If he didn’t die he wins multiple championships he was that talented. A great person off the track too. I cried like hell when he died back in 93. Well deserved that he’s in the NASCAR Hall Of Fame
This man was it... my first driver ever when I got into it... I cried like a baby at 20 yrs old when he died.. and I still remember him, carry on his memory. He would of won at least 5 ... but the GOOD LORD called him home. Davey Allison will ALWAYS BE REMEMBER.... My favorite always... And I will say this... Jimmie Johnson and now Chase Elliott reminds me of Davey.. along with Jeff Gordon...
I never got to watch Davey as I started watching Nascar in 95 however I can relate about the sadness of him passing away as my all-time favorite is Dale Earnhardt
I agree it still is hard to watch. I was a huge Davey Fan. We actually had tickets to the July Talladega race in 1992. I watched NASCAR every week and the week before he had the barrel roll at Pocono.That was a horrifying accident!!! Davey was a good person, good Son, Father and Husband.
Johnson idk cause I think Davey woulda be retiring around 06 when Jimmie got started. Definitely would have affect Gordon and everyone else who raced in the 90s and early 00s.
Davy and Clifford would have had a lasting impact on the future of Stock Car racing - I believe their kids would have carried on the tradition - Without em - it's not the same sport
He may be gone , but by no means is he alone , he’s up there , with lots of friends , fans and the good lord , to look at him , and smile ! R. I. P. Davey Allison , you are a great man !
Davey passed away when I was young but I still think about him. I still believe he would have been right there with all the greats of his era. He would have loved driving the Taurus and being a part of the sport's rise in popularity. He'd fit right in. I just remember telling my mother as a child "Davey just didn't deserve to die that way".
i was not a nascar fan or really knew who he was at the time but wore the exact same black Texaco hat back then. it wasnt till about 10 years later i started to follow nascar and over the years learned who he was and really how special that hat was.
Went to the Iceberg Cafe in Hueytown in 1992 hoping to meet Bobby or Neil Bonnet, ended up meeting Davey, his wife, kids and mom. Pure class act! I will never forget it! Wonderful family!!
Was a huge Davy fan. He would have won a few championships. Waltrip made sure he did not win the last season he raced with wrecking him at Pocona. His death still hurts to this day. Kinda lost the desire to watch nascar like I used to after his death
@@lynnstallbaumer897 Spoiled rich kids have ruined it. When Dale Earnhardt Jr retired, so did i. I don`t even watch Asscar anymore. Occasionally i like to come into youtube and watch some of the older races. Brings back so many memories.
I was not a fan of Davey when he first stepped into cup racing., although I loved his dad and uncle. He was a hot head and lost his temper quite often. However, over time, he was able to manage that temper and molded it into a competitive drive that was both healthy and useful. I began to see this change in him and low and behold, my respect for Davey grew and grew and I can actually say I ended up being a fan of his. I was a die-hard Earnhardt fan and had some room left for other guys, and Davey earned his way into my sphere. Which is saying something, because unfortunately some guys have not really done that (not that anybody gives a flip about what I think). One guy in particular comes to mind: Tony "Smoke" Stewart. I give him loads of respect for his talent and accomplishments, but his attitude stinks fairly often (as it seems from looking from my angle). But Davey was able to overcome the personal gremlins and enjoy life and his accomplishments without many a blemish. RIP Davey.
My father and Bobby Allison where business partners in a cellular business i got to meet him and spend a short time with him before he passed away. I really hoped that we got a chance to become friends but he passed away before that could happen. He was a very nice guy.
Davey was special ,I was 10 when he got killed but I remember him and have seen many documentaries. He was 1 of the best racers and best young men of all time.
The whole team were good people, Robert Yates, Larry Morefolds, Joey Nuckels, One of the Pemberton boys I think it was Robin, to name a few and Red Farmer was always close by, mater fact he was in the Helicopter. ruclips.net/video/Uc-S5qIN4o4/видео.html This is good video
Only Ford driver I ever rooted for, what a tough day that was. It was early in the morning, I was still in bed & my mother knowing I was a huge NASCAR fan asked if I knew who he was. I knew something was up cause she never asked about NASCAR anything, I said yes he's a popular driver on the Cup circuit right now, this was like the next day after the accident because he was in a coma initially. My mom informed me that he had passed, terrible...
