Bobby Allison

One of NASCAR's greatest drivers, Bobby Allison was one of the hardest chargers in the history of the sport. He won 84 races in NASCAR's top division in his career (tied with Darrell Waltrip for third in all-time victories) and won the NASCAR Winston Cup Championship in 1983. His wins included three Daytona 500 victories, in 1978, 1982, and 1988. Allison achieved this success even though his stints with several teams were short lived. He was often controversial and he and Richard Petty had a much publicized feud in the early 1970s. Born in Florida, he made his home in Hueytown, Alabama along with brother Donnie, and the two became known as "The Alabama Gang" along with family friend Red Farmer, and later, Neil Bonnett. In recent years, however, Bobby Allison has become somewhat of a tragic figure in the NASCAR world. Still competitive in his fifties, Allison survived a terrible crash at Talladega Superspeedway in 1987 in which his car went airborne into the grandstand fence. All was we