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Social Media Reactions: Bobby Allen's Passing Felt By Sprint Car Community

Social Media Reactions: Bobby Allen's Passing Felt By Sprint Car Community

National Sprint Car Hall of Famer Bobby Allen died Sunday at the age of 81.

Oct 7, 2025 by Kyle McFadden
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If there’s anything to glean from Bobby Allen’s life, it’s that he made no shortage of core memories among the Sprint Car community. Drivers, car owners, business owners, industry personnel, fans and observers of the sport alike are pouring out their tributes and condolences commemorating the Hanover, Pa., legend in the wake of his sudden death Sunday at 81.

Kubota High Limit Racing points leader Rico Abreu venerates Allen, the 1998 National Sprint Car Hall of Fame inductee, as “a special human who touched countless lives,” especially how his underdog spirit “paved the way for those who needed the extra fight to keep going.”

In position for his second straight World of Outlaws title, David Gravel lionizes Allen, one of the original full-timers on the inaugural WoO tour in 1978, as a “true pioneer.”

“Bobby was one of the original Outlaws who helped shape Sprint Car racing into what it is today,” Gravel wrote on social media. “He did it his own way—building his own cars, traveling the country, and never giving up no matter the odds.”

Up-and-coming Southern Oregon driver Tanner Holmes, two-time NHRA Funny Car champion Cruz Pedregon and Williams Grove Speedway join Gravel in calling Allen “a pioneer.” Five-time Knoxville Raceway champion Brian Brown and 57-time WoO winner Carson Macedo simply view him as “a legend.”

Remembering him as “a legendary racer who did it his way,” marked by witty remarks and admirable ingenuity, High Limit Racing reveres Allen as “one of one.”

In a touching two-minute video tribute, the World of Outlaws said that Allen "out-drove budgets, outworked giants and outlasted eras" — a recollection of his 276 Sprint Car victories from 1967-98, with continued success raising up son Jacob Allen and grandson Logan Schuchart as stars of their own for the family-run team he started in Shark Racing.

Holmes, who drove for Shark Racing in 2023 as an interim driver for Jacob, and 18-year-old Ashton Torgerson, who Allen hired this year as Jacob’s full-time replacement, shared their profound experiences driving for the Hall of Famer. 

Open-wheel mechanic and car builder Flea Ruzic shared a pair of stories, first attesting to Allen’s outside-the-box innovation from 1990 when he attended a race at Tri-City Speedway outside St. Louis, Mo.

“I was still in high school … I remember walking up to Bobby Allen’s trailer at Granite City to get a shirt after the races. Earlier that night before the races, I was in the pits and remember watching a young colored dude on his crew use a hacksaw to cut both downtubes off his car before hot laps.

“His crew (duck)-taped the ends of the tubes up with duct tape and that’s what he raced that night. I don’t remember how he did, but I remember going to get this T-shirt from him after the races that night. He had a triple-axle trailer, and as Bobby and I walked down the side, I noticed the three passenger side trailer wheels were all a different color: A silver one, maybe a red one, and maybe the third wheel was rusted.

“The entire walk smelled like burnt-up rear-end grease. We got to the toter and he told Doris to grab the T-shirt. Shag carpet on the floor, jugs of oil, race car parts in the toter, and I thought, ‘Man, this place is a wreck, but he’s doing what he loves.’ As a kid it made me feel anything was possible.”

Ruzic’s story continued in 2001 while working in Indianapolis.

“I’m working at a race car shop ... and in walks Scruffy,” he continued. “We introduced ourselves to each other and started talking. I said, ‘What the hell are you doing driving around in Indianapolis?'

"He explained that one of his kids was living in Indiana and he drives over once a month to see them. We rummaged through the fab shop for any scrap parts and oddball pieces we had laying around. We agreed on a price and loaded the stuff up in the bed of an old silver Mazda pickup truck. After that he would stop in every month to talk shop and see what scraps I had laying around. It’s no secret he was a hero to a lot.

PRuzic's concluding words encapsulates the heart and soul of not only Allen's inspiring career, but the life he lived.

"It’s no secret that he made the most with the least," Ruzic continued. "I’ve never judged wealth by a person’s money or belongings. I’ve always thought true wealth was about accomplishments that defy the odds and overall life experiences. Using that standard I believe Bobby Allen might have been the wealthiest racer to ever live.”