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Biography
The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's Davey Allison page on 15 June 2016, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
David Carl "Davey" Allison (February 25, 1961 – July 13, 1993) was a NASCAR driver. He was best known for driving the No. 28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the Winston Cup Series. Born in Hollywood, Florida, he was the eldest of four children born to Bobby Allison and wife Judy. The family moved to Hueytown, Alabama, and along with Bobby's brother Donnie Allison, family friend Red Farmer, and Neil Bonnett, became known in racing circles as the Alabama Gang.
Early career
Growing up, Allison participated in athletics, preferring football, but was destined, like many children of racers, to become a racer himself. He began working for his father's Winston Cup team after graduating high school, and would work after-hours on his own race car, a Chevy Nova built by Davey and a group of his friends affectionately known as the "Peach Fuzz Gang". He began his career in 1979 at Birmingham International Raceway and notched his first win in just his sixth start. He became a regular winner at BIR and by 1983, was racing in the Automobile Racing Club of America (ARCA) series. Allison won both ARCA events at his "home track", Talladega Superspeedway in 1983, and was named ARCA Rookie of the Year in 1984, placing second in the series title. That same year, he married his first wife, Deborah.
Allison continued racing in the ARCA series in 1985 and eventually notched eight wins in the series, four at Talladega Superspeedway. He also began competing in some of NASCAR's lower divisions and in July 1985, car owner Hoss Ellington gave him his first chance to drive a Winston Cup car in the Talladega 500. Allison qualified Ellington's Chevrolet 22nd and finished 10th in his first Winston Cup start. This impressive showing earned Davey more Winston Cup opportunities in 1986 where he would sub for injured friend and fellow Alabama Gang member Neil Bonnett in Junior Johnson's No. 12 Budweiser Chevy.
| Type & Item # | Name | Details |
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| Model Kit - Monogram 2430 | Havoline Ford Thunderbird | 1:24 scale, #28 |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 28 | Davey Allison | #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 190 | 1991 Memorable Moments | Darrell Waltrip and Davey Allison at the Bud 500 |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 198 | 1991 Memorable Moments | Dale Jarrett beats Davey Allison at the Champion Spark Plug 400 |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 273 | The Winston | Davey Allison #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 274 | Race 10: Charlotte | Coca-Cola 600/Davey Allison #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 276 | Race 12: Sears Point | Banquet Frozen Foods 300 Davey Allison #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 278 | Race 14: Michigan | Miller Genuine Draft 400 Davey Allison #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 291 | Race 27: Rockingham | AC-Delco 500/Davey Allison #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
| Collector Card - 1992 Maxx 292 | Race 28: Phoenix | Pyroil Chemicals 500/Davey Allison #28 Texaco/Havoline Ford |
