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Davey Allison vs Ralph Earnhardt: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up

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by Charlie Turner

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March 25, 2009 3:38 pm EDT 8 Comments

Members of two of NASCAR’s great racing families and the 50 Greatest NASCAR Drivers club tee it up in the final round one game from the One and Done region of NASCAR 64 Greatest Drivers Tournament at Bench Racing with Steve and Charlie.

Davey Allison was a super star with Hollywood good looks and talent to spare. His 19 wins and 92 top tens in 191 starts don’t tell the story. Davey had “it”. The same “it” that Jeff Gordon and Earnhardt Jr have. He was Raybestos Rookie of the Year and two races in ‘87, won the ‘92 Daytona 500. Was killed in a helicopter crash in ‘93.

Ralph Earnhardt was relentless. He won the ‘56 NASCAR Sportsman Division championship and finished second in his first Grand National - now Cup - series event. Went on to 16 top tens in 51 races entered. Earnhardt was an innovator in car preparation and was one of the first to understand and use tire stagger. Father of seven-time Cup champ, Dale Earnhardt. Died of a heart attack in ‘73.

Earnhardt vs Allison. It’s not like that never happened before. Leave us a comment.

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8 Responses to “Davey Allison vs Ralph Earnhardt: NASCAR’s 64 Greatest Drivers Match Up”

  1. 4ever3 on March 25th, 2009 8:57 pm

    This one is tough, because Allison had a very bright future but it will remain unrealized. So we must look at what was accomplished not what may have been accomplished. With that being said I have to go with Earnhardt.

    Too bad Allison wasn’t paired with Rob Moroso or something of the like.

  2. Default NASCAR Guest Avatar okla21fan on March 25th, 2009 9:21 pm

    Allison

    asphalt over dirt wins

  3. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on March 25th, 2009 11:05 pm

    On Tuesday’s ON PIT ROW radio show, Wind Tunnel’s Dave Despain was put on the spot and asked to choose this match up. Despain took Allison even though he admitted to hating inter-generational comparisons. Chalk one up for what could have been

  4. User Avatar Steve Wronkowicz on March 25th, 2009 11:09 pm

    As Charlie said in his synopsis post–Davey had it. Whatever it is, it made him a winner and a fan favorite all at once. Allison by a long shot.

  5. Spaceman on March 26th, 2009 7:20 am

    Allison…and had Davey not died so young, there is no way Ralph’s son would have 7 championships.

  6. User Avatar Marc on March 26th, 2009 5:10 pm

    Davey Allison

  7. User Avatar Charlie Turner on March 27th, 2009 9:32 pm

    Davey Allison. Ralph Earnhardt in the top 50 makes me scratch my head.

  8. User Avatar Matt Mercer on March 27th, 2009 11:31 pm

    Davey Allison.

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