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Mead, 46, was an experienced flyer who owned a San Jose aircraft-sales firm. Maybe you might even begin to understand what is special about tracks like Martinsville and Bristol. Kind of puts the rash of recent cry babies in perspective doesn't it. Less than 18 months after a career-defining win, Allison died during a helicopter crash in July 1993 at Talladega Speedway's infield near his family's Birmingham home. During the 1988 season, Allison raced a full schedule, won twice, and finished 8th in the Cup Series standings. Kulwicki led the most laps in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and that made the difference as he edged race winner Bill Elliott for the championship. Riding with Allison at the time of the crash was racer Red Farmer, who has recovered from his injuries. Just because he did notmake the same mistake he has made countless times does not mean he did notmake a different fatal mistake. WASHINGTON (AP) _ A federal investigation of a helicopter accident that killed NASCAR driver Davey Allison found he had less than three hours of training on the chopper he crashed at Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama last July. The National Transportation Safety Board concluded today that the helicopter crash that killed the stock car driver Davey Allison on July 12, 1993, was probably caused by Allison's. Instead, he said he would most treasure the 1988 Daytona 500, in which he finished second to his father. "I really didn't know what happened until he (Allison) started talking to Ernie Irvan in the garage the next day in Charlotte," Norris said. He was a great competitor. Here's a look back at the impressive NASCAR career and untimely death of Davey Allison. Oct. 30, 1954--Wilbur Shaw, President of Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Decatur, Ind. Davey was the second of the two sons of former NASCAR star Bobby Allison to die in an accident in the space of 11 months. He had finished third in the Cup Series standings the previous two years. Some of you guys really beat up on the Bodine's collectively for wreckingother drivers but I for one do not feel they come anywhere close to thelevel of stupidity Ernie showed in the #4 Kodak car. Davey Allison was best known for driving the No 28 Texaco-Havoline Ford for Robert Yates Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. In nine seasons, he produced 92 top-10 finishes and 19 trips to victory lane, including the year before at the biggest one of them all, the Daytona 500. Longform: The days of Davey Allison | NASCAR.com Allison suffered fatal head injuries when his head struck either theinside of the cockpit or the asphalt. Though nearly ever driver I liked was wrecked out or heavily damaged and just out there racing for points, it was still kind of a neat race in that Davey won, and I got to see it. Allison was killed on July 13, 1993, from injuries he sustained the day before when a helicopter he was piloting crashed inside the infield at Talladega Superspeedway. Davey Allison | Stock Car Racing Wiki | Fandom I (and many other Davey Allison fans) have never forgiven Robert> Yates for this. It was the worst possible response to a> tragedy. I bought it. Tragically killed in a 1993 helicopter crash at the age of 32 . I would guess that each airplane I transition to requires aminimum of 20 landings. Allison never regained consciousness after the accident and was pronounced dead of massive head injuries at 7 a.m. CDT in the Carraway Methodist Medical Center at Birmingham, Ala. Alan Kulwicki, who won the Winston Cup stock car championship last year after a tense battle with Allison and Bill Elliott, was killed April 1 when a small plane in which he was flying crashed in a field near Bristol, Tenn. We fly so much, between races, personal appearances and testing, that its a wonder it hasnt happened before, said one driver, asking that his name not be used.