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| Born: | December 3, 1937 | |
| Birthplace: | Hialeah, Florida | |
| Achievements: | — | |
| Awards: | 1983 Winston Cup Champion
Named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers (1998) inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame (1993) inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America (1992 |
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| 718 races run over 25 years. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers is a list of NASCAR drivers In 1998, as part of its 50th anniversary celebration NASCAR gathered a panel to select "The Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to Auto racing either as a driver owner Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum in Novi Michigan for American motorsports legends Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. | ||
| Best Cup Position: | 1st - 1983 (Winston Cup) | |
| First Race: | 1961 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | |
| Last Race: | 1988 Miller High Life 500 (Pocono) | |
| First Win: | 1966 Race #31 (Oxford Plains Speedway) | |
| Last Win: | 1988 Daytona 500 (Daytona) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 84 (see article) |
446 | 58 |
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| 43 races run over 7 years. The 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began on Sunday February 20 and ended on Sunday November 20. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Daytona International Speedway is a Superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 7 and ended November 20. Two different races have been known as the Miller High Life 500: For the race at Pocono Raceway from 1986 to 1989, see Pocono 500 Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) is a Superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond Oxford Plains Speedway is a racetrack in Oxford Maine. Established in 1950 it has been home to various NASCAR Busch Series events including the True Value The 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Season began February 7 and ended November 20. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Daytona International Speedway is a Superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. The NASCAR Nationwide Series is a Stock car racing series owned and operated by the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing. | ||
| First Race: | 1982 Sportsman 200 (Dover Downs International Speedway | |
| Last Race: | 1988 Winn-Dixie 300 (Charlotte Motor Speedway) | |
| First Win: | 1984 Mello Yello 300 (Charlotte Motor Speedway) | |
| Last Win: | 1988 Goody's 300 (Daytona International Speedway) | |
| Wins | Top Tens | Poles |
| 2 | 22 | 0 |
Robert Arthur Allison (born December 3, 1937 in Hialeah, Florida) is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) The Heluva Good! 200 is a NASCAR Nationwide Series stock car race that takes place during May or June at Dover International Speedway. Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR -sanctioned Race track located in Dover Delaware, owned by and serving as the corporate headquarters of Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) The Camping World 300 presented by Chevrolet is the first race of the NASCAR Nationwide Series season held at Daytona International Speedway. Daytona International Speedway is a Superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. The term " pole position " comes from the Horse racing term where the number one starter starts on the inside next to the inside pole Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Hialeah is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing ( NASCAR) is the largest sanctioning body of Stock cars in the United States. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, both losing their lives within a year of each other. David Carl "Davey" Allison ( February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR Race car Driver, best On March 6, 2008, his mother, Kittie Allison, died at the age of 101.
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Career before NASCAR
Allison entered his first race as a senior at Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School in Miami, Florida, but was ordered to quit by his father after a few accidents. Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School is a private, Roman Catholic High school in Miami Florida. After high school in 1955, Allison took his brother Donnie and some friends along on a quest for more lucrative racing than was available in south Florida. Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison (born September 7, 1939 in Miami Florida) is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/ Winston His searching led him to the Montgomery Speedway in Montgomery, Alabama, and he was told of a race that very night in Midfield, Alabama near Birmingham. Montgomery (məntˈgəmɜriː is the Capital, second most populous city and the 4th most populous metropolitan area in the Southern U Midfield is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. Birmingham (ˈbɝmɪŋhæm is the largest City in the US state of Alabama and is the County seat of Jefferson County. Allison entered and won that race, along with two others races that week. He had found his lucrative racing. Bobby and Donnie set up shop in Hueytown, Alabama with another friend (Red Farmer), and they began answering to the name Alabama Gang. Hueytown is a City in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a suburb of Birmingham near Bessemer. The Alabama Gang was the nickname for a group of NASCAR drivers who set up shop and operated out of Hueytown Alabama, near Birmingham Alabama.
