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The
New York Timesâbestselling author presents the full story of NASCAR legend Bobby Allison and the Alabama Gangâwritten with the Allisons' cooperation.
Bobby Allison, who ranks fourth in wins in NASCAR history, began his Grand National/Winston Cup career in 1966. After winning eighty-five races, he retired in 1988 when an accident at Pocono Raceway nearly killed him. He was severely brain injured, and it took him a full fifteen years to recover. After the accident, more tragedy struck. In 1992 his younger son, Clifford, died in a crash at the age of twenty-seven. A year later, his other son, Davey, died in a helicopter accident, and in 1994 he lost his close friend and protégé Neil Bonnet in a fatal crash. Then Bobby and his wife, Judy, separated and divorced. Through it all Bobby Allison persevered.
Until he died, Bobby's mind was as sharp, detailed, and analytical as anyone's in sports. Bobby remembered so much, in such great detail, the stories he told leap off the page. It's all thereâthe feuds, the infighting, the victories, the accusations of cheating, and worse.
Incredibly, Bobby, the poster boy for hard work, honesty, and integrity, held nothing back, even when it reflected poorly on him. "It happened, and there's nothing I can do about that," is what he said. The result is raw racing history.
Along with the Earnhardts, the Jarretts, and the Pettys, the Allisons are racing family royalty, and Miracle, a family saga of determination, loyalty, and love, is filled with some of the greatest racing stories of all time.
Bobby Allison, who ranks fourth in wins in NASCAR history, began his Grand National/Winston Cup career in 1966. After winning eighty-five races, he retired in 1988 when an accident at Pocono Raceway nearly killed him. He was severely brain injured, and it took him a full fifteen years to recover. After the accident, more tragedy struck. In 1992 his younger son, Clifford, died in a crash at the age of twenty-seven. A year later, his other son, Davey, died in a helicopter accident, and in 1994 he lost his close friend and protégé Neil Bonnet in a fatal crash. Then Bobby and his wife, Judy, separated and divorced. Through it all Bobby Allison persevered.
Until he died, Bobby's mind was as sharp, detailed, and analytical as anyone's in sports. Bobby remembered so much, in such great detail, the stories he told leap off the page. It's all thereâthe feuds, the infighting, the victories, the accusations of cheating, and worse.
Incredibly, Bobby, the poster boy for hard work, honesty, and integrity, held nothing back, even when it reflected poorly on him. "It happened, and there's nothing I can do about that," is what he said. The result is raw racing history.
Along with the Earnhardts, the Jarretts, and the Pettys, the Allisons are racing family royalty, and Miracle, a family saga of determination, loyalty, and love, is filled with some of the greatest racing stories of all time.
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Information
Publisher
St. Martin's PressYear
2007Print ISBN
9780312340018eBook ISBN
9781429904827Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- PREFACE
- 1 THE PHOTOGRAPH
- 2 POP AND KITTY
- 3 BOBBY: EXILED TO WISCONSIN
- 4 BOBBY: BOB SUNDERMAN
- 5 BOBBY: JUDY
- 6 DONNIE AND EDDIE: BUILT FROM THE CHASSIS UP
- 7 PAT: ALABAMY BOUND
- 8 RED FARMER: SHORT-TRACK RACER
- 9 BOBBY: NOSE TO THE GRINDSTONE
- 10 DONNIE AND EDDIE: BUSTING THEIR HUMPS
- 11 BOBBY: EDDIE MAKES A SACRIFICE
- 12 BOBBY: BUD, COTTON, HARRY, AND OLâ RALPH
- 13 BOBBY: AN INDEPENDENT AGAIN
- 14 BOBBY AND EDDIE: MARIO
- 15 BOBBY: OUTSMARTED BY THE PETTYS
- 16 DONNIE: BANJO
- 17 BOBBY: ALLISON VERSUS THE PETTYS
- 18 BOBBY: JUNIOR
- 19 BOBBY: IROC AND INDY, 1973
- 20 BOBBY: THE ROGER PENSKE YEARS
- 21 DONNIE: OUTSMARTED BY THE GARDNERS
- 22 NEIL BONNETT: SUSAN
- 23 BOBBY: BUD MOORE SAVES HIM
- 24 DONNIE: HOSS
- 25 BOBBY AND DONNIE: THE FIGHT AT DAYTONA
- 26 BOBBY: BUTTING HEADS
- 27 DONNIE: T-BONED AND IN A COMA
- 28 BOBBY: A CHAMPIONSHIPâAT LAST
- 29 BOBBY: IT GETS UGLY
- 30 DAVEY: THE PRODIGAL SON
- 31 HUT: ROOKIE OF THE YEAR
- 32 NEIL: IN WALTRIPâS SHADOW
- 33 BOBBY: THE OLDEST WINNER EVER
- 34 BOBBY AND DAVEY: FATHER, SON FINISH 1, 2
- 35 BOBBY:AT DEATHâS DOOR
- 36 BOBBY AND JUDY: THE LONG ROAD BACK
- 37 BOBBY AND JUDY: A MIRACLE
- 38 NEIL: AMNESIA
- 39 DAVEY: ROBERT YATES HIRES LARRY MAC
- 40 CLIFFORD: âCRAZY WILDâ
- 41 DAVEY: THE LOST CHAMPIONSHIP: PART I
- 42 THE DEATH OF CLIFFORD ALLISON
- 43 DAVEY: THE LOST CHAMPIONSHIP: PART II
- 44 DAVEY: LIFE ON THE EDGE
- 45 THE DEATH OF DAVEY ALLISON
- 46 ALABAMA MOURNS
- 47 HUT: SCARRED
- 48 BOBBY AND JUDY: NO PEACE
- 49 THE DEATH OF NEIL BONNETT
- 50 HUT: A CAREER FIZZLES
- 51 THE END OF BOBBY ALLISON MOTORSPORTS
- 52 BOBBY AND JUDY: FINANCIAL RUIN AND DIVORCE
- 53 BOBBY AND JUDY: REUNITED
- Notes