@@lynnstallbaumer897i worked for the city of Manhattan ks during the flood of 93 and heard the news that davey had died . I pulled the truck over and cried. I'll never forget that day. !
The world sure could use more Davey Allison's right now. It seemed like he never had a bad word to say about anyone. Always a smile on his face. Another driver could wreck him and he would smile and say that it was just racing. He would make the guy pay for wrecking him the next week by beating them in the race.
Bobby lost his daddy,Clifford, and Davey within a year or two,then he and his wife pit up too. Bobby has a special story,if anybody wouldn't be able to go on it would've been him and he carried on, through the LORD.
There is no other Texaco/Havoline race car that looked as great as Davey's...then again, maybe it was Davey that made that car look so stealthy and mean. He was a great person with great attributes and I still miss him. God bless the Allison family.
I think Davey would’ve been right up there with Dale Earnhardt in overall wins if he wouldn’t of passed away. Maybe a 3 or 4 time champion at some point. He definitely was a fantastic driver.
It was a fantastic team. Robert and Doug's power, Larry's brain power and Davey one tuff customer. Lead more lap and led more races than anyone those years. I was just fun to watch because every week you knw they were going to be in the hunt.
I had his semi truck/ race car combo still in the original package up until 2020 when I gave it to my son along with some other race car stuff I had collected over the years but my first piece was that Davey truck and car
Yes it was fun to watch. We had tickets to Talladega the week after he barrel rolled at Pocono. Bobby Hillin drove the 28 and Ernie hooked up and came from the back they flying. You watched they going down the back stretch and they had to be going 10 MPH faser then any one else.
Got to see him win in person at Talladega in the '92 Winston 500. He'd also won the IROC event the day prior. I remember watching Headline News with Lynn Russell all evening, waiting for an update on his condition after the helicopter crash. Didn't find out until the next afternoon while at work. Very sad. Still have my Texaco Havoline #28 tee shirt all these years later.
Folks - We should remember Clifford and pray for their Mom & Dad - so sad - The Allisons had it all - Bobby was the Man - The 88 Daytona 500 was one of the finest days in the history of American sports - It couldn't have been scripted any better - The story - needed no embellishments
It makes me wonder too, how he would have done, if he wasn’t killed in the helicopter crash. I wonder how many wins and championships he would have gotten, he was that good. I remember when they announced his passing from the crash, the Davey Allison car I had just gotten a week before, it was taken away from me and put up in a safe location from my parents because it was going to go up in value big time. I still to this day have that same car, in the same condition that when it was taken from me, with only chips of paint gone from when I was playing with it some, and the lettering on the tires all gone now. But it still looks practically new in my curio cabinet.
Jonathan you could not have said it better ! It does still hurt after being a Bobby fan then Davey of which gave me a driving suit that he won 2 races in . After his death I quit watching nascar and don't know about gordon & johnson .
They didn’t mention that in his 1st Cup Win at Talladega in 1987, that was the race where his dad Bobby’s car nearly went into the stands and caused NASCAR to put restrictor plates on cars at Talladega and Daytona
I gotta say Tim Richmond would've been another Champion, Jeff Gordon and Dale Sr definitely wouldn't have had as many wins as they did if Davey and Tim didn't die.
In the 60's, I read an article in the Times magazine, that there was bad blood between Allison and the other NASCAR drivers, because he was Catholic, in a sport dominated by Southern Protestant. I wonder if my memory of the was correct.
Nascar is dying, My opinion on what needs to be done to fix it. 1.Cars must remain the same color scheme the entire year. I turn on the race now and I have no idea who is leading or who is in the current screen and can not immediately or eventually recognize the cars. Usually after a few minutes I see where my drivers are running. Then fire up youtube and watch a 80s-90s or early 2000 race and then return to the current race at then end. 2. Low Downforce and about 1,000 horsepower. An interview with Carl Edwards asked him if he would come back and run just a couple races, his response was if the package was zero downforce and about 1,000 horsepower he could get excited about that. THis crap of a car trying to pass another as soon as they get close it aero pushes. There is no good side by side racing for more than a corner. 3. On restarts the lap down cars on the inside row. Some of the best racing is someone trying to get a lap back or someone trying to keep them a lap down. 4. If you cause a wreck you go to the back of the lead lap cars intentionally or not. The BS of the demo derby at the end. 5. The interview needs to return to victory lane. The wives family etc needs to be included 6.Scantily dressed females that look like ladies of the night need to put some clothes on or not be in victory lane. What decent wife would want to deal with that.
