Early career In his short NASCAR Winston Cup career, Allison posted 19 wins, 66 top-five finishes, and 92 top-ten finishes. The aircraftslammed violently into the ground on the pilots side. Where did you get that info? I never cared much for Davey, but I was stunned too. > When Robert Yates decided to put Ernie Irvan in Davey's car, many of us> couldn't and didn't deal with it. The inaugural race at New Hampshire International Speedway proved the team's optimism was not unfounded. Meanwhile, Elliott and Kulwicki were staging a battle for the ages, battling for and swapping the lead through much of the event. The . Second-generation Kelly set for Supercars debut, Q+A with Canapino, touring car ace turned IndyCar rookie, Q+A with Canapino, touring car ace turned IndyCar rookie Davey tried to follow Irvan around Earnhardt but could not make the pass and the two drivers battled side by side for a few laps. But Liz Allison denied being the reason Diffie is divorcing his wife, Debbie, after five years of marriage. While father Bobby was battling up front early in the race, Davey and his team struggled with a car that was repaired during the early morning hours following a crash in the final practice session. I'm not big on conspiracy theories, but I know for a fact that instructorpilots can be a lot like "expert" witnesses brought in by the prosecution. Davey waved gallantly to the fans, even though he knew his chance at the title was over, then spent 45 minutes at the infield care center waiting until Ernie was released. 22 Miller Buick. Theywere testing or practicing his son's Busch car. Get real! On July 12, 1993, fresh off a third place finish at New Hampshire the day before, Davey Allison boarded his new helicopter with family friend, Red Farmer. Allison became a figure in a controversy as his widow became involved with country music star Joe Diffie shortly after Allison's death. He testified that a dissection of the part found that the castmetal contained air pockets that made it fail, according to Thompson. Being a pilot myself, EVERYONE screws up. Davey led 72 laps of the event and was in contention to win, but soon after the leaders pitted for tires and fuel, rain halted the race with 69 laps left. Miraculously, Davey survived the crash. Allison also had his own brand of chili by Bunker Hill with his face on the can. I read an article not to long ago by a reporter that wrote from Davey'swife's viewpoint. > Everything was better when you were younger. Die Cast Car Collection. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In his nine-year career, he had 92 top-10 finishes and 19 trips to victory lane, the sweetest of all at the Daytona 500. He is buried near his brother, Clifford, in Bessemer's Highland Memorial Gardens. With his father clinging to life in a Pennsylvania hospital, Davey Allison raced on but failed to finish the next three events. I have been with people watchingothers land. Instead it was Darrell Waltrip, gambling that the rains would come, did not pit and was leading the race when it was red flagged. Allison had just entered his prime when his career and life was tragically cut short in July of 1993, when he died after crashing his helicopter attempting to land it in the Talladega infield.. said Davey didn't make a mistake at 10 mph." The NTSB ruled in 1994 that pilot inexperience was the cause of the crash. 9 Coors-Melling Ford Thunderbird at a record 212.809mph (a record which still stands today) for the Winston 500 at the unlighted Talladega Superspeedway. He picked up another family friend, racer Red Farmer, en route to the track. FOX Sports 1 premiered the video on Wednesday night during the Beyond the Wheel segment on its "NASCAR Race Hub" program. > Also, testimony by the instructor says he tended to land shallow and fast.> How does that relate to the eyewitness accounts of him hovering and then> suddenly rising? It was my first in person. Hisstatements tell me that landing this type of helicopter was something he wasstill mastering. Davey Allison lost his life July 13, 1993, in a helicopter accident. >Subject: Re: Davey Allison Helicopter investigation, >I read an article not to long ago by a reporter that wrote from Davey's, "McWhom" wrote in, >When Davey passed Kyle Petty in the last turn of the Winston, Kyle made, On 25 Sep 2003 07:01:09 GMT, donutbandit <, news:9bc2cb7c-0603-4f2c@googlegroups.com. Allison was attempting to land the helicopter inside a fenced-in area of the track infield when the craft nosed up suddenly, then crashed. In 1993, Davey Allison was in the prime of his NASCAR career at age 32. His daughter, Krista, was three, and his son Robbie was . At the halfway point of the season, Allison had a 46-point lead over second place Bill Elliott and a 134-point lead over third place Alan Kulwicki, and had held the points lead since the first race of the season, despite the injuries and setbacks. As for now this is a closed group, and will only accept posts , video's and pictures from its members. Each landing and go around takes .1 ofan hour. Since 2013, the Talladega Walk of Fame Board of Directors has nominated one driver when necessary. I was shopping in the Penney's in the Volusia Mall and found an Ernie shirt really cheap. Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Allison was airlifted to the hospital with a broken wrist, arm, collarbone, and severe facial swelling. [4] But the win did not change the team's fortunes and after an ill-handling car at Dover required Davey to ask for relief from fellow Alabama driver Hut Stricklin, Robert Yates decided to hire "Suitcase" Jake Elder as the team's crew chief. Prior to the 1987 season, car owner Harry Ranier tapped Davey to replace veteran driver Cale Yarborough in the Ranier-Lundy No. Gase will drive the No. Although Allison had logged 54 hours total flight time in helicopters, hed had only 2.8 hours of instruction in the Hughes 369HS helicopter before the accident last July 12, according to the National Transportation Safety Board. Birmingham News photographer Joe Songer. Though 1992 had been a heartbreaking year for Davey Allison and the Robert Yates Racing team in more ways than one, they had to be encouraged by their run for the championship. If memory serves me right, it was noted that he was trying toland facing downwind and he was having trouble keeping it fromweathervaning. "Maybe I cheated some. The NTSB ruled in 1994 thatpilot inexperience was the cause of the crash. RacingOneGetty Images Larry McReynolds, who served as Allison's crew chief during much of his success,. It ran two races, but in the second, at the 1997 DieHard 500 in October, Ernie Irvan put the throwback Battlestar on the pole. But as FOX Sports' video "Davey Lives On" shows, Allison's death also helped others live when his widow, Liz Allison, allowed him to be an organ donor. Watch on More than 4,000 onlookers paid tribute as some 600 racing fans and friends gathered to say goodbye to Davey Allison at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Bessemer, Ala. His crew chief and. About this group. 28, but he lost control of the Texaco/Havoline Ford early in the race and crashed and finished last. Davey Allison died the next morning, July 13, 1993 at a local hospital, just thirteen weeks after his 19th and final career win in Richmond. On Wednesday, McReynolds. Davey was unable to continue and finished 15th. I don't hold any grudges against Yates racing. By the end of the season, Davey had collected seven top-five and 13 top-ten finishes along with one pole position to go with the two wins. I really took note of Ernie when he stood up and apologized to everyone at the drivers meeting that took guts. [citation needed], Allison was leading the IROC series championship at the time of his death, with one race remaining in the four race series. On lap 150, Allison was charging back through the pack, followed closely by Darrell Waltrip. Heres a look back at the impressive NASCAR career and untimely death of Davey Allison. After building a car of his own, he started racing at Birmingham International Raceway in 1979. Witnesses to the crash said Allison was hovering just a fewfeet off the ground when the helicopter suddenly shot straight up, stalledand fell back on its tail. Davey had added a helicopter to his household. And I liked Ernie. Hamilton was voted by fans to the Walk of Fame in 2000; the Board of Directors did not want the retiring Waltrip, whose 84 wins was the most by a driver who started his career after 1972 (when the schedule was reduced to the current format) to be inducted as an inactive driver, so he was automatically inducted by the board. Waltrip, who had long feuded with the entire Allison clan (Bobby and Donnie; ironically, Waltrip had replaced Donnie Allison with the DiGard team in 1975 and was a relief driver for one of Donnie's wins at Talladega), sat next to his car on pit road in lawn chair and held a colorful umbrella, gleefully joking that the rain shower was worth "one million dollars" to him as he became the fourth driver to finish a Career Grand Slam. "He said Davey was accustomed to running 200 mph. He has yet to follow oneparticular driver. (just found a website which says 92) Kyle tried to get tothe inside crossing the finish line, got up into the side ofDavey, and turned him in to the trioval wall. David Carl 'Davey' Allison (1961-1993) was NASCAR driver, son of the famous champion Bobby Allison. 