Davey arrived at Talladega the following week wearing dark shades to hide eyes severely bruised in the Pocono crash, Allison famously told a reporter asking to see his eyes at the press conference, "You can see it, but its ugly". That same year he married his first wife, Deborah. [10], The National Transportation Safety Board[11] (NTSB) blamed the crash on Allison's inexperience in helicopters, coupled with the decision to attempt a downwind landing. Allison continued racing in the ARCA series in 1985, winning eight races in the series, four at Talladega Superspeedway. May 3, 1987 would become an infamous day in NASCAR history. When he was 17 years old, Robbie Allison started reading the biography of his late father Davey Allison, penned by his mother and Davey's widow, Liz. Allison would better that feat just 28 days later by winning the Budweiser 500 at Dover International Speedway (then the Dover Downs International Speedway), becoming, at the time, the only rookie to win two Winston Cup events. 2. In his post-race interview, Allison stated "All we needed was three inches to clear Earnhardt, when you can't get help from a fellow Ford driver, that's pitiful". 12 Budweiser Chevy, starting and finishing 7th in the Talladega 500. The car went airborne and began a series of violent flips before landing on top of an infield guardrail. Liz Allison has been trackside for over twenty five years, first as the wife of the late, Davey Allison, and later a member of the sports media covering the NASCAR Sprint Cup, Nationwide and the Camping World Truck Series. But tragedy struck as the Michigan events began. Davey won the fall event at Charlotte Motor Speedway but finished the season 13th in the final Winston Cup standings. The team rebounded at Rockingham and when the series moved to Talladega in May for the Winston 500, Davey had scored one top-10 and three top-5 finishes. Both would consider this the greatest moment of their lives. Late in the race, Davey had finally managed to reach the top five and was in position to win the championship when Ernie Irvan lost control of his car on the frontstretch on lap 286. He began working for his father's NASCAR Winston Cup Series team after graduating high school, and built a race car of his own, a Chevy Nova, with friends known as the "Peach Fuzz Gang". David Carl "Davey" Allison (February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR driver. Back at Talladega, the No. From there, things went downhill. Image: Deborah Mays and Joe Namath married in 1984 despite their 19 years age gap. It should be known Waltrip was very unpopular at Talladega in his prime for his feuds with all three Allisons, starting when he replaced Donnie in the DiGard racing car in 1975; ironically, it was Waltrip who was a relief driver driving when Donnie won the.
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