Met Davey in 1992 at Phoenix along with this dad..both wonderful People..I also ran a Bobby Allison's Winners Circle store in Phoenix from 1993 / 1995..Great Times
It's Bill Weber I think, worked for NBC then got into some trouble over a public intoxication charge and was fired. He used to be the sports anchor on my local Evansville IN channel.
Lack of experience, yes, but the cause was the tail rotor caught a tall chain link fence close to the helipad. According to Red Farmer (who was the passenger in the chopper) if Davey had braced himself for the crash like Red did, he would have been OK, but the natural instinct of a driver was to "save it" and Davey continued to try and fly it all the way to the ground.
Davey was my favorite racer, it sucked when he died cause I was forced to be a Gordon fan cause I couldn't stand Dale Earnhardt since he only won by wrecking the person in front of him
How does one crash the easiest to fly stik chopper known....... Of most importance, how? I guess that wasn't important.... I trained in that chop and u couldn't commit suicide in it if u wanted to as the avionics would not allow for it? One literally could not hit the ground if aimed for.. So.. How? NASCAR fans didn't even ask.. I read of no malfunction. He had a ticket to fly. Yet he procured a beginners (training) copter. And... There lies the Key Stone.........RIP DA
Plane wreck happened in my hometown. I was just young when it happened but is a shame. Also close to where earnheart jr had his plane crash. They are Not far apart
Now he was a great race car driver, he would have changed a lot of races and championships, still miss you Davey, you were the best
He was the man! Gordon and Earnhardt would've never had all those championships if Davey didn't pass away
Him , Richmond, Alan had not passed on , would JG have his 4 ? Would Sr have 7 ? The things that could’ve been .
@@kharnthebetrayer1575 true that !
My Favorite driver in NASCAR and NASCAR has never been the same since. Miss you Davey Allison........
If he didn’t die he wins multiple championships he was that talented. A great person off the track too. I cried like hell when he died back in 93. Well deserved that he’s in the NASCAR Hall Of Fame
This man was it... my first driver ever when I got into it... I cried like a baby at 20 yrs old when he died.. and I still remember him, carry on his memory. He would of won at least 5 ... but the GOOD LORD called him home. Davey Allison will ALWAYS BE REMEMBER.... My favorite always... And I will say this... Jimmie Johnson and now Chase Elliott reminds me of Davey.. along with Jeff Gordon...
I was a huge Davey fan and his death still hurts. Gordon and Johnson would not have half of their championships had Davey not suffered an early death.
I never got to watch Davey as I started watching Nascar in 95 however I can relate about the sadness of him passing away as my all-time favorite is Dale Earnhardt
I agree it still is hard to watch. I was a huge Davey Fan. We actually had tickets to the July Talladega race in 1992. I watched NASCAR every week and the week before he had the barrel roll at Pocono.That was a horrifying accident!!! Davey was a good person, good Son, Father and Husband.
Johnson idk cause I think Davey woulda be retiring around 06 when Jimmie got started. Definitely would have affect Gordon and everyone else who raced in the 90s and early 00s.
I feel for Liz and the kids
Davy and Clifford would have had a lasting impact on the future of Stock Car racing - I believe their kids would have carried on the tradition - Without em - it's not the same sport
He may be gone , but by no means is he alone , he’s up there , with lots of friends , fans and the good lord , to look at him , and smile !
R. I. P. Davey Allison , you are a great man !
Davey passed away when I was young but I still think about him. I still believe he would have been right there with all the greats of his era. He would have loved driving the Taurus and being a part of the sport's rise in popularity. He'd fit right in. I just remember telling my mother as a child "Davey just didn't deserve to die that way".
What Guy , What a Competitor , What a Man , The Racing World will always miss You ! Rest on High Davey !
i was not a nascar fan or really knew who he was at the time but wore the exact same black Texaco hat back then. it wasnt till about 10 years later i started to follow nascar and over the years learned who he was and really how special that hat was.