4 Kodak Chevrolet Lumina. Ten years after Allison's first win, Texaco debuted the throwback Battlestar paint scheme in his memory. Allison suffered fatal head injuries when his head struck either theinside of the cockpit or the asphalt. Witnesses to the crash said Allison was hovering just a few> > feet off the ground when the helicopter suddenly shot straight up,stalled> > and fell back on its tail. He earned Rookie of the Year honors after winning a pair of races at Talladega Superspeedway, his home track. I was impressed by his humility. It seems like a bit more class existed in the sport ten years ago. Fans at Talladega in 1993 following the death of Davey Allison in a helicopter crash. With darkness falling during a late caution flag, the decision was made to end the race 10 laps short of its 188 lap distance. Fatehas a terrible way of bringing tragedy at the most unexpected time inunusual circumstance. He qualified 22nd and finished 10th in his first-ever Cup Series race. Davey now had the points lead for the first time since his violent Pocono crash, and was 30 points ahead of Kulwicki, and 40 ahead of Elliott, who had slipped to third in the standings. Which Allison? Donnie Johnson, said Allison purchased the helicopter only three weeks ago. 28 in both the NASCAR Cup and Xfinity series races at Talladega, Gase announced April 6. But this year, the four of us went. A poor qualifying run had the team pitting in the backstretch pits, which usually doomed a team's chances of winning the race. In the 2021 GEICO 500, Joey Gase and his Rick Ware Racing No. Davey Allison's Daytona 500 victory 30 years ago was one of his greatest Ben White Correspondent 0:03 1:47 The 2022 Daytona 500 marks 30 years since Davey Allison won the 1992 Daytona 500 with Robert Yates Racing. PRIVATE COLLECTION. The team was a strong contender for the win until suffering a jack failure on a pit stop. Davey would drive the same car that he used to dominate the event one year earlier, affectionately known as "007". [1][2] In July 1985, car owner Hoss Ellington gave Allison an opportunity to drive a NASCAR Winston Cup Series car in the Talladega 500. Study up on your NASCAR history and maybe you'll gain some appreciation for the drivers of the past. It is hard to believe that the part broke right at the time when we wasentering the stage of the flight that his instructor was critical of hisabilities. He was survived by his wife, Liz, and two children: daughter Krista Marie and son Robert "Robbie" Grey. Two weeks later, Davey dominated The Winston all-star race at Charlotte, and continued his domination by winning the Coca-Cola 600 the following week, leading 263 of the race's 400 laps. This film recaps the story of one of auto racing's greatest displays of strength. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). IIRC it was one of RYRs best cars, with a worstfinish of 2nd in its history. The instructor was not predicting what Davey was going to do. One year removed from his domination of that event and the Coca-Cola 600, Davey was ready to take the spotlight again. The deaths of Bobby Allison's sons came as Bobby, 55, was continuing his own agonizing recovery from . Morgan Shepherd won the race and Davey finished 13th. Allison was also the only driver to lead the Daytona 500 at halfway and go on to win, until Denny Hamlin won the 2016 race.[7]. Allison continued racing in the ARCA series in 1985, winning eight races in the series, four at Talladega Superspeedway. His . Then at North Wilkesboro, Allison posted an 11th-place finish, while Elliott finished 26th. Allison had only received his helicopter rating about a year before the He became a regular winner at BIR, and by 1983 was racing in the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) series. He drove the damaged, hood-less car to a 25th-place finish and had a heated exchange with Bodine following the race (the first of several exchanges with other drivers during his career). "That meant the part was defective the day it left> the> > factory," Thompson said. posting 15 stories and videos about the Hueytown driver, Buy newspaper front pages, posters and more. On Tuesday, the National Transportation Safety Board completed its At the time he was driving the #28 . On lap 22 of the event, Bobby Allison ran over a piece of debris, cutting his right-rear tire. In a career cut short by a helicopter crash in the infield at Talladega Superspeedway in 1993, David Carl "Davey" Allison still won 19 NASCAR Winston Cup races, claimed 14 poles and won over six million dollars. Statistically, 1992 was Davey Allison's best season in Winston Cup racing. The eyewitness accounts pointed tosomething failing in the control apparatus of the helicopter, Thompson said.Investigators hired by Thompson dismantled the helicopter and found that thecollective yoke, the device that controls the pitch of the rotor blades, wasbroken. Elder was fired, and Larry McReynolds was hired away from the Kenny Bernstein team to replace him. Despite surgery to relieve brain pressure, he never regained consciousness. I agree. In conjunction with the