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  Talladega Walk Of Fame - Davey Allison Memorial
Donnie Allison is one of the original three members of the "Alabama Gang".
Donnie Allison guesses he has won anywhere from 450 to 600 races during his successful career.
Allison who was rookie of the year in 1967, had 17 poles and 10 victories, including the 1977 Talladega 500, the 1976 National 500 at Charlotte and the 1971 Winston 500 at Talladega from the pole.
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 Donnie Allison
Donnie Allison was a racecar driver for 35 years.
Together they were known as “The Alabama Gang.” Allison soon began to race solo, often competing agains more...
Racing brothers, Bobby and Donnie Allison, give the green light more...
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 Donnie Allison Profile
Donnie Allison won 10 Winston Cup races and was a member of the famed "Alabama Gang", but Donnie may be best remembered for his role in the infamous brawl with Cale Yarborough following the 1979 Daytona 500.
Donnie did not grow up wanting to be a race driver, it was a challenge by his brother Bobby that turned him to racing.
Donnie's career came to a halt in the 1981 World 600 at Charlotte when he was severely injured in a crash in which Dick Brooks rammed into him after Allison spun in turn four.
www.decadesofracing.net /DonnieAllison.htm   (608 words)

  
 Article-Donnie Allison- As I Recall...
Donnie Allison was always the "other" brother of the famous NASCAR racing duo.
To be sure, Donnie has contributed much to racing, with his 10 NASCAAR wins, but the book was a small disappointment to me. It sounded like Donnie felt like he had never made a mistake - and we're all human.
Donnie tells it like it is and it don't matter if it's about other drivers, his brother Bobby or nephew Davey.
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  Donnie Allison - NASCAR Inactive - GoNascarGo.com
Donnie Allison may not have chosen a career in racing had it not been for a taunt from brother and racing legend Bobby Allison.
Donnie claims that Matthews was the smartest man in Winston Cup and the best thing that ever happened to him.
Allison said his biggest disappointment was not winning the Daytona 500, although he may be most famous for his 1979 fight with Cale Yarborough at the finish of that race.
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 Donnie Allison Information
Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison (born September 7, 1939) is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.
Donnie is possibly most remembered for his involvement in a final-lap crash and subsequent fight with Cale Yarborough at the 1979 Daytona 500.
Allison also competed in the Indianapolis 500 twice, finishing 4th and winning Rookie of the Year in 1970 and finishing 6th in 1971.
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 Donnie Allison - NASCAR on Wiki - a Wikia wiki
Donnie Allison - NASCAR on Wiki - a Wikia wiki
Dunkiny "Donnie" Allison (born September 7, 1939) is a former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned the 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s.
Donnie is possibly most remembered for his involvement in a final-lap crash and subsequent fight with Cale Yarborough at the 1979 Daytona 500.
nascar.wikia.com /wiki/Donnie_Allison   (472 words)

  
 Special Projects -- 100 Years of Racing | NIE WORLD   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They got a dandy race that came down to a last-lap shootout between Donnie Allison, who was leading at the white flag, and Yarborough, who was plotting to pass for the lead on the back straightaway.
Neither Allison nor Yarborough was injured in the accident.
Donnie Allison and Yarborough had come up on the lapped Ford of Ralph Jones, who was just trying to get out of their way by staying on the inside lane.
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 Donnie Allison @ CybersRacing.com
Donnie Allison was leading the race on the final lap with...
Donnie Allison, Cale Yarborough, Darrell Waltrip, and Benny Parsons.
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 Allison, Donnie; Creed, Jimmy: Donnie Allison: As I Recall...
Donnie Allison was always the "other" brother of the famous NASCAR racing duo.
That four of the five times the Allison brothers ran 1-2 in a race, it was Donnie in front at the checkers.
So little is known about Donnie Allison in part because he wasn't much of a talker in his racing days.
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 www.DaveyAllison.net
To say that Davey Allison had a large fan base would be like saying that a sheepdog is a little hairy.
The young man with the infectious smile and the slouchy fl hat was the darling of the race fans, which made his tragic death so much harder to come to grips with.
I was there and witnessed the horrible accident that occurred at the beginning of the race, when Bobby Allison cut a tire and spun into and off the wall in turn two, then was T-boned in the driver's door by Jocko Maggiacomo, who had nowhere to go.
www.donnieallison.com   (1863 words)

