Davey Allison

Davey Allison is a former American Professional Stock Car Driver. He last competed in The Pepsi Cup Series in the number 28 Texoco/Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the 2001 Kroger Supermarkets 300 at Loudon New Hampshire Motor Speedway. He competed in a full Mountain Dew National Series season in 2012.

## Career

### NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series

In 1988 Davey made 5 starts in the new number 28 Robert Yates Racing car. He finished 3rd at Phoenix and best 2nd at Atlanta. He got 8th in the standings.

In 1989 Davey made his rookie year debut with 14 top 10s and 7 top 5s. He won at Talladega and Daytona

In 1990 Davey won at Bristol and Charlotte and got 5 top 5s and 10 top 10s and placed 13th in the standings.

In 1991 Davey got 7 top 5s and 11 top 10s and placed 3rd in the standings with wins at Charlotte, Sonoma, Michigan, North Carolina, and Phoenix.

In 1992 Davey got third in the standings again with wins at Daytona, North Wilkesbero, Talladega, Michigan, and Phoenix. He got 12 top 5s and 14 top 10s.

In 1993, 16 races into the season, Davey was injured in a helicopter crash at Talladega. He would miss the remainder of the season and get 18th in the standings as Robby Gordon, Lake Speed, and Ernie Irvan replaced him the rest of the season. He got 5 top 5s and 7 top 10s. He did win at Richmond that year.

In 1994, Ernie Irvan became Davey Allison's first teammate in the new number 88 car. Ernie was sponsored by Red Carpet Lease full-time all races. Meanwhile Ernie and Davey were both championship contenders against Dale Earnhardt Senior. At Michigan late in the season the three were battling for the win when Dale Earnhardt hooked Ernie Ivan into the wall ending his championship hopes which also collected Davey Allison who also was injured. Davey had 2 wins that season at Bristol and Dover with 14 top 5s and 18 top 10s. He got 10th in the standings. Davey was replaced for the rest of the season by Dale Jarrett who won the last two races of the season.

In 1995, Ernie stayed in the 88 car, Davey stayed in the 28 car, and Dale Jarrett joined the team in the number 38 Red Carpet Lease car as the sponsor left Ernie and he got Havoline instead. Texoco/Havoline was still Davey's sponsor though. Davey Allison got second in the standings with 4 wins at Daytona, North Carolina, Dover, and Phoenix and got 12 top 5s and 15 top 10s. Ernie got a win at Talladega but over 10 DNFS which got him 17th in the standings. Dale Jarrett didn't win but did get second place 4 times and all those four were to Davey. Jarrett got 11th in the standings.

In 1996, Davey signed a contract until the end of 2001 with the team and Texoco/Havoline. Dale Jarrett remained in the number 38 Red Carpet Lease car ford as he signed until 1999 with the team and until 2002 with Red Carpet Lease. In the 88, Ernie Irvan left the team and did start his own in the number 13 car which lasted until 1999 where his retirement came. Anyway Davey was able to beat out Terry Labonte in the championship with an AMAZING 8 WINS ON THE SEASON! He won at Daytona, North Carolina, Talladega, Pocono, Michigan, Darlington, Dover, and Atlanta. He got 17 top 5s and 22 top 10s.

In 1997, Davey scored 4 more wins at North Carolina, Atlanta, Martinsville, and Atlanta and got 11 top 5s and 14 top 10s. He placed 5th in the standings.

In 1998, Davey got 2 wins at North Carolina and North Wilkesboro and got 14 top 5s and 18 top 10s with a 8th place finish in the standings.

In 1999, Davey got his final career win at the 1999 Talladega 500, the same track where his first win came back in 1989. During this time frame from 1997-1999 Dale Jarrett was Davey's teammate and main rival but they did respect each other a lot.

In 2000, Dale Jarrett was pushing Davey Allison to the win on the final lap of the Daytona 500 when a tragic moment happened when Davey was turned into the front straight away wall and flipped into the air and slammed the catch fence and was hit hard by Bobby Labonte which sent him flipping into the grass 4 times. Davey was killed in this but was soon brought back to life. Jarrett won the race but felt guilty for what happened to Davey. Davey finished 9th across the line though. Davey was out for the rest of the season and Ricky Rudd did replace him with all those races Anyway Ricky did get 5th in the standings as Davey got 44th.

In 2001, Davey was told he had a career ending crash but he refused to stop racing. Until the season ended when he realized he would never win again. He returned to the number 28 Texoco/Havoline Ford with Dale Jarrett still in the 88 Red Carpet Lease car as his teammate but newly added in the 38 was Ricky Rudd with Texoco as the sponsor. The thirty eight returned for the first time since 1995 with Ernie Irvan as the driver. In 2001 Davey's teammates won some races but as for Davey he only got 2 top 5s and 8 top 10s. He placed 17th in the standings and he did end his career on a high note in his final race where he got second in the New Hampshire race.

As for Robert Yates Racing, Davey became a partner with the family from 2002-2009 but then took the team over in 2010 and ran it in the 2010 and 2011 seasons until he closed the team and combined Robert Yates Racing with his Busch Series team calling it Davey Yates Racing. which closed after its first season when Davey tried to compete the whole season in the 28 K&N car with Menards, Ford Performance, and One Main, and Love's.

### NASCAR Mountain Dew National Series

In 2012, Davey took Robert Yates to the Mountain Dew National Series and competed in the 28 car with multiple sponsors. He was able to get second twice at Daytona and Talladega and get 15th in the standings but did have a bad crash at Homestead which ended his racing career forever. He got 8 top 5s and 14 top 10s.

### NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series Team Owner

In 2002 Davey became partners with the team and below are a list of the drivers he had:

#### 2002

1. #28 Jeff Green (Texoco/Havoline)
2. #38 Ricky Rudd (Texoco)
3. #88 Dale Jarrett (UPS)

#### 2003

* #28 Jeff Green (Texoco/Havoline)
* #38 Ricky Rudd (Texoco)
* #88 Dale Jarrett (UPS)

#### 2004

* #28 David Green (Snickers)
* #38 Ricky Rudd (Texoco)
* #88 Dale Jarrett (UPS)

#### 2005

* #28 David Green (Snickers)
* #38 Ricky Rudd (Texoco)
* #88 Dale Jarrett (UPS)

#### 2006

* #28 David Green (Snickers)
* #38 Ricky Rudd (Texoco)
* #88 Dale Jarrett (UPS)
* #98 Stephen Leicht (Citigroup)

#### 2007

* #28 David Green (Snickers)
* #38 David Gilliland (Texoco)
* #88 Ricky Rudd (Snickers)

#### 2008

* #28 Travis Kvapil (K&N)
* #38 David Gilliland (M&Ms)

#### 2009

* #28 Travis Kvapil (K&N)
* #98 Paul Menard (Menards)

#### 2011

* #28 David Stremme (8), Scott Speed (2), Elliott Sadler (19), Ricky Stenhouse Junior (7) (K&N/Love's/One Main/Ford Performance)

### Mountain Dew National Series

#### 2012

* #28 Davey Allison (Himself) (K&N, Love's, Ford Performance, One Main, And Menards)