Donnie Allison

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Donnie Allison
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Allison at Rockingham Speedway in 2012
Born (1939-09-07) September 7, 1939 (age 85)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Achievements 1970 World 600 Winner

1971 Winston 500 Winner
1970 Firecracker 400 Winner

1975

Contents

Snowball Derby winner
Awards1967 Grand National Series Rookie of the Year

1970 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year
International Motorsports Hall of Fame (2009)

NASCAR Hall of Fame (2024)
NASCAR Cup Series career
242 races run over 20 years
Best finish16th (1967)
First race 1966 National 500 (Charlotte)
Last race 1988 Champion Spark Plug 400 (Michigan)
First win1968 Carolina 500 (Rockingham)
Last win 1978 Dixie 500 (Atlanta)
WinsTop tens Poles
1011518
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
20 races run over 5 years
Best finish34th (1987)
First race 1984 Miller Time 300 (Charlotte)
Last race 1989 Goody's 300 (Daytona)
WinsTop tens Poles
050
NASCAR Grand National East Series career
2 races run over 1 year
First race1972 Mr. D's 200 (Nashville)
Last race1972 Mountaineer 300 (West Virginia)
WinsTop tens Poles
000
Statistics current as of February 28, 2013.

Donnie Allison (born September 7, 1939) is an American former driver on the NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup circuit, who won ten times during his racing career, which spanned from 1966 to 1988. He is part of the "Alabama Gang", and is the brother of 1983 champion Bobby Allison and uncle of Davey Allison and Clifford Allison. He was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2009. He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 19, 2024.

NASCAR career

Before racing in the Grand National Series, Allison, like his brother Bobby, drove modified stock cars. [1] Allison managed to get ten wins in NASCAR Cup Series competition with his first coming at the 1968 Carolina 500 at Rockingham Speedway and his final coming at the 1978 Dixie 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Allison would suffer serious injuries at the 1981 Coca-Cola 600, [2] [3] this would end his career in NASCAR for the most part. [4] Allison would only race fourteen more Winston Cup races (he would also fail to qualify four times for races during this time) from 1982 to 1988. Allison also won the 1967 NASCAR Grand National Rookie of the Year.

1979 Daytona 500

Allison is perhaps best remembered for his involvement in a final-lap crash and a subsequent fight with Cale Yarborough in the 1979 Daytona 500. He was leading the race on the final lap with Yarborough drafting him tightly. As Yarborough started to go below Allison, he attempted to take the inside lane away but Yarborough hit Allison from behind first and got Allison sideways. Yarborough made contact with the side of Allison's car and it put him in the grass. He came back to hit Allison side to side and as both drivers tried to regain control, their cars made contact several times and finally locked together and crashed into the outside wall in turn 3. After the cars settled in the infield grass, Allison and Yarborough were in a heated conversation when, Bobby Allison, who finished laps down after his earlier collision with his brother, pulled over and to check on his brother, but Yarborough accused him of causing the accident and started to hit Bobby while Bobby was still in his car. At that point, a fight ensued. [5] As the 1979 Daytona 500 was the first live flag-to-flag nationally televised NASCAR race, the finish and the post-race squabble were a ratings dream for CBS. Richard Petty, who was over half a lap behind at the time of the crash, went on to win the race. The fight made headlines all across America. The publicity was instrumental in the growth of NASCAR.

USAC career

Allison first raced in the USAC Championship Car Series in 1970. Driving the No. 83 Greer Eagle 67-Offenhauser for Ansted-Thompson Racing in the 1970 Indianapolis 500, he finished 4th and won the 1970 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Award. He would have finished 20th in points, but because he was using a NASCAR license, he was ineligible for points. For the 1971 Allison drove the No. 84 Purolator Filters Coyote-Ford V8, finishing 6th in the Indianapolis 500. He also raced in the Rex Mays 150 at Milwaukee State Fairgrounds Speedway, the Schaefer 500 at Pocono International Raceway, and the California 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway, retiring from both. Allison was again ineligible for points.

