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🇺🇸 Donnie Allison

Racing driver from United States. NASCAR Xfinity.

Driver facts

Full name

Donnie Allison

Born

7 September 1939(b. 1939)

Nationality

United States

Current team

Series

NASCAR Xfinity

Status

Retired

Career wins

Career podiums

Career starts

Career DNFs

Racer Rating

4,197

Source: Wikimedia Commons

Racer Rating

4,197

Rank 2798 of 40,700 indexed, -121 this season

FIA Categorisation

Not on file

Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com

Synthesized from 2 sources, updated 0h ago

Donnie Allison is a retired professional stock car driver who raced in NASCAR Xfinity, competing exclusively on oval circuits. His indexed record spans 20 starts across five seasons from 1984 to 1989, all on American ovals in a field mixing amateurs, semi-professionals and graded professionals.[1]

Allison's NASCAR Xfinity racing saw him finish 44th in the championship standings in his final season, 1989. He was closely matched against regular opponents including Jimmy Hensley and L.D. Ottinger, both professionals with substantially more starts in the series. He finished ahead of Elton Sawyer, a professional with 392 Xfinity starts, on eight occasions, and ahead of Rob Moroso, the 1989 NASCAR Xfinity champion, four times across their meetings.[2]

Allison's broader NASCAR career, recorded outside this database, extended from 1966 through 1988 and produced ten wins in the Grand National and Winston Cup series. He was part of the Alabama Gang and was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame in January 2024.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia

Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Donnie Allison is a racing driver from United States who last raced in NASCAR Xfinity. Allison has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 20 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,197 ranks Allison 2798th of 40,700 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications

1989 form

Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)

Recent results

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1989-02-18

Daytona International Speedway

P37

−122

Career-best drives

Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition

Rating won	Race	Series	Finish
+133	Daytona International Speedway 1986	NASCAR Xfinity	P5
+122	North Carolina 1987	NASCAR Xfinity	P7
+120	Charlotte 1984	NASCAR Xfinity	P8
+99	Charlotte 1987	NASCAR Xfinity	P12
+96	Charlotte 1986	NASCAR Xfinity	P11

Circuits

Rating per start against their own form that season

Raises their game

Daytona International Speedway4 starts+13

Charlotte6 starts+3

Struggles

Darlington4 starts-22

Season by season

Season	Series	Races	Pos	Gain/Loss	Rating
1989	▸NASCAR Xfinity	1	P44	−122	4,318
1988	▸NASCAR Xfinity	2	P41	+75	4,440
1987	▸NASCAR Xfinity	10	P35	+164	4,365
1986	▸NASCAR Xfinity	6	P28	+7	4,201
1984	▸NASCAR Xfinity	1	P38	+2,845	4,195

Recent coverage

Donnie Allison: Retired NASCAR driver, member of Alabama Gang, with 10 career wins[1]

Daytona Beach News-Journal

7 Sep 2026

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Daytona 500, 1979: The day NASCAR exploded[2]

Goodwood

5 May 2026

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Remembering a Legend: Bobby Allison Helped Drive American Racing’s Popularity[3]

Autoweek

12 Nov 2024

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Head-to-head

Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Allison finished ahead vs behind

Rival	Rating	Raced	Ahead	Behind	Record
🇺🇸 Jimmy Hensley	4,538	20	8	12	40%
🇺🇸 L.D. Ottinger	4,514	20	9	11	45%
🇺🇸 Dale Arnold Jarrett	4,439	20	8	12	40%
🇺🇸 Rick Mast	4,413	20	7	13	35%
🇺🇸 Tommy Houston	3,993	20	9	11	45%
🇺🇸 Jack Ingram	3,905	20	9	11	45%
🇺🇸 Ronnie Silver	4,209	19	10	9	53%
🇺🇸 Ed Berrier	4,224	18	7	11	39%
🇺🇸 Larry Pearson	4,177	18	7	11	39%
🇨🇦 Larry Pollard	4,132	18	10	8	56%
🇺🇸 Elton SawyerHigher-rated	4,808	16	8	8	50%
🇺🇸 Rob MorosoHigher-rated, 1× champion	4,694	14	4	10	29%
🇺🇸 Brett BodineHigher-rated	4,606	16	4	12	25%

Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates

On the leaderboard

Global rank, 40,700 drivers indexed

#	Driver	Series	Rating
2,788	🇧🇷 Nelson Piquet Jr Jr	European Le Mans Series	4,199
2,789	🇺🇸 Ray Hendrick	NASCAR Xfinity	4,199
2,790	🇯🇵 Yusuke Tomibayashi	Super GT	4,199
2,791	🇮🇪 Damien Faulkner	IMSA Pilot Challenge	4,198
2,792	🇺🇸 Graham Doyle	Lamborghini Super Trofeo NA	4,198
2,793	🇳🇱 John Hugenholtz	FIA GT Championship	4,198
2,794	🇯🇵 Kazunori Yamauchi	Nürburgring Langstrecken-Serie	4,198
2,795	🇧🇪 Koen Wauters	FIA GT Championship	4,198
2,796	🏳️ Mark Ineichen	24H Series	4,198
2,797	🇺🇸 Charles Putman	24H Series	4,197
2,798	🇺🇸 Donnie Allison	NASCAR Xfinity	4,197
2,799	🇺🇸 Johanna Long	NASCAR Xfinity	4,197
2,800	🇺🇸 John Dubets	Lamborghini Super Trofeo World Final	4,197
2,801	🇬🇧 Sam Tordoff	BTCC	4,197
2,802	🇨🇭 Alexandre Imperatori	Asian Le Mans Series	4,196
2,803	🇺🇸 Dylan Murcott	NASCAR Xfinity	4,196
2,804	🇺🇸 Hut Stricklin	NASCAR Xfinity	4,196
2,805	🇯🇵 Kazuto Kotaka	Super GT	4,196
2,806	🇷🇺 Maxim Zimin	GP3 Series	4,196
2,807	🇺🇸 Mike Rowe	NASCAR Xfinity	4,196
2,808	🇨🇭 Bruno Eichmann	FIA GT Championship	4,195

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Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia