Willie Allen (NASCAR)

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**William Allen**

Born:	June 15, 1980 (1980-06-15) (age 27)
Birthplace:	Nashville, Tennessee
Achievements:	—
Awards:	2007 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Rookie of the Year
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Statistics
2007 NCTS Position:	15th
Best NCTS Position:	15th - 2007 (Craftsman Truck Series)
First Race:	2005 Kroger 200 (Martinsville)
Wins	Top Tens	Poles
0	2	0
Statistics current as of November 19, 2007.

Willie Allen (born June 15, 1980), is a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series racing driver from Nashville, Tennessee. He is currently a free agent.

Allen made his debut in 2005 at the Kroger 200 at Martinsville Speedway where he finished 6th, driving for Morgan-Dollar Motorsports. He made just one more start in 2005 and only one the following season before signing with ThorSport Racing to replace Kerry Earnhardt in the #13 truck for the 2007 season.

At the Mountain Dew 250 at Talladega Superspeedway, he matched his career-best result with a 6th-place finish. Allen finished 15th in the standings and won the Rookie of the Year award, however was not retained for the 2008 season as Shelby Howard was signed to replace him.

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Career NASCAR driving statistics

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v • d • e NASCAR Rookies of the Year

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Nationwide Series	1989: K. Wallace \| 1990: Nemechek \| 1991: Gordon \| 1992: Craven \| 1993: H. Sadler \| 1994: Benson \| 1995: Fuller \| 1996: G Allen, Jr. \| 1997: Park \| 1998: Santerre \| 1999: Raines \| 2000: Harvick \| 2001: Biffle \| 2002: Riggs \| 2003: Stremme \| 2004: Ky. Busch \| 2005: Edwards \| 2006: O'Quinn \| 2007: Ragan

Craftsman Truck	1996: Reffner \| 1997: Irwin \| 1998: Biffle \| 1999: Stefanik \| 2000: Ku. Busch \| 2001: Kvapil \| 2002: Gaughan \| 2003: Edwards \| 2004: Reutimann \| 2005: Kluever \| 2006: Darnell \| 2007: W. Allen