After racing

Allison, who lives in Alabama and North Carolina, has been a television and radio commentator; has also been involved in his sons' Ronald, Donald and Kenny Allison's "Allison Brothers Race Cars" and the "Allison Legacy Race Series" as a consultant to the series and to many up and coming race drivers such as Joey Logano, Trevor Bayne, Regan Smith, John Hunter Nemechek and several others [7] [8]

Awards

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Grand National Series

NASCAR Grand National Series results
YearTeamNo.Make123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354NGNCPtsRef
1966 Robert Harper 05 Chevy AUG RSD DAY DAY DAY CAR BRI ATL HCY CLB GPS BGS NWS MAR DAR LGY MGR MON RCH CLT DTS ASH PIF SMR AWS BLV GPS DAY ODS BRR OXF FON ISP BRI SMR NSV ATL
DNQ		 CLB AWS BLV BGS DAR HCY RCH HBO MAR NWS CLT
27		 CAR
9		64th1944 [16]
1967 AUG RSD DAY
20		 DAY DAY
11		 AWS BRI
7		 GPS BGS ATL
12		 CLB HCY NWS MAR
19		 SVH RCH 16th18298 [17]
Donald Brackins 2 Chevy DAR
27		 BLV
4		 LGY
5		 ASH
2*		 MGR SMR
15		 BIR
15		 CAR GPS MGY
19
Jon Thorne 12 Dodge CLT
26
Ford DAY
10		 TRN OXF FDA ISP ATL
4		 BGS CLB SVH DAR
7		 HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR
24		 NWS CLT
15		 CAR
25		 AWS
Chevy BRI
25		 SMR NSV
1968 Holman-Moody 66 Ford MGR MGY RSD DAY
40		25th1307 [18]
Matthews Racing 27 Ford BRI
30		 RCH ATL
3		 HCY GPS CLB NWS MAR
3		 AUG AWS DAR
29		 BLV LGY CLT
2		 ASH MGR SMR BIR CAR
1		 GPS DAY ISP OXF FDA TRN BRI
34		 SMR NSV ATL
3		 CLB BGS AWS SBO LGY DAR
10		 HCY RCH BLV HBO MAR
8		 NWS AUG CLT
6		 CAR
16		 JFC
1969 MGR MGY RSD DAY
3		 DAY DAY
3*		 CAR
6		 AUG BRI
5		 ATL CLB HCY GPS RCH NWS MAR AWS DAR
34		 BLV LGY CLT
2		 MGR SMR MCH
27		 KPT GPS NCF DAY
3		 DOV TPN TRN BLV BRI
3		 NSV SMR ATL
5		 MCH
33		 SBO BGS AWS DAR
4		 HCY RCH TAL CLB MAR
31		 NWS CLT
1*		 SVH AUG CAR
30		 JFC MGR TWS
2		24th1662 [19]
1970 RSD
4		 DAY
4		 DAY DAY
35		 RCH CAR SVH ATL
7		 BRI
1*		 TAL NWS
22		 CLB DAR BLV LGY CLT
1*		 SMR MAR MCH RSD HCY
17		 KPT GPS DAY
1		 AST TPN TRN BRI
25		 SMR NSV ATL
5		 CLB ONA MCH
28		 TAL BGS SBO DAR
11*		 HCY
6		 RCH
3		 DOV NCF CLT
18		 MAR
5		 MGR CAR
4		 LGY 40th841 [20]
Junior Johnson & Associates 98 Ford NWS
3
1971 Matthews Racing 27 Mercury RSD DAY
6		 DAY DAY
26		 ONT RCH CAR HCY BRI ATL CLB GPS SMR NWS 29th1280 [21]
Wood Brothers Racing 21 Mercury MAR
15*		 DAR
4*		 SBO TAL
1		 ASH KPT CLT
2		 DOV MCH
4*		 RSD HOU GPS DAY
5		 BRI AST ISP TRN NSV ATL
6		 BGS ONA MCH TAL
41		 CLB HCY DAR MAR
5		 CLT
3		 DOV CAR
39		 MGR RCH NWS TWS

