Daytona Bob's Alan Kulwicki Tribute

Alan Kulwicki

1954-1993

Alan Kulwicki was born on 12/14/54 in Greenfield, Wisconsin. He grew up racing on dirt tracks and dreaming of making it to Nascar Winston Cup Racing one day. In 1986 Alan's dream came true, with only 2 cars, 2 engines, and 2 crew members he not only made it to Winston Cup, he went on to be that years Rookie of the Year. He won his first race in Phoenix in 1988. Over the next 4 years he would visit Victory Lane 4 more times. And in 1992 he was Mr. Consistency, and went on to edge out Bill Elliott by 10 points in the final race at Atlanta to capture the Winston Cup Championship. What a day that was! October 15, 1992. It was the end of an era, King Richard Petty's final race. It was the beginning of a new era, a kid named Jeff Gordon made his Winston Cup debut and finished 31'st. There has always been much controversy over which make of car has had an unfair advantage, but think about this. A Ford did not win the Winston Cup Championship again until Dale Jarrett did it in 1999!

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1993 was a bad year. We lost Alan Kulwicki in a plane crash on 4-1-93 near Bristol TN., then just 3 months later lost Davey Allison in a helicopter crash at Talladega AL on 7-13-93. I was a huge fan of both of these great drivers. Things will never be the same without them. If there is a silver lining in every dark cloud, then the good that came out of these tragedies is that it brought all Nascar Fans closer together. When Dale Earnhardt and Rusty Wallace did that Polish Victory lap waving the 28 & 7 Flags out their windows in memory of our fallen heroes it had a deep and lasting effect on me. I may be known to bash a few certain drivers from time to time (including my own), but I have a lot of respect for all Nascar drivers and Fans! We should all Thank God that we are so lucky to be able to enjoy the talents of so many Great drivers, and the number one sport in the world.

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