Went to the Iceberg Cafe in Hueytown in 1992 hoping to meet Bobby or Neil Bonnet, ended up meeting Davey, his wife, kids and mom. Pure class act! I will never forget it! Wonderful family!!
I went to see the King race his last Daytona 500, my first race in person, and got to see Davey win...what a day!
Was a huge Davy fan. He would have won a few championships. Waltrip made sure he did not win the last season he raced with wrecking him at Pocona. His death still hurts to this day. Kinda lost the desire to watch nascar like I used to after his death
After Davey's death, then Ernie's near death, then Kenny Irwin then Earnhardt. I became tired of watching (to me) friends die.
@@lynnstallbaumer897 I agree with that
I don't believe Waltrip acted intentionally.
Thank you Lynn........ I wanted to see that Texaco tribute since I saw it back then, one time. It is great... thanks again !! AZ
You are welcome I figured I better get these of vcr tape before they were lost forever.
Lynn
Davey would've been a CUP CHAMPION for sure,almost had it in 1992 but that was Alan Kulwikis year
Watching Davy race is what got me hooked on Nascar. I think it was because he was good, clean driver
Not like today!
@@lynnstallbaumer897
Spoiled rich kids have ruined it. When Dale Earnhardt Jr retired, so did i. I don`t even watch Asscar anymore.
Occasionally i like to come into youtube and watch some of the older races. Brings back so many memories.
I was not a fan of Davey when he first stepped into cup racing., although I loved his dad and uncle. He was a hot head and lost his temper quite often. However, over time, he was able to manage that temper and molded it into a competitive drive that was both healthy and useful. I began to see this change in him and low and behold, my respect for Davey grew and grew and I can actually say I ended up being a fan of his. I was a die-hard Earnhardt fan and had some room left for other guys, and Davey earned his way into my sphere. Which is saying something, because unfortunately some guys have not really done that (not that anybody gives a flip about what I think). One guy in particular comes to mind: Tony "Smoke" Stewart. I give him loads of respect for his talent and accomplishments, but his attitude stinks fairly often (as it seems from looking from my angle). But Davey was able to overcome the personal gremlins and enjoy life and his accomplishments without many a blemish. RIP Davey.
My father and Bobby Allison where business partners in a cellular business i got to meet him and spend a short time with him before he passed away. I really hoped that we got a chance to become friends but he passed away before that could happen. He was a very nice guy.
Davey was special ,I was 10 when he got killed but I remember him and have seen many documentaries. He was 1 of the best racers and best young men of all time.
The whole team were good people, Robert Yates, Larry Morefolds, Joey Nuckels, One of the Pemberton boys I think it was Robin, to name a few and Red Farmer was always close by, mater fact he was in the Helicopter.
ruclips.net/video/Uc-S5qIN4o4/видео.html
This is good video
Only Ford driver I ever rooted for, what a tough day that was. It was early in the morning, I was still in bed & my mother knowing I was a huge NASCAR fan asked if I knew who he was. I knew something was up cause she never asked about NASCAR anything, I said yes he's a popular driver on the Cup circuit right now, this was like the next day after the accident because he was in a coma initially. My mom informed me that he had passed, terrible...
In 93 we were in the middle of a flood, I was standing on a bluff looking at the Missouri river 5 miles wide.
@@lynnstallbaumer897i worked for the city of Manhattan ks during the flood of 93 and heard the news that davey had died . I pulled the truck over and cried. I'll never forget that day. !
The world sure could use more Davey Allison's right now. It seemed like he never had a bad word to say about anyone. Always a smile on his face. Another driver could wreck him and he would smile and say that it was just racing.
He would make the guy pay for wrecking him the next week by beating them in the race.
Bobby lost his daddy,Clifford, and Davey within a year or two,then he and his wife pit up too. Bobby has a special story,if anybody wouldn't be able to go on it would've been him and he carried on, through the LORD.
I still have my Davy Allison t-shirt from the early 90s even though it doesn't fit me anymore lol. Rest in peace Davey
So do I
Same
Davy was my driver!! What a great nice young man!!