video remembrance, nascar.com devoted the day to Allison, posting 15 stories and videos about the Hueytown driver, including this one with Liz Allison going through boxes of her husband's belongings that she'd had packed away since his death: The son of Bobby Allison, nephew of Donnie Allison and protege of Red Farmer, Davey Allisonwas carrying forward the banner for racing's Alabama Gang until hesuffered serious injuries when the helicopter he was piloting crashed in the infield at Talladega Superspeedway on July 12, 1993. From 2003 to 2012, one inactive driver was voted, unlike the past. Davey waved gallantly to the >fans, even though he knew his chance at the title was over, then spent 45 >minutes at the infield care center waiting until Ernie was released.>>Yeah, there sure as hell was a lot more class back then. The following weekend, he crashed again at Bristol, finishing 30th. How much does an F1 car weigh in 2023 and what's included in the limit? Bobby Allison was not injured, but the crash slightly injured several spectators and the race was red-flagged for two hours and thirty-eight minutes. From what I have read inthe article I am not sure he would have been driving all that much longer.He had had a horrible run of accidents and was really just getting healthyagain. He then posted an 11th at Darlington. Davey won the pole for the Daytona 500 and was in contention for the win until the final laps. 28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series.Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the oldest of four children born to Bobby and Judy Allison.The family moved to Hueytown, Alabama, and along with Bobby Allison's brother, Donnie, Red Farmer and . In 1987, he received . 28 Ford Thunderbird. Twenty-five years ago on Friday, Davey Allison died. Davey Allison's wife, Liz, was also on hand, but their two children - ages 3 and 1 - were with friends. "We knew McDonnell-Douglas would argue that it was broken in the crash,"Thompson said. He died the next morning at a Birmingham hospital. When I transition to a different plane, ittakes anywhere from 7 to 15 hours of work. The wreck robbed. The team finished 22nd at Talladega due to a large accident triggered by Ernie Irvan but there was no doubt the team was much improved and was destined for bigger things. I suspect he hada lot less than 20 since that would only leave 48 minutes to covereverything else. That seems odd. Davey Allison died July 13 of that year after crashing his helicopter in the infield at Talladega Superspeedway. Bill Elliott would rebound to win the next four events, but Allison was not far behind in each event, posting four top-five finishes to maintain his lead in the points. The NTSB blamed Allison's. Last August, Clifford Allison, 27, was killed in a stock car crash during practice at the Michigan International Speedway. He'll be enshrined with the rest of the Class of 2019 -- Jeff Gordon, Alan Kulwicki, Roger Penske and Jack Roush -- on Feb. 1 at the NASCAR Hall of Fame in Charlotte, North Carolina. Allison succumbed the next morning at the age of 32. Though nearly ever driver I liked was wrecked out or heavily damaged and just out there racing for points, it was still kind of a neat race in that Davey won, and I got to see it. The car turned sideways, lifted into the air, became airborne, and crashed vertically into the frontstretch spectator fence near the start finish line. God Bless Davey's family, I still miss watching himdrive, I am sure that NASCAR misses his presence. The other passenger, veteran race car driver Red Farmer, managed to escape the wreckage. Davey Allison would qualify third, while father Bobby would start second alongside Elliott in the Stavola Brothers No. Davey was nothing to worry about!Funny post. In the third turn on the final lap, Petty got under Earnhardt's car and the GM Goodwrench Chevrolet spun. Davey started on the pole at Talladega and got his first win of 1989, his second victory in Talladega's spring event. The car landed back on the track and collected a number of other competitors. The NASCAR driver succumbed to injuries sustained the previous day in a helicopter crash at Talladega Superspeedway. