The sanctioning body, however, now provides some level of support. You have to have a plan for the day you get out of this race car. You want to make sure your family and your children are taken care of if something happens. That's no different if you drive a race car or work in an office. The last thing you want is to be hurt so bad that you don't know what's going on around you, and all it does is drain every dime you've made.
Drivers now make the kind of money that requires financial planners.
The new generation of daredevils are building portfolios that will assure their wealth will be left to their loved ones, even if they spend their final years on life support. I pray to God it never happens. What we've learned is we can't live for the moment. When the day comes I don't, or can't, drive any more, I want to know everything will be all right. Allison's injuries, coupled with some bad business decisions, left him on the brink of bankruptcy.