  
 Coastal 181 - Superspeedway Books - Legendary Competitors
This new book chronicles the great success and injuries to brothers Bobby and Donnie Allison, followed by the tragic deaths of Bobby's two sons Clifford and Davey.
Many stories make the rounds about Donnie Allison and often when they are re-told, the circumstances aren’t related the way Donnie recalls them.
Bobby Allison, one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers, the 1983 Winston Cup Series champion and tied (so they say) for third on the all-time win list at 84 victories, is a true legend of the sport.
www.coastal181.com /nlm-working-April-2005/superspeedway-3.htm   (1189 words)

  
 News on Donnie Allison
Donnie will be at the Boater’s Warehouse Display at the Cheshire Fairgrounds in Keene New Hampshire on April 21, 2001 from 1:00 p.m.
And Allison said he feels the pain all NASCAR fans felt when Dale Earnhardt died two weeks ago on the final lap of the Daytona 500.
Allison's career was cut short by a racing accident, as was that of his brother, Bobby.
www.donnieallison.com /newsondonnie.html   (797 words)

  
 Celebrities - Race Legends, Inc.
Donnie Allison, a senior member of the “Alabama Gang,” began racing in Florida in the late 1950’s.
Donnie, brother Bobby, Red Farmer and Neil Bonnet won 131 NASCAR Winston Cup races between them.
Allison is available for personal appearances and merchandising.
www.racelegends.com /celebrities.html?CEL_ID=10   (94 words)

  
 Sports Publishing LLC - Books For Sports Fans
Donnie Allison was always the "other" brother of the famous NASCAR racing duo.
That four of the five times the Allison brothers ran 1-2 in a race, it was Donnie in front at the checkers.
So little is known about Donnie Allison in part because he wasn’t much of a talker in his racing days.
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 The Anniston Star - Donnie Allison, Jimmy Creed join forces to tell Allison's story
Allison, one of the last members of the Alabama Gang from Hueytown, now lives in North Carolina, but his ties to Alabama sports run deep.
Creed, a veteran NASCAR writer, said As I Recall… is written from the first-person voice of Donnie Allison and gives him a chance to tell his stories the way he remembers them.
Donnie Allison and Jimmy Creed will be on WTDR 92.7 from 8 a.m.
www.dailyhome.com /news/2005/as-calhoun-1208-ltutor-5l07r1235.htm   (531 words)

  
 Donnie Allison - American Stock Heroes   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Born September 7, 1939 in Miami, FL, the seventh of 13 children in the Allison household.
Donnie followed older brother Bobby into the racing ranks and made his Grand National debut in 1966.
By the time he retired in 1988, Donnie had started 242 races, won 18 poles and 10 races and notched 115 top-10 finishes.
www.americanstock.us /heroes/heroes02.cfm   (96 words)

  
 KCBD - NewsChannel 11 / Lubbock, TX: Donnie Allison
Donnie Allison is originally from Wichita Falls, and moved to West Texas in the early 70's.
Donnie has appeared in many Cactus productions including 40's, 50's, 60's, and 70's "Nostalgia Nites," "Rock and Blues Revue," "Cactus Family Christmas Celebration," "Girls' Nite Out" and "The Donnie Allison Show" to name just a few.
Donnie received rave reviews for his portrayal of Buddy Holly in "Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story." Donnie and his wife, Stephanie, share their home in Lubbock with their canine kids, Maggie and Molly.
www.kcbd.com /Global/story.asp?S=657694   (357 words)

  
 Tributes/ Memorials to Legends
Donnie was also awarded the 1967 Rookie of the Year, the 1970 Indianapolis Rookie of the Year, and the 1970 Sportsman Most Popular Driver honors.
Donnie also finds time to involve himself with his sons' race car building business, promoting the Allison Legacy Race Car and Series.
Donnie Allison has spent the better part of his life in the racing arena, both behind the wheel and behind the scenes.
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 Opelika-Auburn News | Twenty-five years later, "The Fight" lives on for NASCAR's Allison
And he was not kidding … the younger of the famous Allison brothers, Donnie’s eyes narrowed as he spoke Saturday here in Opelika.
Donnie got literally knocked out of the race by Cale Yarbrough on the last lap … when Donnie Allison was winning the race.
Meanwhile, Bobby Allison, way out of contention, drove around just to see what was going on; once he saw the confrontation between Donnie and Cale, he pulled down to the scene.
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 News on Davey Allison
Tragedy for the Allisons first hit in 1988 when Bobby Allison was seriously injured in a crash at the Pocono, Pa., track, ending his racing career.
In 1992, Clifford Allison was killed in a wreck during a practice session at a Michigan track.
The RYR driver was the late Davey Allison piloting, of course, the #28 Texaco-Halvoline Ford Thunderbird.
www.daveyallison.net /daveynews.html   (1475 words)