Winston Cup Series

NASCAR Winston Cup Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NWCCPtsRef
1972 Monty Myers 27 Chevy RSD DAY RCH ONT CAR ATL
5		 BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL
28		36th1849.15 [22]
Bud Moore Engineering 15 Ford CLT
34		 DOV MCH
33		 DAY
8		 BRI TRN ATL
32		 DAR
38		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT
25		 CAR TWS
Penske Racing 16 AMC RSD
3		 TWS
Crawford Racing 22 Plymouth TAL
31		 MCH NSV
1973 DiGard Motorsports 59 Chevy RSD DAY
DNQ		 RCH
25		 CAR BRI
24		 ATL NWS
9		 DAR 35th1755.75 [23]
88 MAR
27		 DOV
38		 TWS RSD MCH
7		 DAY
28		 BRI ATL
3		 TAL
26		 NSV DAR RCH DOV
12		 NWS MAR
34		 CLT
32		 CAR
6
08 TAL
2		 NSV CLT
1974 88 RSD
6		 DAY
6		 RCH
17		 CAR
27		 BRI
5		 ATL
5		 DAR
4		 NWS
7		 MAR
23		 TAL
36		 NSV
2		 DOV
30		 CLT
30		 RSD MCH
20		 DAY
33		 BRI NSV ATL
30		 POC TAL
40		 MCH DAR RCH DOV
31		 NWS MAR
3		 CLT
4		 CAR
6		 ONT 17th728.8 [24]
1975 RSD DAY
28		 RCH CAR
28		 BRI ATL
6		 NWS DAR
3		 MAR
21		 TAL
42		 NSV DOV
28		 CLT
9		 RSD MCH
35		 DAY
5		 NSV POC 28th1376 [25]
Ellington Racing 28 Chevy TAL
3		 MCH DAR DOV NWS MAR ATL
27		 ONT
Howard & Egerton Racing 27 Chevy CLT
33		 RCH CAR
9		 BRI
1976 Ellington Racing 28 Chevy RSD DAY CAR RCH BRI ATL NWS DAR
34		 MAR TAL
7		 NSV DOV
35		 CLT
6		 RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR
33		 RCH DOV MAR NWS ONT
34		34th988 [26]
1 CLT
1		 CAR
7		 ATL
3
1977 RSD DAY
30		 RCH CAR
3		 ATL
4		 NWS DAR
2		 BRI MAR
26		 TAL
4*		 NSV DOV CLT
33		 RSD MCH
24		 DAY
6		 NSV POC TAL
1*		 MCH BRI DAR
2		 RCH DOV
4		 MAR
28		 NWS CLT
36		 CAR
1*		 ATL
4*		 ONT
42		24th1970 [27]
1978 Olds RSD DAY
39		 RCH POC
35		 TAL
2		 MCH
29		 BRI DOV
9		 MAR NWS 25th1993 [28]
Chevy CAR
31		 ATL
3		 BRI DAR
23		 NWS MAR TAL
24		 DOV CLT
2		 NSV RSD MCH
5		 DAY
33		 NSV DAR
24		 RCH CLT
4		 CAR
20		 ATL
1		 ONT
3
1979 RSD
5		 CAR
30		 RCH
9		 ATL
7		 NWS
11		 BRI
6		 DAR
3		 MAR
27		 CLT
37		 TWS RSD MCH
2		 DAY
12		 NSV POC TAL
30		 MCH BRI DAR
31		 RCH DOV
2		 MAR CLT
5		 NWS CAR
4		 ATL
35		 ONT
11		24th2508 [29]
Olds DAY
4*		 TAL
23		 NSV DOV
1980 RSD DAY
7		 RCH 26th1730 [30]
Chevy CAR
5		 ATL
26		 BRI DAR NWS MAR
Halpern Enterprises 02 Olds TAL
25		 NSV DOV
Ogden Racing 18 Chevy CLT
31		 TWS
Kennie Childers Racing 12 Chevy RSD
30		 MCH
36		 NSV
27		 POC MCH
3		 BRI DAR
32		 RCH DOV
7		 NWS MAR
6		 CLT
5		 CAR
22		 ATL
37		 ONT
39
Olds DAY
19		 TAL
26
1981 RSD DAY
12		 RCH CAR
34		 ATL
29		 BRI NWS DAR MAR 44th527 [31]
John Rebhan 77 Olds TAL
5		 NSV DOV
11		 CLT
38		 TWS RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD
1982 Ogden Racing 18 Buick DAY
34		 RCH BRI ATL
11		 CAR
22		45th406 [32]
Rogers Racing 37 Buick DAR
9		 NWS MAR
30		 TAL
6		 NSV DOV
8		 CLT
37		 POC RSD MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV NWS CLT MAR CAR
Ellington Racing 1 Olds ATL
38		 RSD
1983 Cliff Stewart Racing 88 Pontiac DAY RCH CAR ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV BRI CLT RSD POC MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL
36		 RSD
14		NA0 [33]
1986 Gray Racing 54 Chevy DAY RCH CAR ATL BRI DAR NWS MAR TAL DOV CLT RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR
33		 RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR ATL RSD 114th64 [34]
1987 DAY
DNQ		 CAR RCH ATL DAR NWS BRI MAR TAL CLT DOV POC RSD MCH DAY POC TAL GLN MCH BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR NWS CLT CAR RSD ATL NA- [35]
1988 AAG Racing 34 Buick DAY
DNQ		 RCH CAR ATL DAR BRI NWS MAR TAL CLT DOV RSD POC MCH DAY POC TAL GLN 81st58 [36]
Bob Clark Motorsports 31 Olds MCH
35		 BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT NWS CAR PHO ATL
Daytona 500
YearTeamManufacturerStartFinish
1967 Robert Harper Chevrolet 4411
1968 Holman-Moody Ford 740
1969 Matthews Racing Ford 73
1970 735
1971 Mercury 1126
1973 DiGard Motorsports Chevrolet DNQ
1974 76
1975 128
1977 Ellington Racing Chevrolet 130
1978 Oldsmobile 739
1979 24
1980 27
1981 Kennie Childers Racing Oldsmobile 3312
1982 Ogden Racing Buick 2934
1987 Gray Racing Chevrolet DNQ
1988 AAG Racing Buick DNQ

