ALLI OWENS - 09/02/1988
(home - Daytona, FL)
Owens is a native of South Daytona, Florida. 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. Owens made her ARCA Re/Max Series debut in 2008, driving a limited schedule in the #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 #19 Toyota. 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. 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 one top ten finish, a ninth place showing at Salem in April. Owens would make the jump to the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series for the 2011 season, driving the #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. She was able to raise enough donations through fans and local businesses to make it to the season-opening race at Daytona; but failed to qualify. 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. She would then be without a ride in NASCAR and
Truck Series 2011
ARCA for about five years. She became pregnant with her first child in early 2011, and had to step away from racing for the rest of the season. Her baby was born later that year in October. In late August 2016, it was announced that Owens would drive the #97 Chevrolet Camaro for Obaika Racing at Richmond International Raceway, making her Xfinity Series debut. She would start her Chevy in 38th place and run 156 laps before the clutch failed leaving her with a 36th place finish. She has not raced since. She made 32 ARCA starts over three season; and had three Top 10 finishes.
Xfinity Series 2016
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