  
 Florida City Speedway
Donnie was friends with George Sweeting, so George arranged an appearance when he was in town.
Donnie is Bobby Allison's brother and was part of the original "Alabama Gang".  He has 10 wins in the Winston Cup racing.  The date of this appearance may have been May 12, 1973.
The race was no exhibition; it was run flat out and Donnie won it.
www.floridacityspeedway.homestead.com /DonnieAllison.html   (87 words)

  
 Fight after Daytona 500 of 1979
It was twenty days after The Fight—the oversimplified term that history has attached to the altercation between Cale Yarborough and brothers Bobby and Donnie Allison that occurred moments after the Daytona 500 of 1979 ended.
Cale and Donnie, both unhurt, had climbed out of their wrecked cars and were talking, arguing, but not fighting, when Bobby drove up and began the end of his brother's career.
While it is true that Bobby Allison helped his younger brother Donnie into a NASCAR career, it is also true that Bobby spent his entire career against the wind, against the world, and that he sometimes dragged his brother into the teeth of the gales.
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 Action 1/24 Donnie Allison #1 Hawaiin Tropic Oldsmobile 442, Action Performance, NASCAR · Stock Cars, Auction, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
As the driving force of the famed "Alabama Gang," brothers Bobby and Donnie Allison are the patriarchs of a racing family that continues to churn out drivers after five decades.
Donnie, now a resident of Salisbury, N.C., took to racing alongside Bobby from the beginning, and went on to compete in every type of race car created.
Donnie was a 10-time winner in Winston Cup, including victories in the 1970 Firecracker 400 at Daytona and the 1978 Atlanta 500.
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 Sports: A snowbound U.S. discovers NASCAR
Petty took the lead on the final lap after Donnie Allison and Cale Yarborough, their Oldsmobile Cutlasses running 1-2 for the last 10 laps, engaged in a backstretch fender-bender, then Yarborough and Bobby Allison, Donnie's brother, engaged in a post-race fight.
Donnie Allison knew it was coming, and when Yarborough tried it, Allison closed down the inside line.
Bystanders broke up the fight, and as Yarborough was led away he began cursing at Donnie, who tried to get at him but was restrained.
www.sptimes.com /News/103099/Sports/A_snowbound_US_discov.shtml   (667 words)

  
 Davey Allison - Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The son of NASCAR racing legend Bobby Allison, Davey Allison was born to race.
It was Bobby Allison's third victory in NASCAR's biggest race, and he described the finish with his son as the highlight of his career.
While Elliott and Kulwicki dueled at the front of the field, Allison was forced to recover from minor damaged suffered in an early race incident.
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 Car and Series Information
The Allison Legacy car is a three-quarter sized replica of a Nextel Cup car and is powered by a four cylinder Mazda B-2200 truck engine that produces approximately 125 horsepower.
“The Allison Legacy Cars are excellent equipment for the beginner to get his or her first exposure to racing,” said David Pearson, winner of 105 NASCAR Winston Cup races.
The Allison Brothers, sons of former NASCAR competitor Donnie Allison, are the creators of the Allison Legacy car.
www.allisonlegacynorth.com /series.htm   (630 words)

  
 The Davey Allison Story
David Carl Allison was born on February 25,1961 in Hollywood, Florida.
On April 22, 1979 the peach fuzz gang along with Bobby Allison and a couple of his workers accompained Davey to his first race in Birmingham.
The Allison family suffered the loss of "Pop" Allison, Davey's grandfather and Davey was injured at the Bristol race.
www.daveyallison.net /dastory.html   (1683 words)

  
 NASCAR comes to TV - NASCAR
On the last lap, Cale Yarborough and Donnie Allison were fighting for the lead when they got into each other and wrecked on the backstretch.
Donnie’s brother Bobby Allison had joined Yarborough and his brother, and the fists began flying.
Restrictor plates were implemented in 1988 following Bobby Allison's crash into a retaining fence at 210 mph, which endangered not only Allison, but hundreds of fans as well.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art39743.asp   (857 words)

  
 NASCAR Turns 50 - Popular Mechanics
Allison has led the Great American Race, the Daytona 500, most of the day.
Down on the soggy infield grass, next to their wrecked race cars, Donnie Allison and his brother Bobby are punching it out with Cale Yarborough.
But by the next morning at water coolers all over America, word was out that the Allisons and Yarborough had been involved in a full-on punch-out.
www.popularmechanics.com /automotive/motorsports/1269116.html?page=1   (897 words)

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