Bobby Allison always raced his son Davey with an immense sense of pride, a touch of parental anxiety and a lingering feeling ...

His youngest son Clifford Allison, a stock car racing driver and "Alabama Gang" member, died in a practice accident in 1992, at just 27 years old. The following year, his older son Davey Allison ...

2024 Allison's 85th and final victory was a special one, as he would outrun his son Davey Allison to the finish line to win the 1988 Daytona 500 in the only father-son 1-2 finish the race has ever ...

As the leader of the so-called “Alabama Gang” – a group of drivers from Hueytown, Alabama – Allison was part of a talented racing family. His sons, Davey and Clifford, both raced.

An original member of "The Alabama Gang," Allison won the 1983 Cup title and also captured the Daytona 500 three times, including in 1988 as part of a 1-2 finish with his son, Davey. Later that ...

Allison — who won 85 career races — is being remembered by Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and other racing greats Brenton Blanchet is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at ...

He won five more times after his championship season, including the emotional Daytona 500 1-2 finish with son Davey in ’88, and finished in the top 10 in points three more times. Allison was ...

“It put NASCAR on the nationwide map.” Mr. Allison won the Daytona 500 again in 1982 and in 1988, when he beat his son, Davey, by one car length. “It’s the happiest day of my life ...

The final victory in Allison's career took place at the 1988 Daytona 500, when he and his son Davey Allison had a legendary father-son 1-2 finish, per NASCAR. Davey died following a helicopter ...