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Very sad news for the sprint car world today as Bobby Allen has passed away. Scruffy was before my time as a fan but I've always enjoyed hearing the stories about him, and I've had the pleasure to seen his involvement with the growth of Shark Racing from where it started to what it's become. Thoughts to everyone close with Bobby during this time, and Rest In Peace Scruffy.

A true sprint car legend who loved our sport to the point that he literally lived it for over 50 years. Many stories over many years, huge impact all of us fans, racers and owners have benefited from. RIP Scruffy. 

So long Bob. You'll be missed a by all you helped and had fun with.

A legend indeed! RIP

Started going to Knoxville in 1989 but never started going to Nationals until 1991 so I missed seeing him win the Nationals. Was fortunate to see him race plenty of times though. RIP Champ, My Condolences to all of the family.

RIP Bobby. What a character and legend of the sport of sprint car racing. I was such a fan of his back in the day, that my wife and I named a stray cat we adopted Scruffy. Prayers to his entire family. He certainly lived an interesting life.

Rest in peace Bobby 

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Hey, does anybody remember this.....1996 Knoxville Nationals.....Bobby Allen runs one lap on his Q night, sets fast time, engine breaks, he goes home. Did I get that right? 1990 Nats was the best race I ever saw in person. RIP BA!

I went to one Knoxville nationals, it was 1990. Didn't even understand the magnitude of the event and by the time we got tickets Sat was sold out. So I was there the year he won. I'll leave it at that. Obviously touched countless lives.

Not sure the year is right, but that absoulely happened. Set fast time, first lap, broke motor on second. loaded up and went home.  

Sharks rig brakes down on the way to Volusia in Fayetteville their second season.  Ryan Smith picks them up.  We take his toter home back to Charlotte and fix it before they race Charlotte on Memorial Day weekend.  We get it done.  Their borrowed rig brakes down in Philly coming to Charlotte after a NJ race. The brother and I haul ass up to Philly with their refurbished toter.  The entire team is so exhausted.  Jacob says he'll drive everything back down to Charlotte.  Jacob and Bobby are chilling in the front while I'm listening in on their conversation. A few trucks on 95 around DC are blowing their horns screaming the back door fell down.  Bobby so calm looks at Jacob and says when you get a chance, pull over and put the door up.  "One of the kids probably forgot to put the bar across."  Said it so casually.  

Jacob and I get out, put the back door up, hop in the truck and head toward Charlotte.  Jake and I looked at each other trying to realize how mind-blowingly calm Bobby was about this and everything else in life.  

Anyways, we got Shark Racing to Charlotte in time.  When I say we... I mainly mean I kept Jacob awake the entire time by telling him every useless fact I could find on the internet about every town we rolled through that night.

Anyways...

Shark would unload.  Logan would win his first Outlaw race.  My gym would call me a few hours later wondering why Logan was using my gym membership.  A few minutes later, my grandma was calling asking who was using our garden hose as a shower on her back porch.  A few seconds later, dad was texting me who has a 717 area code asking him where to go eat breakfast.  

It was a mind blowing experience, and the most fortunate thing about that situation was that Shark Racing never forgot about it.  Bobby never forgot about how hard we worked for him during some difficult times and it flowed through his entire team.  Everytime we showed up at a race, Logan and Jacob treated us like family, their crew members were amazing.  Their sponsors treated us like VIP's...

 Im going to miss him a lot.  He always picked up the phone and told me what I needed to hear.  

Brandon McLain
United Sprint Car Series Driver
2014 Season
National Rookie of the Year!
National Points - 8th
Southern Points - 3rd
Asphalt Points - 3rd
18 Races, 3 Top 5's, 14 Top 10's

I was close. Some a-hole was quick time Thursday in 96', not BA.

