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.

Motorsports career results Winston Cup (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

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 Pts 1994 Ward Burton 31 Chevy DAYDNQ CARDNQ RCH35 ATL40 DAR21 BRI25 NWSDNQ MAR16 TALDNQ SON36 CLT37 DOV37 POC42 MCH29 DAY36 NHA42 POC2 TALDNQ IND31 GLN24 MCH29 BRI36 DAR34 RCH25 DOV27 MAR35 NWS18 CLT41 CAR9 PHO21 ATL41 36th 1971 1995 DAY15 CAR9 RCH22 ATLDNQ DAR25 BRI21 NWS24 MAR25 TAL32 SON21 CLT41 DOV38 POC19 MCH18 DAY35 NHA39 POC11 TAL20 IND35 GLN19 MCH635th2292 Greg Sacks BRI25 DAR38 RCH37 DOVDNQ Jimmy Hensley MARDNQ NWS29 CLT39 Gary Bradberry CAR35 PHO ATL29

Busch Grand National (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Car No. 2 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 Pts 1985 Rick Mast 2 Pontiac DAY 44 CAR HCY BRI MAR DAR SBO LGY DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY MLW BRI DAR RCH NWS ROU CLT HCY CAR MAR 1990 Elton Sawyer 41 Buick DAY5 RCH 27 CAR19 MAR2 HCY10 DAR27 BRI30 LAN27 SBO10 NZH14 HCY23 CLT19 DOV9 ROU17 VOL2 MYB22 OXF29 NHA25 SBO24 DUB28 IRP6 ROU5 BRI31 DAR41 RCH12 DOV25 MAR18 CLT34 NHA6 CAR13 MAR15 1991 DAY15 RCH26 CAR25 MAR5 VOL12 HCY12 DAR29 BRI27 LAN11 SBO7 NZH11 CLT38 DOV23 ROU23 Ward Burton HCY15 MYB8 GLN22 OXF14 NHA34 SBO18 DUB26 IRP26 ROU17 BRI15 DAR36 RCH9 DOV3 CLT12* NHA22 CAR24 MAR6 1992 Chevy DAY3 TAL30 MCH28 Buick CAR1 RCH27 ATL37 MAR19 DAR7 BRI18 HCY7 LAN21 DUB9 NZH17 CLT6 DOV6 ROU12 MYB7 GLN15 VOL19 NHA22 IRP13 ROU8 NHA39 BRI5 DAR11 RCH11 DOV21 CLT16 MAR16 CAR18 HCY21 1993 2 Chevy DAY21 CLT11 GLN3 TAL22 IRP4 MCH24 NHA25 DAR23 DOV30 ROU25 CLT7 CAR2 ATL1* Buick CAR24 RCH32 DAR4 BRI17 HCY16 ROU1* MAR1* NZH3* DOV35 MYB2 MLW19 BRI24 RCH22 MAR17 HCY12

Car No. 22 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 32 33 34 35 Pts 1982 Rick Mast 22 Pontiac DAY RCH BRI MAR DAR HCY SBO CRW RCH LGY DOV HCY CLT ASH HCY SBO CAR CRW SBO HCY LGY IRP BRI HCY RCH MAR HCY MAR Plymouth CLT 1983 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR HCY MAR NWS SBO GPS LGY BRI SBO HCY ROU SBO ROU CRW ROU SBO HCY LGY IRP GPS BRI HCY RCH NWS SBO MAR ROU HCY MAR Bobby Allison DOV2* DAR37 Olds CLT5 CLT4 1984 DAY5 RCH CAR32 HCY MAR DAR3 ROU NSV LGY MLW4 DOV6 CLT SBO HCY ROU SBO ROU HCY IRP LGY SBO BRI DAR24 RCH NWS CAR31 MAR Donnie Allison CLT8 HCY 1985 Bobby Allison Buick DAY2 CAR27 DAR30 DOV26 CLT8 CLT38 CAR30 Rick Mast Pontiac HCY BRI MAR SBO LGY SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO LGY HCY MLW BRI DAR RCH NWS ROU HCY MAR 1986 DAY CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT RAL SBO HCY LGY DAR RCH DOV ROU CLT CAR MAR Chevy SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO OXF ROU BRI MAR 1987 Pontiac DAY HCY MAR DAR BRI LGY SBO CLT IRP ROU JFC OXF43 SBO HCY RAL LGY ROU BRI JFC RCH MAR MAR Buick DOV DAR DOV CLT CAR 1988 DAY HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 1989 DAY CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 1990 DAY RCH CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH HCY CLT DOV ROU VOL MYB OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NHA CAR MAR 1991 Patty Moise 42 DAYDNQ RCH CAR22 MAR VOL HCY DAR BRI LAN SBO NZH CLT DOV ROU28 HCY MYB GLN20 OXF NHA SBO DUB IRP ROU22 BRI DAR RCH DOV15 CLT NHA CAR MAR

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