The Legend of Davey Allison | You Kids Don't Know with Bob Pockrass

Foreign endured more grief and more physical pain in one year than anyone should experience and still positioned himself to reach the top of NASCAR racing in 1992. That opportunity ended with him getting caught up in a crash in the final race, leaving him cost the championship in a cruel battle. joke about an emotionally draining year he had lost his grandfather to cancer he had lost his brother to the high speeds of the Michigan International Speedway he was injured after accidents at Bristol Martinsville Charlotte and Pocono he Velcroed his glove to the shifter of changes just to start a race at Talladega all that and the son of NASCAR great Bobby Allison still led a tight points battle heading into the season finale and then those title hopes ended for him 75 laps before the flag a pictures without a championship, his devastated wife Liz couldn't believe what it was.

More from Are You Kidding? How can this happen after this year? And I was so concerned to see Dave in the disappointment of him, he was at peace, he was, I think he felt that, at least, what he communicated was, you

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, I'll do it. had a better chance of winning overseas had no better chance of winning a championship in June 1993 bought a helicopter and a month later flew from Birmingham to Talladega Super Speedway the NTSB said Allison, 32, misjudged his landing and crashed crashed, died on The next morning, as the Nascar Cup Series heads to Talladega, memories of Davey Allison continue to flow 30 years after his passing.

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about the Nascar Hall of Famer from Alabama, who he's just a few feet away from. the checkered flag wins sure you've seen the highlights he won a Talladega in 1987 for his first victory in a delayed race after his father's car went airborne and smashed through the safety fence in a devastating accident that resulted in him NASCAR reduced the power at Talladega and Daytona, my father, at the finish line of the 100 Miles, when they achieved the famous 1-2. Davey Allison would win the Daytona 500 to start the 1992 season.

He kept his two- and six-month-old children in Victory Lane. He gained any charm. I have two fantastic children and a great wife, it has been a great day for us, the Allison family bled in the races and earned it the hard way. Bobby told Davey that he needed to graduate from high school before he could compete and before he could compete even though he had spent much of his youth in At the racetrack, he would have to sweep the shop floors and then he would have to learn how to take apart a car and then learn how to build one.

Bobby Allison raised him in the race shop, making him learn everything about the race car from him. I know you'd think Bobby Allison's son could just walk in there and drive the race car, but not at all despite his family pedigree. Davey Allison needed someone to believe in him to get an elite cup run at that time it wasn't. to drivers under 30 years of age. He found those believers in Harry Ranier and his son Lauren the Rainier's new Davy because we had driven for them in 1981. They believed in Davey and pretty much decided to take a chance on the 25-year-old with limitations.

Allison's experience immediately showed that veneers had made the right choice; He started on the front row of the 1987 Daytona 500. He sat on the pole for the next race at Rockingham and won in just his 14th career start at Talladega, even amid the horror of his crash. his father, the next week he led 88 laps at Charlotte and then the next week he won at Dover. NASCAR hoped it had found its new favorite young driver, someone who could identify with a growing fan base. Allison stood out as a driver that NASCAR promoted by thinking of the superstars of the next 20 years and paved the way for NASCAR teams to hire younger drivers, you're welcome.

Jeff Gordon Lauren Rainier told me that Davey's popularity in the garage came from him watching his father navigate the racing world through both the good and the bad. bad Allison would find churches along the way to attend mass on the weekend, going with his family or alone, and sometimes others would join him, such as Larry McReynolds, who would eventually become Allison's crew chief. The colonels found out about his driver shortly after starting I worked with him at the beginning of the 1991 season, he was a very determined person, he was a very confident person. I found out early, if he gave him what he wanted, to make that race car, somehow he would do it and I think this is just more.