Bobby Allison also worked as a mechanic and an engine tester, but eventually became a driver and won the national championship in the modified special division in 1962.
NASCAR career
He moved to the Grand National circuit in 1965 and got his first victory at Oxford Plains Speedway on July 12, 1966. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar.
During the course of his career, Bobby Allison accumulated 85 victories, placing him third all-time, just ahead of Darrell Waltrip, including three victories at the Daytona 500 in 1978, 1982 and 1988, where he finished one-two with his son, Davey Allison. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) David Carl "Davey" Allison ( February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR Race car Driver, best He was also the NASCAR Winston Cup Champion in 1983 driving for DiGard Racing. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Additionally, Allison ran in the Indianapolis 500 twice, with a best finish of 25th in 1975. The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, often shortened to Indianapolis 500 or Indy 500, and historically known simply as "The 500" is an American Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Allison was involved in an accident at Alabama International Motor Speedway (now Talladega Superspeedway) in May, 1987 that saw his car turn sideways and go airborne into the protective catch fence that separates the speedway from the grandstands. The impact with the fence with the rear of the car at over 200 miles per hour caused nearly 100 yards of fencing to be torn down, and parts and pieces of the car went flying into the grandstand injuring several spectators. This is the same race that Bill Elliott set the all-time qualifying record at 212 mph. In response, NASCAR mandated smaller carburetors for the remaining 1987 events at Talladega and its sister track, Daytona International Speedway. The following year, NASCAR mandated restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega to keep speeds under 200 miles per hour. Allison would win the first Daytona 500 run with restrictor plates in February 1988 by beating his son Davey Allison. He is the oldest driver (50 years) ever to win the Daytona 500 and the first one-two father/son finish in the Daytona 500.
Later that season, on June 19, 1988, Bobby Allison nearly died in a crash at Pocono Raceway, but was left with injuries that forced his retirement from NASCAR. Events 1179 - The Norwegian Battle of Kalvskinnet outside Nidaros. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Pocono Raceway (formerly Pocono International Raceway) is a Superspeedway located in the Pocono Mountains of Pennsylvania at Long Pond In 1992, his youngest son, Clifford Allison, was fatally injured in a practice crash for the NASCAR Busch Series race(now Nationwide Series) at Michigan International Speedway. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile (322-km moderate-banked D-shaped Superspeedway located off U Allison was elected to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1993, tragically, the same year that his son Davey died following a helicopter accident at Talladega Superspeedway. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame is a Hall of Fame dedicated to enshrining those who have contributed the most to Auto racing either as a driver owner Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) David Carl "Davey" Allison ( February 25, 1961 - July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR Race car Driver, best Talladega Superspeedway is a Motorsports complex located in Talladega Alabama United States He was inducted into the Motorsports Hall of Fame of America in 1992. The Motorsports Hall of Fame of America is a Hall of Fame and museum in Novi Michigan for American motorsports legends
Allison is one of eight drivers to have won what was then considered a career Grand Slam (an unofficial term) by winning the sport's four majors: the Daytona 500, Winston 500, Coca-Cola 600, and the Southern 500. The Daytona 500 is a 200-lap long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach Florida. The Aaron's 499 is a NASCAR Sprint Cup stock car race held at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Alabama. The Coca-Cola 600 (formerly the World 600) and also known as the "Coke 600" is a in length Stock car race held annually at Lowe's Motor Speedway The Southern 500 is the annual spring NASCAR Sprint Cup race held at Darlington Raceway in Darlington South Carolina, USA Richard Petty, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Jimmie Johnson, and Buddy Baker are the other seven to have accomplished the feat. Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series David Gene Pearson (born December 22, 1934 in Spartanburg, South Carolina) is a former American NASCAR Racecar Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona Ralph Dale Earnhardt Sr ( April 29, 1951 &ndash February 18, 2001) was an American race car driver best known for his career driving Jeffery Michael Gordon Jimmie Kenneth Johnson For the American composer see Buddy Baker (composer. For the DC Comics character see Animal Man.
