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15 years ago today the racing world lost one of it's youngest (at the time) and surely one of it's most talented drivers. who knows what he might have accomplished.

his relationship with his dad and the stories i heard about him busting his butt working on his own stuff in the shops , and just the overall way he presented himself to the outside world made him a big inspiration to me at a time in my life when i needed the right influence.

 

-a hell of a racecar driver , and a great role model.

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Amen to that, Shawn.

I can remember exactly what I was doing when the announcement came over the radio; it is one of those "frozen in time" memories.

 

We lost him way too soon.

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Davey was my driving idol as a kid, when it came across the tv that he had passed that day i was just devistated. I enjoy catching a race on espn classics when its on. I bought a sticker 15 years ago that was a memorial sticker for him. I still have it in the original bag and its about to get its home after this long! Only was problem was someonea already had the 28 registered in the trucks :)

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15 years ago today the racing world lost one of it's youngest (at the time) and surely one of it's most talented drivers. who knows what he might have accomplished.

his relationship with his dad and the stories i heard about him busting his butt working on his own stuff in the shops , and just the overall way he presented himself to the outside world made him a big inspiration to me at a time in my life when i needed the right influence.

 

-a hell of a racecar driver , and a great role model.

I agree! Davey had a lot of class and was a hands on driver. He wasn't the type that just shows up at the track on race day and basks in the glory of it all..............................

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Davey was my favorite driver also.After his death,I had to go with Mark Martin,and now of course Matt Kenseth.Davey was really taking it to Earnhardt before he departed this world.There is no denying the fact that the record books would look completely different today if he were still with us.R.I.P.

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A "near to" Davey story... In the pits a few years ago at Snowball, and got to talk to Red Farmer, one of the true legends. After walking away from a great chat...then remembering....he was in the helicopter too, one of the last to see Davey alive, and that one accident nearly took not just one, but two of our(mine, for sure) racing heroes.

 

I always think of the pain that Bobby and Judy have endured.

 

Billy

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I'll add my Davey story in here for you all...

 

Back in mid to late 80's (87 I think), Davey came to town in Fort Walton Beach, FL and signed autographs on a folding card table right out in front of the texaco station. It must have attracted about 50 people, and the only reason I knew about it is my dad passed by the station on his way home from work. We went out, waited about 10 minutes to get an autograph (he was talking to another fan for the whole 10 minutes--- and we didn't push or get greedy.) I not only got his autograph, but multiple pictures of the car, and one of us together. We spent about 5-10 minutes chatting with him. All this, and no pressure to buy souvenirs or pay any entry fees...

 

I still treasure that picture, and haven't been able to have that kind of experience with any other drivers since then (can't stand the mad rush of so called 'fans' that don't have any manners)

 

Few (if any) of today's drivers can come close to being the good person Davey was. No doubt that is the reason he is missed by so many!

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hey horse you know i had to add my two cents on this one. yes davey was the best driver on the winston cup circut at the time of his death. i think crazy horse ane i was his biggest fans. when we started racing i tried to get the number 28 but horse had it already, so i painted my car davey colors and have not stopped yet. soon thr will see the davey paint sceem again but with a little flash.

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You guys got to understand in the 80's NASCAR was still a good ole boys sport. Now, NASCAR drivers are more famous than movie stars, but NASCAR drivers don't charge for autographs. Its harder to get the autographs because there are more people wanting them.

 

These guys still today are like you describe Davey as being. I walked into the Media Center at TMS the year Adam Petty died, before his death of course, and he held the door open for me. I sat with Kerry Earnhardt, Casey Mears, and a bunch of crew guys, playing quarters in the garage during a rain delay, with Dale Jr looking on. We sat by our car in the infield at TMS eating luncha and Bobby Hamilton drives by on his golf cart, right by us. I got Jeff Gordan's ex-wife's autograph on a picture of the 2 of them together that I took, then my wife got Jeff to sign it after he got out of his cup car and walked over to his Busch car. These are all stories that are priceless too me, but then I got one bad one. I walked up to Mark Martin to get his autograph, but before I got there, this Blonde woman jumped all over him, rubbing her assets on him, trying to get him to sign something, that pissed him off, so when I politely asked him to sign a picture, he said No, if I do yours, I'll have to do everyones. These guys are just your regular guys that like to race and get paid a lot to do so. Look at David Star, year before last, he came out to Gator Motorplex and hot lapped a Limited. Saw him at Battlegrond when we were racing out there too.

 

I miss going to NASCAR, but I don't miss NASCAR. I'll take local grass roots racing anyday over NASCAR. It has gotten so commercialized, the drivers CAN'T be lie they were 20 years ago, there would be a mob of people waiting for them.

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Davey was not race Nascar until the mid-80's. He was still racing at Birmingham Speedway. Davey treated everyone with great respect. Even though his father was a famous Nascar driver, Davey started at home racing and worked his way up to Nascar. He always attended Mass on Saturday before he went to the track. And yest things are different today. Back in the early 80's you could buy a Nascar ticket for $10-$20 dollars. Things are always changing. The drivers are more famous now than ever, but you ask them at the right time and place and they will gladly give you an autograph. Davey, Bobby and Donnie Allison used to race at home town tracks every where. Sometimes to help with benefits and sometimes just to race. Davey was a great friend, whom I respect and dearly miss.

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The reason both Davey and Clifford were such down-to-earth, honest, sincere guys was largely because of the way Bobby and Judy Allison - both solid Christians - raised them.

 

As a teenager, Davey would help out on Bobby's cars when Bobby would show up at Texas World Speedway for the TROC - as he did several times. Davey always made it a point to come over to see what we were doing on Rick Rapp's car - not to spy, but to learn. As some of you know, Rick was always one of the front-runners on the road course. Although he never had the horsepower to win, he finished second almost every time he raced there.

 

The first year Davey showed up with his own car, he came over looking for suspension advice. Can you imagine a star like Davey coming over to ask a bunch of locals set up advice? And he would come back after the race to tell me how it all worked for him.

 

But that's just the way Davey was. Humble and honest and open to others. Not a conceited bone in his body.

 

I know I've probably told this story before on here, but I'm telling it again. RIP Davey Allison...

 

Nick

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