Davey Allison Story

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(March, 1994) Even when you win, automobile racing is a tough sport. Davey Allison did a lot of winning in his tragically short life. In eight years he won 19 Winston Cup events, yet he called the 1988 Daytona 500 the biggest moment of his life – when he finished second to his famous father Bobby. He holds the record for most wins (eight) at his “home track” of Talladega, including his first Winston Cup win in 1987 – in his rookie season, no less. The Allisons of Hueytown, Alabama live and breathe racing, yet Davey’s parents insisted he finish high school before he begin his career on the short tracks of the South. Sadly, it was at Talladega that a helicopter crash claimed the life of the 32-year-old driver in July of 1993. He left behind his wife and young son and daughter, and parents still reeling from the death of his brother only eleven months earlier in a crash at the Michigan International Speedway. The fans who cheered Davey and supported his racing career are now extending their love and support to his family, friends and crew. My statue is intended to honor Davey not just as a race car driver, but as the sincere, determined, and caring young man as seen by those who knew him best, and to say, Davey, you are missed.

Dr. Thomas F. Clark