| The Allisons always won because they send | | | | Davey Allison's behind the wheel career began in |
| continuous power and torque to the wheels, and | | | | 1979, with his first win in only his sixth start. He won |
| their torque converters tend to keep engines at | | | | two ARCA races, finished second in points and won |
| speeds where they perform best. The Allisons | | | | Rookie of the Year honors in 1984. Davey Allison |
| chronicle the racing careers, and little else, of brothers | | | | would succumb to his injuries the following morning at |
| Bobby and Donnie (both forced to retire by severe | | | | the age of 32. |
| injuries), and Bobby's sons Davey and Clifford (both | | | | Davey Allison was given mountains to climb and |
| killed in racing-related accidents). | | | | obstacles along the way, and he never complained, |
| Bobby Allison was a founding member of NASCAR's | | | | never gave up and continued to climb those |
| fabled Alabama Gang, but few know that he actually | | | | mountains time and again. I pause to remember |
| was born in and raised in Miami Florida. In his senior | | | | Davey Allison, his courage, his determination, his |
| year of high school, Allison entered his first race in | | | | strength and above all his class. Davey Allison's 1989 |
| South Florida, but his budding career was cut short | | | | season didn't start well. A year after he and his |
| by his father, who wanted Bobby to stop racing | | | | father's one-two Daytona 500 finish, Davey started a |
| after witnessing his first few wrecks. Bobby Allison | | | | disappointing 16th, then was involved in an early |
| would drive his #15 Ford past Buddy Baker and go | | | | incident with Geoff Bodine that sent his car careening |
| on to win what would become the first of three | | | | into the sand bar separating the track's backstretch |
| Daytona 500 wins. Benny Parsons would finish in third | | | | from Lake Lloyd. Davey Allison cruised to victory in |
| while Cale Yarborough would take 2nd place honors | | | | the 1992 Daytona 500 in the '92 Daytona 500 past |
| with 33.2 seconds off of Allison's lead. | | | | champion #28. |
| Donnie Allison was always the "other" brother of the | | | | Allison nearly died in a horrific 1988 crash that ended |
| famous NASCAR racing duo. Overshadowed | | | | his career. He spent more than 10 years recovering. |
| throughout his career by Bobby Allison, his older | | | | Allison became the first rookie to sit on the front |
| brother and with the third highest wins in NASCAR | | | | row of the Daytona 500, a race he eventually won in |
| history, Donnie often did not get his due for being an | | | | 1992 after finishing second to his father Bobby four |
| outstanding racer in his own right. | | | | years earlier. Davey Allison won 19 career races on |
| Davey Allison, like his father, was born in South | | | | the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit in a brilliant six-year |
| Florida and became the second-generation star of the | | | | career that came to a premature end when he died |
| Alabama Gang. A good all-around athlete, but his | | | | in 1993. Allison entered and won that race, along with |
| racing genes kicked in after his high school graduation | | | | two others races that week. He had found his |
| and his decision to go racing led him to Birmingham | | | | lucrative racing. |
| International Raceway for his first start in 1979. | | | | |