A.G. Dillard Motorsports

A.G. Dillard Motorsports

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

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.

History

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

Car No. 31 results

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											35th	2292
	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