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The family moved to Hueytown, Alabama, and along with Bobby Allison's brother, Donnie, Red Farmer and Neil Bonnett, became known as the Alabama Gang. At the time of his death, Davey Allison had only recently returned to racing as a driver, having suffered a concussion and broken an arm and ribs a year earlier, also in Pocono. Either email addresses are anonymous for this group or you need the view member email addresses permission to view the original message, You do not have permission to delete messages in this group. Under NASCAR rules, the driver who takes the green flag is the one assigned to the points for all drivers that drive that car during the race. He was pronounced dead at 7:00a.m. the next morning by a neurosurgeon at Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham after a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain proved unsuccessful. With the win, Allison became the first rookie to win a Cup. Personally, I am inclined to> believe the "eye witness" accounts, which by the way say nothing about him> having any trouble with "weathervaning". Cause of death: Helicopter crash On July 12, 1993, Allison boarded his newly acquired Hughes 369HS helicopter to fly to Talladega Superspeedway to . July 31, 2022. His career was relatively short after he was killed in helicopter crash in 1993. Both McCall and Thompson say they are prohibited by the court todiscuss the settlement in the case. How many of you are flying into ASN for Sunday's race? The widow of NASCAR star Davey Allison, killed in a July helicopter crash, confirmed she is dating country singer Joe Diffie, who sang at Allison's funeral. Davey Allison had debuted in the International Race of Champions (IROC) in 1992, but his injuries forced him to miss the last two races. > That seems odd. Son of the NASCAR legend Bobby Allison and former member of the Alabama Gang, he died at the height of his career in a tragic helicopter crash. As the race wound down, Davey Allison was poised for yet another win behind leader Dale Earnhardt. In nine seasons, he produced 92 top-10 finishes and 19 trips to victory lane, including the year before at the biggest one of them all, the Daytona 500. Only 20,000 of them were released.[18]. Shop. Davey Allison started the 1992 season off with a bang winning the Daytona 500. Fourteen cars were eliminated, but Allisonand eventual runner-up Morgan Shepherdsomehow made it through the mess. All rights reserved (About Us). 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". On qualifying day, Davey signalled that he was in Winston Cup to stay when he qualified an unmarked, but Texaco-Havoline painted No. Racing legend Red Farmer was a passenger in the helicopter and survived the crash. Although still in second place in the Winston Cup standings, he now trailed leader Bill Elliott by 109 points. How Penske's rookie sensation opened NASCAR's new era in style, Six key themes to follow in the 2022 NASCAR Cup season, Six key themes to follow in 2022 You're nothing but an apologist for everything new - new drivers, new tracks. He was 32 years old. Billed as "One Hot Night" by The Nashville Network, which was to broadcast the event, The Winston was the first superspeedway race to be held under the lights. I too could not believe that Yates would put Swervin Ervin (thebiggest wrecker in racing )in the 28 car. The widow of NASCAR star Davey Allison, killed in a July helicopter crash, confirmed she is dating country singer Joe Diffie, who sang at Allison's funeral. Kyle's statement in an interview afterwards ran along thelines of "I waited a second too long to admit I was beat,lost it, and got into him." I tell you one thing - if Yip Yap had tried the crap on Allison that he did to Rudd, he'd have needed a hospital that night. Davey finished 10th and Kulwicki 12th and entering the final two races of the 1992 season, Davey was 70 points behind Elliott in second, with Kulwicki 85 points behind in third. It was the worst possible response to a tragedy. T-Shirts, Hats and Merchandise. Paintlike that found on the outside of the yoke was found inside the part duringdissection, he said. But on July 13, 1993, the racing world was . Davey led 38 laps of the event and finished third behind Rusty Wallace and Mark Martin. Allison would later claim to have sustained an out-of-body experience after the crash. A portion of proceeds from the Davey Allison Collection will be donated to Motor Racing Outreach. Especially traumatizing was the fact that Pocono was the site of Davey's father Bobby's career-ending crash a few years earlier (see above). Davey won the pole for the event and led 115 of the first 149 laps. A pit miscue which allowed a rear tire to fall off on the track ended his hopes of a good finish in the race, but success for Davey Allison would be just around the corner. Allison was attempting to land the helicopter inside a fenced-in area of the track infield when the craft nosed up suddenly, then crashed. His death stunned the sports world. His 33rd-place finish left him nine points behind Bill Elliott for the series title, but that seemed insignificant at the moment. Racing Champions ran the No. Davey's chance to win the Winston Million was up next as the series headed to Darlington for the Mountain Dew Southern 500, which was worth both a million dollar bonus if he could win the Small Slam, but moreover, become the fourth driver to win the Career Grand Slam. Darryl Waltrip made sure to wreck him at