Busch Series

NASCAR Busch Series results
YearTeamNo.Make12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031NBSCPtsRef
1984 A.G. Dillard Motorsports 22 Olds DAY RCH CAR HCY MAR DAR ROU NSV LGY MLW DOV CLT SBO HCY ROU SBO ROU HCY IRP LGY SBO BRI DAR RCH NWS CLT
8		 HCY CAR MAR 72nd142 [37]
1986 Collins Engineering 23 Buick DAY
5		 CAR HCY MAR BRI DAR
9		 SBO LGY JFC DOV CLT
40		 SBO HCY ROU IRP SBO RAL OXF SBO HCY LGY ROU BRI DAR
35		 RCH DOV MAR ROU CLT
11		 CAR
30		 MAR 38th597 [38]
1987 DAY
21		 HCY MAR
9		 DAR
29		 BRI
28		 LGY SBO CLT
29		 DOV IRP
16		 ROU JFC OXF SBO HCY RAL LGY ROU BRI JFC DAR
34		 RCH DOV MAR
15		 CLT
12		 CAR
7		 MAR 34th957 [39]
1988 DAY
23		 HCY CAR MAR DAR BRI LNG NZH SBO NSV CLT
13		 DOV ROU LAN LVL MYB OXF SBO HCY LNG IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT
DNQ		 CAR MAR 63rd218 [40]
1989 DAY
37		 CAR MAR HCY DAR BRI NZH SBO LAN NSV CLT DOV ROU LVL VOL MYB SBO HCY DUB IRP ROU BRI DAR RCH DOV MAR CLT CAR MAR 94th52 [41]

International Race of Champions

(key) (Bold – Pole position. * – Most laps led.)

International Race of Champions results
YearMakeQ1Q2Q312Pos.PtsRef
1978–79 Chevy MCH
3		 MCH RSD RSD
10		 ATL
11		10thNA [42]
1979–80 MCH
8		 MCH RSD RSD ATL NA0 [43]

American open-wheel racing

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position)

USAC Championship Car

USAC Championship Car results
YearTeamChassisEngine123456789101112131415161718Pos.Pts
1970 Foyt-Greer Racing Eagle 67 Ford 159ci V8 t PHX SON TRE INDY
4		 MIL LAN CDR MCH IRP ISF MIL ONT DSF INF SED TRE SAC PHX 20th600
1971 Foyt-Greer Racing Coyote 71 Ford 159ci V8 t RAF RAF PHX TRE INDY
6		 POC
28		 MCH MIL ONT
24		 TRE PHX NC0
Coyote 69 MIL
17
Indianapolis 500
YearChassisEngineStartFinishTeam
1970 Eagle Ford 204 Foyt-Greer Racing
1971 Coyote Ford 206 Foyt-Greer Racing

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  22. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1972 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  23. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1973 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  26. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  27. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1977 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  28. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  29. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  30. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  31. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1981 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  32. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1982 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  33. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1983 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1986 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  35. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1987 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  36. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1988 NASCAR Winston Cup Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  37. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1984 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  38. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1986 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  39. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1987 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  40. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1988 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  41. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1989 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
  42. ↑ "Donnie Allison – 1979 IROC Results". Racing-Reference. Retrieved January 28, 2017.
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