McReynolds and Allison won five races in 1991 and finished third in the standings, setting up the 1992 championship. Quest, no one could predict what kind of ride he was expecting. Allison opened 1992 with victory in the Daytona 500. He won at North Wilkesboro and again at Talladega for three wins in the first nine races. He achieved the Talladega Triumph by capturing the All-Star Race, but didn't even make it to Victory Lane as he won it while colliding with Kyle Petty. Allison went straight to the hospital with a bruised leg and a concussion. This third major crash of the season suffered rib and back injuries in a crash at Bristol and he was also roughed up at Martinsville despite the noises.

Outside of the top five and top ten, the season would continue to test Allison both physically and mentally at Pocono in July. Allison experienced another devastating accident and returning to the track wouldn't be so easy with a broken collarbone and wrist, he should have never competed. the next week at Talladega, but he somehow convinced NASCAR to let him start. Davey had surgery on his arm and we had to Velcro his right hand to the gear shift so he could shift gears for the start of the race. Bobby Helen entered the seat after unexpected rain brought out the caution just six laps into the Talladega race.

The death moved him to third place, making it a good day for Allison points-wise, a crucial moment in staying in Championship contention, less than three weeks after the race at Talladega. dealt another blow to Allison, his brother Clifford died from an injury sustained in a Bush Series accident in Michigan. mcreones didn't know if Allison would be racing at Michigan that weekend. I finally got Robert and I finally got in touch with Davey and said, look, what are you doing? you want to do, you want us to get someone to come up here and practice and qualify this car and it stopped Robert Yates and I in our tracks, he said, let me tell you something.

I have a hole in me right now from losing my brother that burns when the wind blows, but he said: I'm here to do a job. I'm going to go out and do this job tomorrow Saturday and you know, we're going to win this race on Sunday and then I'm going to go back to Hueytown, Alabama and take care of business, bury my brother, which is how Allison Allison finished fifth in that race of Michigan and remained second in the points, a spot she maintained until the penultimate race, when a win at Phoenix moved her to the top of the points standings in one of the most famous season finishes in NASCAR history.

Five drivers had a chance to win the title. Allison downed Kawiki by 30 points and Bill Elliott by 40. Harry Gann sat 97 points behind Kyle Petty, 98, and Mark. Martin 113. sailing and in position to win the title with 75 laps left. Allison suddenly saw his championship as Spanish Pope when Ernie Irvin spun and picked up Allison in the process in his post-race interview and other comments heading into the upcoming season. Allison seemed to take it in stride. Allison thought he would have other opportunities, but he also knew that he had given it his all. He had experienced the cruelty of the sport in a racing family, so he knew that you lost more championships than you won.

He didn't make any mistakes. that cost him in that last race and considering what he had experienced all year without winning a title maybe it didn't seem like the end of the world just look at our performance on the track we would win one week we would ruin one week we would win one week, we would be shipwrecked one week and in the All-Star Race we figured out how to do both on the same night in the same race. Allison's life ended in tragedy on a racetrack, but not on the track. I lived in so much fear. the race car and what you know life would be like and we, you know we couldn't live without it and our lives, and so on, and you know, looking forward to 1993, the racing card, I mean, you know, obviously , he. he was going to Talladega but he was in a helicopter, you know, and I was more focused on the race car.

An estimated 4,000 people attended the wake when Allison's death had the morning of Alabama, one of his favorite athletes, his family, his friends and his fans will remember a fierce The competitor remained disciplined to the point that he ate spaghetti and meatballs the night before each race. He could get angry when a driver pushed his buttons, but he had such a silly, funny side that he could make McReynolds laugh on the radio, Davey Allison's stories and memories illicit smiles and still have the garage buzzing about one of the drivers' favorite drivers. sports most of the time he was just a goofy, slightly nerdy guy, a kid you know from Alabama, who happened to drive like a demon. from a race car I got the easy job, I can sit back and drive this great race car Hello racing fans, thanks for watching our video to see all the NASCAR content on Fox News and the best clips from Fox Sports, be sure to follow us Subscribe to our channel