturini Motorsports
Starts32
Wins0
Poles0
Best finish20th in 2009
Finished last season22nd (2010)
Richmond
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Wins Top tens Poles
0 0 0
Last updated on: April 16, 2020.

Alexandra "Alli" Owens (born September 2, 1988) is an American professional

ARCA Racing Series for three years (from 2008 to 2010
).

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

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.[1] She was able to raise enough donations through fans and local businesses to make it to the season-opening race,[5] 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.[6]

In late August 2016, it was announced that Owens would drive the No. 97

Personal life

Owens is a native of South Daytona, Florida.[3] She got married and then had two children.[8] 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 October.[6]

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 [9]

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 01 [10]

* 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 [11]
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 [12]
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 [13]
Toyota
ISF

30

References

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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. ^ Shivers, R.C. (February 16, 2011). "Strong female drivers make waves at Daytona Speed Weeks". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
  6. ^ a b "Alli Owens Returns to Racing, Will Participate in ARCA Test at Daytona". Speedway Digest. Breaking Limits PR. December 12, 2011. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  7. ^ Wilson, Steven B. (August 30, 2016). "Obaika Racing Brings Onboard, Alli Owens". Speedway Digest. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "Alli Owens – 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  10. ^ "Alli Owens – 2011 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  11. ^ "Alli Owens – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  12. ^ "Alli Owens – 2009 ARCA Re/Max Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
  13. ^ "Alli Owens – 2010 ARCA Racing Series Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved April 16, 2020.

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