Pocono and then made sure to feign concern when the cameras all focused on him winning his last race. a.. An Update on Davey Allison's Helicopter Accident: Birmingham attorneyJim Thompson was the lead attorney in a lawsuit filed on behalf of the DaveyAllison estate that claimed a flawed part called a collective yoke - notpilot error as the National Transportation Safety Board ruled - caused theJuly 1993 crash at Talladega Superspeedway that took Allison's life andinjured his Hueytown neighbor, Red Farmer. team personnel. Two races later, Davey won his first road course event at then Sears Point International Raceway where he was awarded the victory after Ricky Rudd was penalized by NASCAR for spinning Allison out on the final lap. He turned right and T-boned Irvan into the wall with the pedal floored. Davey scored back-to-back victories at Rockingham and Phoenix and entered the final race at Atlanta second in the Winston Cup standings. Dale Earnhardt won the championship. Leading lady of motorsports Liz Allison started on the sidelines, a young wife watching her husband Davey Allison win big-time NASCAR races. At 26, only 14 races into his NASCAR Cup career and still in his rookie season, Davey Allison won the Winston 500 at Talladega. After the poor result at Atlanta, Robert Yates decided that he had to make a change at crew chief. While Ernie's wreck into the wallat Michigan was something no one deserves I was very happy to see DaleJarret take over the ride. The win changed the fortunes for the financially strapped team and after a series of top-5 and top-10 finishes, Allison would win the inaugural race at the new Richmond International Raceway. Accident occurred JUL-12-93 at TALLADEGA, AL Aircraft: HUGHES 369HS, registration: N9116F Injuries: 1 Fatal, 1 Serious. How NASCAR had to learn a harsh lesson ahead of Next Gen arrival, How Larson took the long way round to NASCAR Cup glory, Larson's long way round to Cup glory Farmer escaped with just a few injuries, but Allison was left unconscious. McDonnell-Douglas, theCalifornia-based aircraft manufacturer that owns Hughes Aircraft, whichbuilt the helicopter, settled the suit for an undisclosed sum in 1996without admitting fault. A road called "Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive" in his hometown is honored by him, along with fellow native Neil Bonnett, who died a year after Davey. 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. When the race resumed, Allison continued to run up front and when Elliott exited the race with engine failure, his toughest competition was eliminated. With Larry McReynolds at the helm, Davey Allison entered the 1992 season as a legitimate championship contender. The crash left him with a concussion, bruised lung, and a battered and bruised body. His organs except his corneas were donated.[13]. Victory celebrations went on even though the driver was not present and all crew members later went to the hospital to be with their driver. (This was the second time Waltrip prevented a driver from clinching a Small Slam; in 1985, he stopped Bill Elliott's 1985 run at a Small Slam at Charlotte and Elliott has yet to win that leg of the Grand Slam; Elliott would take the Small Slam at Darlington in September; Dale Earnhardt stopped Waltrip's Small Slam and Career Grand Slam attempt three years previously at Darlington.) He again posted two wins, but only five top-five and 10 top-ten finishes. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the oldest of four children born to Bobby and Judy Allison. Interesting, so as a pilot you are inclined to go with an instructorsopinion rather than testedand scientific evidence? Ranier negotiated a sponsorship deal with Texaco's Havoline motor oil brand, a deal that was signed during the NASCAR edition of Speedweeks at Daytona International Speedway. Maybe there were 10 or 20. Despite the early season struggles, Davey was sixth in the Winston Cup standings, while defending series champ Kulwicki was ninth. "The helicopter did exactlywhat Davey's did," Thompson said. Some of you guys really beat up on the Bodine's collectively for wreckingother drivers but I for one do not feel they come anywhere close to thelevel of stupidity Ernie showed in the #4 Kodak car. That finish was followed by a 16th at Rockingham, but Davey rebounded to win at Richmond the following week. Where did you get that info?>. In his first race with McReynolds at the helm, Allison finished second at the 1991 Transouth 400. Davey Allison, the stock car racer, suffered severe head injuries yesterday when a helicopter he was flying crashed during a landing attempt on the infield of the Talladega SuperSpeedway in Alabama. Yates would return to Talladega with Robby Gordon replacing Allison in the No. The 1991 season began with much promise. 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