There is no other Texaco/Havoline race car that looked as great as Davey's...then again, maybe it was Davey that made that car look so stealthy and mean. He was a great person with great attributes and I still miss him. God bless the Allison family.
I still cry when I se this. I miss him so much 😢
I think Davey would’ve been right up there with Dale Earnhardt in overall wins if he wouldn’t of passed away. Maybe a 3 or 4 time champion at some point. He definitely was a fantastic driver.
It was a fantastic team. Robert and Doug's power, Larry's brain power and Davey one tuff customer. Lead more lap and led more races than anyone those years. I was just fun to watch because every week you knw they were going to be in the hunt.
@@lynnstallbaumer897 if Davey
I had his semi truck/ race car combo still in the original package up until 2020 when I gave it to my son along with some other race car stuff I had collected over the years but my first piece was that Davey truck and car
I remember watching him at Daytona pull out of line from around 6 or 7 and drive to the lead. Davey and that Yates Horsepower was cool to watch.
Yes it was fun to watch. We had tickets to Talladega the week after he barrel rolled at Pocono. Bobby Hillin drove the 28 and Ernie hooked up and came from the back they flying. You watched they going down the back stretch and they had to be going 10 MPH faser then any one else.
I sure miss him 🙏 rip Davey
The raw natural born racing talent Davey Allison had behind the wheel was amazing!!
I always thought he came off as such a wonderful guy. I never heard him bad mouth anyone, but maybe he did. Kind of a guy I'd be happy to meet.
Got to see him win in person at Talladega in the '92 Winston 500. He'd also won the IROC event the day prior. I remember watching Headline News with Lynn Russell all evening, waiting for an update on his condition after the helicopter crash. Didn't find out until the next afternoon while at work. Very sad. Still have my Texaco Havoline #28 tee shirt all these years later.
Folks - We should remember Clifford and pray for their Mom & Dad - so sad - The Allisons had it all - Bobby was the Man - The 88 Daytona 500 was one of the finest days in the history of American sports - It couldn't have been scripted any better - The story - needed no embellishments
I met Davey At sears point CA. It was just after Clifford died. Davey was great to talk to. Shame what happened to him. He was great!
It makes me wonder too, how he would have done, if he wasn’t killed in the helicopter crash. I wonder how many wins and championships he would have gotten, he was that good. I remember when they announced his passing from the crash, the Davey Allison car I had just gotten a week before, it was taken away from me and put up in a safe location from my parents because it was going to go up in value big time. I still to this day have that same car, in the same condition that when it was taken from me, with only chips of paint gone from when I was playing with it some, and the lettering on the tires all gone now. But it still looks practically new in my curio cabinet.
To Larry McReynolds...to lose 2 of the best in the sport ..we love you
The number 28 has followed me and been a code of my life thanks to this man
Today there are few men like this...society today does not promote these men. What has become of this world?
Jeff Gordon would not have had as many championships if Davey lived.
Jonathan you could not have said it better ! It does still hurt after being a Bobby fan then Davey of which gave me a driving suit that he won 2 races in . After his death I quit watching nascar and don't know about gordon & johnson .
Back when NASCAR was still racing.....and two networks catapulted it to fame..TNN and ESPN..
Was at the Pocono race the week after Davey was killed. Dale Sr. Won that race and over his radio he dedicated that win to Davey.
They didn’t mention that in his 1st Cup Win at Talladega in 1987, that was the race where his dad Bobby’s car nearly went into the stands and caused NASCAR to put restrictor plates on cars at Talladega and Daytona
Look at how full the stands were back then
We should could use another Davey Allison as well as the way nascar used to be
Great racer and man
Definitely a Legend that's when racing was great Alabama Gang
RIP GREAT ONE
I gotta say Tim Richmond would've been another Champion, Jeff Gordon and Dale Sr definitely wouldn't have had as many wins as they did if Davey and Tim didn't die.
No one talks about Tim, he was an incredible driver
Awesome driver
The curse of the Alabama gang
In 92 it was Checkers or wreckers
Even Stanley got real messed up, him and ernie are among the few that survived one of those earnhardt skull fractures
In the 60's, I read an article in the Times magazine, that there was bad blood between Allison and the other NASCAR drivers, because he was Catholic, in a sport dominated by Southern Protestant.