Win Controversy
Officially, according to NASCAR.com, Bobby Allison has won 84 races, placing him in third place on the all-time wins list, tied with Darrell Waltrip. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona Unofficially, Bobby Allison has won 85 races, and may be credited with 86 wins. The controversy lies in two races: the 1971 Myers Brothers 250 held at Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, North Carolina), and the 1973 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1/4-mile asphalt flat oval short track and football stadium located in Winston-Salem North Carolina. Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. (Charlotte, North Carolina. )
1971 Myers Brothers 250
The 1971 Myers Brothers 250 was held August 6, 1971 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Bowman Gray Stadium is a NASCAR sanctioned 1/4-mile asphalt flat oval short track and football stadium located in Winston-Salem North Carolina. The first car to cross the finish line after 250 laps was driven by Bobby Allison.
The dispute in question came because of early 1970s combination races for the smaller Grand American Series, featuring "pony" cars, such as the Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang, and AMC Javelin, and the Grand National Series, featuring the Chevrolet Chevelle, Ford Torino Talladega, Dodge Charger Daytona, and Plymouth Roadrunner / Superbird. Grand American was a NASCAR sanctioned series of Pony car stock cars. For that race, and the race following at West Virginia International Speedway, Allison raced a Grand National - Grand American combination race in a Grand American Series specification 1970 Ford Mustang, #49, sponsored by Rollins Leasing, and owned by Melvin Joseph. (Joseph was the head of Dover International Speedway until his death in 2005. Dover International Speedway is a NASCAR -sanctioned Race track located in Dover Delaware, owned by and serving as the corporate headquarters of ) As he was not racing in a Grand National car, he never received credit in that series, but was credited with a Grand American Series ("pony" cars) win.
It should be noted NASCAR has had co-sanctioned races with various series in the past; in such cases, the win counts only in the series which that driver's car was sanctioned. The driver tied with Allison in all-time Cup wins because of the dispute is involved in this incident. An Automobile Racing Club of American / Winston West combination race in College Station, Texas on March 21, 1993, was won by Darrell Waltrip, driving an ARCA entry. Darrell Lee Waltrip (born February 5, 1947 in Owensboro Kentucky) is a three-time former NASCAR Winston Cup champion the 1989 Daytona That win was credited as an ARCA win only, and not counted in the NASCAR AutoZone West Series, Grand National Division (as it is currently known) win list. Likewise, when a Winston Cup driver won a Winston Cup / Winston West combination race, the win counts in Cup, not West. The Busch Series and Busch North Series also raced combination races in the past.
Currently, Martinsville Speedway has such a race, with the Whelen Modified Tour and Whelen Southern Modified Tour
1973 National 500
The 1973 National 500 was held October 7, 1973 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Martinsville Speedway is an International Speedway Corporation -owned NASCAR stock car racing track located in Ridgeway Virginia. The NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour (NWMT (previously the NASCAR Winston Modified Tour and NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series) is a Stock car racing series The NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour (WSMT is a stock car racing series owned by NASCAR and operated in the Southeastern United States as part of its Modified Division The first three cars to cross the finish line after the scheduled 334 laps (501 miles) were driven by Cale Yarborough, Richard Petty, and Bobby Allison, in that order. William Caleb (Cale Yarborough (born March 27, 1940 in Timmonsville South Carolina, near the famous Darlington Raceway) is a businessman and Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937) is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the Winston Cup Series Again, these facts are not disputed. What is disputed, is the legality of the first two cars' engines, recounted in Jim McLaurin’s book ”NASCAR'S Most Wanted", in the chapter “Fudgin’ With the Rules”:
- In the 1973 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Allison protested that the engines in winner Cale Yarborough's and second-place Richard Petty's cars were over-sized. Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a speedway in Concord North Carolina, north of Charlotte. NASCAR inspected all three of the top finishers, and Allison's engine fit the cubic-displacement specs. Six hours after the inspections began, NASCAR technical director Bill Gazaway told the press that the results were being sent to headquarters in Daytona for a final decision.
