Mark Allen

Mark Allen (born October 18, 1997) is an American stock car driver competing in the NORA Summit Late Model Series driving the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota Camry for Phenomenal Motorsports and the NOFSRL Turkey Hill Series in the #8 Mtn Dew Chevrolet Camaro for Fisher Gee Racing.

Allen began his NORA career in the 2020 Kobalt Tools 100, the inaugural Summit Late Model Series race at Daytona Intl. Speedway driving the #18 Interstate Batteries Toyota for Phenomenal Motorsports.

Early Life and Career
Allen was born in Beckley, WV. As a kid growing up he instantly fell in love with racing and would go to his local dirt track every Friday night to watch the races. When he turned 16 he began working to save up for his first race car to compete locally. After working for a year he saved up enough to buy a used dirt street stock and began racing every week. By 2019 he was noticed by Phenomenal Motorsports and they signed him to a 1 year contract to try out racing for their asphalt street stock team. He was so impressive in that division they decided to sign him full time to they're late model division in the newly formed NORA.

NORA Summit Late Model Series
At the end of 2019 Phenomenal Motorsports announced that they were moving Allen into the #18 car in their late model division. A few weeks later, they announced that their late models would run in the newly formed NORA Summit Late Model Series. In the first race of the season, Allen suffered from a mechanical failure at the start of the race eventually finishing 17th and leading to a rough start for the season.

NOFSRL Turkey Hill Series
In 2020 Allen competed in the NOFSRL Turkey Hill Series in order to get experience at the longer tracks ran in the top series of most organizations. Allen started the series strong at Daytona Intl. Speedway by staying out of trouble and keeping the car clean leading him to a top 10 finish in the Florida's Natural 300. The following races however, would prove not to be as favorable for the young driver as he would end up with mediocre finishes at Las Vegas and Auto Club. In race #4 at Phoenix International Raceway, Allen would once again finish in the back of the field. However in race 5 at Atlanta Motor Speedway, Allen would manage to take the misfortune he'd had so far in the season and turn it on its head and would take home the victory in the John Deere 300, marking his first Turkey Hill Series as well as his first NOFSRL league win. Unfortunately, the feeling wouldn't last long, however as in the next race, while he would qualify near the front, trouble in the pits would cause him to fall back, eventually finishing in 28th at Homestead-Miami speedway, and that would be followed up by getting involved in an early race crash that would result in a dnf at Texas Motor Speedway.

NOFSRL Chick-fil-A Cup Series
On February 21, 2020 Allen qualified for the Turkey Hill Hot Seat at Las Vegas getting him valuable experience in a Cup car, however an accident at the beginning of the race took him out before he had much time to get any real experience.