NEWS ON DONNIE ALLISON
Photo courtesy of Bobby 5X5 Day Photos.
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. to 3:00 p.m. signing autographs for fans. Come on out and see the new Donnie Allison signature boat.
Allison Family Golf Tournament
The first annual
Allison Family Celebrity Golf Classic will be held on
April 10, 2001 at the Warrior Golf Club in China Grove,
North Carolina. This tournament will benefit the Winston
Cup Racing Wives Auxiliary and the Mark Collie Foundation
for diabetes research. Donnie, Bobby, Hut Stricklin,
Benny Parsons, Tony Stewart, Winston Kelley, Randy Lajoe,
Debbie Benson and several other current drivers from
NASCAR racing will be on hand. Country music singing
artist Mark Collie will be playing along with Roman
Gabriel and several others from the NFL league. Anyone
interested in participating as a golfer or sponsor can
contact the WCRWA at (704) 455-9299 or visit
www.winstoncupracingwives.com.
Blame not issue in Earnhardt wreck
3/05/01
By AL JONES
The Sun Herald (Biloxi, Miss.)
BILOXI, Miss. -- Donnie Allison has seen his share of tragedy on the tracks of NASCAR. He and his brother, Bobby, both ended their careers after wrecks during races. Allison's nephew, Davey, died when his helicopter crashed at Talladega Superspeedway in 1993. 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. But the wreck should not be blamed on anyone, he said, unless the blame falls on the shoulders of The Intimidator himself. Reports the week after Earnhardt's death said some fans were blaming driver Sterling Martin for causing the wreck that killed Earnhardt. Allison disagreed.
"At the World 600 in Charlotte in 1981, I had a bad wreck," Allison remembers. "My question was `What happened?' -- not to point the blame at anyone."With Earnhardt's wreck, they're trying to determine what happened. They're not trying to blame anyone, including Sterling. If people watched the race, they would blame the wreck on Earnhardt because Sterling never moved. It was Earnhardt who came down, not Sterling. That is what happened. We all hate it because Earnhardt was an icon."
The former NASCAR driver and 10-time Winston Cup winner is on the Coast at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum to sign autographs during the Boat and RV Show. He took time to talk about Earnhardt's death and his family's tragedy. Allison's career was cut short by a racing accident, as was that of his brother, Bobby. Davey was Bobby's son and appeared to be giving the Allisons a second generation of racing success before that fatal summer day in North Alabama.
"We did have very successful careers," said Allison, whose last race was in 1988. "Even Davey's was cut short by an accident. We did have good careers, and racing may have been better when Bobby and I were doing it. Racing is going through a traumatic period with the deaths last year and Earnhardt's this year."Losing Davey was tough on us and losing Dale is tough, too. But somehow, racing will be better."Allison, who owns a ranch near Selma, Ala., said racing families deal with tragedies like fishing families do when they lose a loved one."In Biloxi, if you have a family of fishermen and one of the sons drowns, the rest of the family doesn't quit fishing. You don't quit because someone got killed, you do the best you can to deal with it."Earnhardt was the R-A-C in race," he said. "You never think about (dying), no race driver that is still participating at the full level thinks about it. I've never been scared. If a driver is scared, it's time to put the helmet on the shelf and quit.
Donnie into the Stock Car Hall of Fame 2/15/01. Donnie is being inducted into the Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame along with Bill France, Jr. and Marvin Panch during Daytona Speed Weeks, on Monday, February, 12, 2001 in Daytona Beach, Florida. This is the 12th Annual Induction Ceremony for the Hall of Fame. Among other members are Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Big Bill France, Fireball Roberts, David Pearson, Darrell Waltrip, Junior Johnson, Smokey Yunick, Benny Parsons, Harry Gant, Ray Fox, Tim Flock, Ned Jarrett and the Woods Brothers. It is quite an honor to be included in with this group of people who were instrumental in making racing the number one sport that it is today. Inducting Donnie into this prestigious Hall of Fame is his brother, Bobby.
The Allison Legacy Series is a family series. The Legacy car is a real race car built by a real racing family. Pictured from L to R, Taylor Stricklin, Stephanie Allison, Ronald Allison, Donald Allison, Natalie Allison, Kenny Allison, Donnie Allison, Pat Allison, Pam Allison Stricklin, Samantha Allison, Hannah Allison, Sarah Allison, Tabby Stricklin, Justin Allison. Not in photo are Hut Stricklin, Stacy and Deanna Allison and the rest of the Allison clan! Watch for the May issue of NASCAR’S RACING FOR TEENS MAGAZINE! Thanks to Racing for Teens Magazine!
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