- Monday afternoon NASCAR released a statement saying that, because the inspection facilities at Charlotte were inadequate, the pre-race inspection numbers would be used-when all three cars were legal and that the results would stand.
- Allison threatened both to quit and to sue. It was not until after a private meeting with NASCAR President Bill France, Jr. , a week later that Allison was assuaged. Speculation was that Allison had been bought off. Allison wouldn't confirm or deny it, saying only that he had “received satisfactory restitution”.
The results were never changed, but many to this day still believe that Allison was robbed of yet another win to add to his already long list.
1973 was a transition year in NASCAR. Teams could run a restrictor plate-equipped 7-liter engine or a 5. A Restrictor plate or air restrictor is a device installed at the intake of an engine to limit its power 9 liter engine without restrictor plates.
Ten years later, Petty's over sized engine at the same race resulted in new NASCAR rules on oversized engines, including twelve-week suspensions for the offending engine builder, driver, and car owner.
1982 Daytona 500 ("Bumpergate")
Following his victory at Daytona, Allison's car was inspected and was found to have lost its rear bumper. It appeared to have fallen off in a slight bump between two cars at the beginning of the race. However tests were performed on the car without its rear bumper and it was discovered that the car was faster and handled better without the bumper. It has been claimed that Allison and his crew modified the bumper so that it would fall off easily at the beginning of the race. NASCAR never fined him and the victory stands. Allison and his crew deny the allegations. [1]
Car owner
Bobby was a car owner for numerous drivers from 1990 to 1996, most notably Mike Alexander, Hut Stricklin , Jimmy Spencer, and Derrike Cope. The 1990 NASCAR Winston Cup began on Sunday February 11 and ended on Sunday November 18. The 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series started on February 18 1996 and ended on November 10 1996 with Terry Labonte pulling off a massive Waymond Lane "Hut" Stricklin was a NASCAR Race car driver. Jimmy Spencer (born February 15, 1957 in Berwick Pennsylvania) is an American NASCAR driver and commentator Derrike Cope is a race-car driver in NASCAR, best known for his win at the 1990 Daytona 500.
Recent years
Allison has actively promoted rail safety for the CSX "Keep on Living" campaign with appearances at Talladega and Daytona.
Racing Champions still ran die cast replicas of Allison in 1991 despite Allison being retired, the cars had Allison's 1988 paint scheme but no sponsorship. A livery is a Uniform or other sign worn in a non-military context on a person or object (such as an airplane or Vehicle) to denote a relationship
Allison appeared in Zaxby's restaurant television ads in late 2007. Zaxby's is a franchised chain of Fast casual restaurants that operates primarily in the Southeastern United States.
On March 6, 2008 Bobby's mother Kittie Allison died at the age of 101. Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of She died in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was buried on March 9th.
It has been reported recently that Bobby may be suffering the initial effects of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease ( AD) also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of Dementia.
See also: List of NASCAR drivers
External links
- Bobby Allison's Official Web Site
- Bobby Allison's Drivers Stats at racing-reference.info
- Owner Stats at racing-reference.info
- Bobby Allison's Profile at NASCAR.com
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Sources
| Preceded by Darrell Waltrip |
NASCAR Winston Cup Champion 1983 |
Succeeded by Terry Labonte |
| Preceded by Mario Andretti |
IROC Champion IROC VII (1980) |
Succeeded by Cale Yarborough |
| Preceded by Cale Yarborough |
Daytona 500 Winner 1978 |
Succeeded by Richard Petty |
| Preceded by Richard Petty |
Daytona 500 Winner 1982 |
Succeeded by Cale Yarborough |
| Preceded by Bill Elliott |
Daytona 500 Winner 1988 |
Succeeded by Darrell Waltrip |
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