36th AMOCO Knoxville Nationals Night #2 Results Time Trials (Qualifying Order): 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN (1) 15.614; 2. 1a, Bobby Allen, Hanover, PA (10) 15.882; 3. 10, Dave Blaney, Cortland, OH (35) 15.957; 4. 7L, Dennis Moore Jr., Grinnell, IA (50) 15.981; 5. 3G, Joe Gaerte, Rochester, IN (16) 16.038; 6. 11H, Greg Hodnett, Memphis, TN (26) 16.039; 7. Page 58 of 72 www.KnoxvilleRaceway.com 5, Danny Lasoski, Dover, MO (31) 16.045; 8. 4J, Jaymie Moyle, Knoxville, IA (24) 16.125; 9. 97, Aaron Berryhill, Broken Arrow, OK (73) 16.144; 10. 2D, Craig Dollansky, Elk River, MN (62) 16.156; 11. 12, Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, PA (43) 16.176; 12. 29N, Larry Neighbors, Oklahoma City, OK (5) 16.178; 13. 51, Terry McCarl, Altoona, IA (74) 16.190; 14. 71m, Stevie Smith, New Oxford, PA (76) 16.224; 15. 94, Dale Blaney, Fowler, OH (75) 16.229; 16. 92c, Travis Cram, Snohomish, WA (36) 16.233; 17. 18h, Rocky Hodges, Greenwood, IN (14) 16.238; 18. 7m, Jimmy Carr, Balch Spring, TX (48) 16.260; 19. 1BK, Don Droud Jr., Lincoln, NE (78) 16.262; 20. 57c, Troy Parsons, Altoona, IA (7) 16.270; 21. 71, Manny Rockhold, Pekin, IL (15) 16.284; 22. 16L, Leonard Lee, Milo, IA (12) 16.345; 23. 63u, Randy Smith, Mount Ayr, IA (13) 16.357; 24. 4, Bobby Davis Jr., Memphis, TN (45) 16.414; 25. 2x, Shawn Moore, Moline, IL (28) 16.441; 26. 11A, Dion Hindi, Albuquerque, NM (20) 16.444; 27. 80, Vance Peterson, Sioux Falls, SD (3) 16.454; 28. 1z, Billy Pauch Frenchtown, NJ (23) 16.459; 29. 2L, Ed Lynch Jr., Apollo, PA (79) 16.480; 30. 10T, Len Thompson, Newtown, PA (25) 16.513; 31. 55M, Mitchell Moore, Edgerton, KS (2) 16.522; 32. 6c, Steve Coelho, Tulare, CA (30) 16.535; 33. 21, Lance Blevins, Broken Arrow, OK (56) 16.566; 34. 27B, Patrick Bourke, Edwards, CO (8) 16.567; 35. 15m, Bobby Mincer, West Burlington, IA (6) 16.570; 36. 9, Rich Bubak, Knoxville, IA (51) 16.586; 37. 56, Chris Walraven, Knoxville, IA (57) 16.596; 38. 81, Jerry Richert Jr., Forest Lake, MN (38) 16.615; 39. 52, Ronald Laney, Point Blank, TX (53) 16.640; 40. 66, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS (34) 16.653; 41. 1K, Bob White, Des Moines, IA (60) 16.672; 42. 92J, JR Topper, St. Joseph, MO (9) 16.693; 43. 00N, Jim Nier, Piketon, OH (18) 16.710; 44. 61, Joe Roe, Kenosha, WI (68) 16.718; 45. 22, Kevin Gobrecht, New Oxford, PA (72) 16.728; 46. 12R, Peter Murphy, Sydney, NSW, Aust. (52) 16.751; 47. 21x, Steve Beitler, Sedro Woolley, WA (69) 16.791; 48. 27, Donny Goeden, Kewaskum, WI (49) 16.802; 49. 14, Randy Martin, California, MO (47) 16.821; 50. 31, Sid Blandford Jr., Vail, CO (46) 16.823; 51. 10V, Kenny Hansen, Nunda, SD (44) 16.841; 52. 1J, Marlon Jones, Sioux Falls, SD (17) 16.844; 53. 12E, Aaron Lemmons, Owasso, OK (27) 16.848; 54. 21A, Jerry Potter, Raymore, MO (19) 16.852; 55. 12$, Shane Carson, Yukon, OK (77) 16.880; 56. 8, John Bankston, Beaumont, TX (58) 16.869; 57. 77, Fred Rahmer, Salfordville, PA (71) 16.892; 58. 11J, Jerrod Hull, Sikeston, MO (63) 16.905; 59. 88F, Mike Frost, Zion, IL (65) 16.918; 60. 1m, Kim Mock, Kenosha, WI (67) 16.961; 61. 5x, Curt Grogan, Kansas City, MO (11) 16.977; 62. 19, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (66) 16.980; 63. D1, Dan Oswalt, Iola, KS (39) 17.017; 64. 11E, Dave Ekern, Flandreau, SD (22) 17.048; 65. 5J, Jeff Mitrisin, Oskaloosa, IA (80) 17.062; 66. 63, Randy Nygaard, Sioux Falls, SD (33) 17.082; 67. 51m, Jim Melis, Plymouth, WI (32) 17.121; 68. 1KW, Steve Ballenger, Sioux Falls, SD (4) 17.166; 69. 27F, Frank Filskov, Hawthorn, IL (61) 17.204; 70. 16H, Jeff Haines, Oskaloosa, IA (64) 17.250; 71. 12L, John Lambertz, Sioux Falls, SD (40) 17.303; 72. 20F, Kevin Frey, Chambersburg, PA (29) 17.344; 73. 6, Terry LoSasso, Broomfield, CO (70) 17.549; 74. 21G, Howie Gleason, East Troy, WI (21) 17.604; 75. 26B, Seth Brahmer, Wisner, NE (42) 17.714; 76. 24v, Justin Via, Marion, IL (54) 18.196; 77. 2R, Jack Lowder, Sacramento, CA (37) 18.658; 78. 65, Devlin Polkinghorn, Dodge City, KS (55) 19.045; 79. 19P, Steve Smith, New Oxford, PA (41) NT; 80. 7c, Ricky Logan, Little Rock, AR (59) NT. Last Chance Heat #1 (started), 8 laps, 2:21.2: 1. Kenny Hansen (1) 2. Fred Rahmer (4) 3. Shane Carson (3) 4. Mike Frost (5) / 5. Aaron Lemmons (2) 6. Jim Melis (9) 7. John Lambertz (11) 8. Jack Lowder (14) 9. Seth Brahmer (13) 10. Terry LoSasso (12) 11. Curt Grogan (6) 12. Dan Oswalt (7) 13. Jeff Mitrisin (8) 14. Frank Filskov (10) DNS – Steve Smith Last Chance Heat #2 (started), 8 laps, NT: 1. Marlon Jones (1) 2. Jerrod Hull (4) 3. John Bankston (3) 4. Kim Mock (5) / 5. Bob Weuve (6) 6. Jerry Potter (2) 7. Steve Ballenger (9) 8. David Ekern (7) 9. Justin Via (13) 10. Howie Gleason (12) 11. Randy Nygaard (8) 12. Kevin Frey (11) 13. Devlin Polkinghorn (14) 14. Jeff Haines (10) DNS – Ricky Logan Heat one (started), 10 laps, 2:54.8: 1. Keith Kauffman (8) 2. Steve Kinser (10) 3. Bob White (2) 4. Greg Hodnett (9) / 5. Manny Rockhold (6) 6. Rich Bubak (3) 7. Travis Cram (7) 8. Mitchell Moore (4) / 9. Peter Murphy (1) 10. Dion Hindi (5) 

Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Danny Lasoski (9) 2. Steve Beitler (1) 3. Rocky Hodges (7) 4. Steve Coelho (4) / 5. Leonard Lee (6) 6. Larry Neighbors (8) 7. Vance Peterson (5) 8. JR Topper (2) / 9. Chris Walraven (3) DNS – Bobby Allen

Heat three (started), 10 laps, 2:55.0: 1. Lance Blevins (4) 2. Terry McCarl (8) 3. Jerry Richert Jr. (3) 4. Dave Blaney (10) / 5. Jimmy Carr (7) 6. Billy Pauch (5) 7. Randy Smith (6) 8. Jaymie Moyle (9) / 9. Donny Goeden (1) 10. Jim Nier (2) Heat four (started), 10 laps, 2:58.4: 1. Ed Lynch Jr. (5) 2. Bobby Davis Jr. (6) 3. Stevie Smith (8) 4. Don Droud Jr. (7) / 5. Dennis Moore Jr. (10) 6. Ronald Laney (3) 7. Aaron Berryhill (9) 8. Patrick Bourke (4) / 9. Randy Martin (1) 10. Joe Roe (2) Heat five (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Craig Dollansky (9) 2. Shawn Moore (6) 3. Dale Blaney (8) 4. Joe Gaerte (10) / 5. Kevin Gobrecht (2) 6. Mike Peters (3) 7. Bobby Mincer (4) 8. Troy Parsons (7) / 9. Len Thompson (5) 10. Sid Blandford Jr. (1) C main (started), 10 laps, 3:07.6: 1. Dion Hindi (2) 2. Len Thompson (1) / 3. Donny Goeden (6) 4. Fred Rahmer (5) 5. Shane Carson (7) 6. Jerrod Hull (10) 7. Kim Mock (11) 8. Marlon Jones (8) 9.Kenny Hansen (3) 10. John Bankston (12) 11. Joe Roe (4) 12. Mike Frost (9) DNS – Bobby Allen, Chris Walraven, Jim Nier, Peter Murphy, Randy Martin, Sid Blandford Jr. B main (started), 12 laps, NT: 1. Dennis Moore Jr. (1) 2. Jaymie Moyle (2) / 3. Aaron Berryhill (3) 4. Larry Neighbors (4) 5. Travis Cram (5) 6. Manny Rockhold (8) 7. Leonard Lee (9) 8. Kevin Gobrecht (20) 9. Ronald Laney (17) 10. Jimmy Carr (6) 11. Dion Hindi (21) 12. Mitchell Moore (13) 13. Vance Peterson (11) 14. Randy Smith (10) 15. Patrick Bourke (14) 16. Troy Parsons (7) 17. Bobby Mincer (15) 18. Len Thompson (22) 19. Mike Peters (18) 20. Rich Bubak (16) 21. JR Topper (19) 22. Billy Pauch (12) A main (started), 20 laps, 6:20.9: 1. Terry McCarl (1) 2. Dave Blaney (7) 3. Danny Lasoski (4) 4. Craig Dollansky (3) 5. Steve Kinser (8) 6. Stevie Smith (9) 7. Joe Gaerte (6) 8. Greg Hodnett (5) 9. Don Droud Jr. (12) 10. Keith Kauffman (2) 11. Lance Blevins (17) 12. Shawn Moore (14) 13. Jerry Richert Jr. (18) 14. Ed Lynch Jr. (15) 15. Bobby Davis Jr. (13) 16. Dennis Moore Jr. (21) 17. Rocky Hodges (11) 18. Dale Blaney (10) 19. Steve Beitler (20) 20. Jaymie Moyle (22) 21. Bob White (19) 22. Steve Coelho (16). Lap Leaders: McCarl 1-8; Lasoski 9-16; McCarl 17-20.

Excellent story but didn't Logan get his first win at Cedar Lake in 16'?