I wonder if my memory of the was correct.
So sad🙏🏻Why a Robinson?
I think Davey would have been 4 time champion and 3 time Daytona 500 Champion!
i miss the 90s era of nascar. i quit watching in the early 2000s
Nascar is dying, My opinion on what needs to be done to fix it.
1.Cars must remain the same color scheme the entire year. I turn on the race now and I have no idea who is leading or who is in the current screen and can not immediately or eventually recognize the cars. Usually after a few minutes I see where my drivers are running. Then fire up youtube and watch a 80s-90s or early 2000 race and then return to the current race at then end.
2. Low Downforce and about 1,000 horsepower. An interview with Carl Edwards asked him if he would come back and run just a couple races, his response was if the package was zero downforce and about 1,000 horsepower he could get excited about that. THis crap of a car trying to pass another as soon as they get close it aero pushes. There is no good side by side racing for more than a corner.
3. On restarts the lap down cars on the inside row. Some of the best racing is someone trying to get a lap back or someone trying to keep them a lap down.
4. If you cause a wreck you go to the back of the lead lap cars intentionally or not. The BS of the demo derby at the end.
5. The interview needs to return to victory lane. The wives family etc needs to be included
6.Scantily dressed females that look like ladies of the night need to put some clothes on or not be in victory lane. What decent wife would want to deal with that.
I remember this day as if it was yesterday, And Alans Death also, 1993 was not a good year for Nascar at all.
He was one tough sob that's for sure.
Met Davey in 1992 at Phoenix along with this dad..both wonderful People..I also ran a Bobby Allison's Winners Circle store in Phoenix from 1993 / 1995..Great Times
I liked Bobby, but, Davey was just a whiner that could never close the deal.
Had he lived, he would have claimed many championships
1:22 WTF is with Ned's eyes? Somehow I never noticed that over the decades.
Yes he got hurt bad in accident.
I think davy had 2 people out the gate that he enjoyed beating his dad and Kyle petty who at that time was very competitive
I think Joey Logano is following his footsteps.
The voice over guy sounds like the guy who did KITT on Knight Rider.
It's Bill Weber I think, worked for NBC then got into some trouble over a public intoxication charge and was fired. He used to be the sports anchor on my local Evansville IN channel.
Things would have been different if he had not gotten killed Was one of if not the best driver ever RIP Dave.
RIP #28
What was the cause of the chopper crash?
Lack of experience, my opinion only.
@@lynnstallbaumer897 also the ntsb's
Lack of experience, yes, but the cause was the tail rotor caught a tall chain link fence close to the helipad. According to Red Farmer (who was the passenger in the chopper) if Davey had braced himself for the crash like Red did, he would have been OK, but the natural instinct of a driver was to "save it" and Davey continued to try and fly it all the way to the ground.
It was foggy and he crashed into a side of a mountain.. if I remember right
@@hoehoppin24 That's right, the mountain pop out of nowhere.
loved davey
BRING IT ON
I dont say was I saidis the best race driver on the SPEEDWAy 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Davey was my favorite racer, it sucked when he died cause I was forced to be a Gordon fan cause I couldn't stand Dale Earnhardt since he only won by wrecking the person in front of him
Guess they should've had the sense to get their slow heap out of the way...
@@timothykohout9503 that wall never budged though did it?
Goddamn helicopters 😞
Davey died in a helicopter crash, not a racing one.
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How does one crash the easiest to fly stik chopper known....... Of most importance, how? I guess that wasn't important.... I trained in that chop and u couldn't commit suicide in it if u wanted to as the avionics would not allow for it? One literally could not hit the ground if aimed for.. So.. How? NASCAR fans didn't even ask.. I read of no malfunction. He had a ticket to fly. Yet he procured a beginners (training) copter. And... There lies the Key Stone.........RIP DA
He would be retired now.
Crazy to think about isn't it. Time goes by so fast
#28
A " devoted family man" doesn't selfishly take risks like that.
Plane wreck happened in my hometown. I was just young when it happened but is a shame. Also close to where earnheart jr had his plane crash. They are Not far apart
First start Talladega First win Talladega Died at Talladega wow.
Wow how different the record books would be if Davey and Alan K had lived to race more