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So that was the last unrestricted race at Talladega, and its sister superspeedway, 2.5-mile Daytona. The only car that had a shot at him was Bill Elliott. Click the drop-down menu below and make your selection. From historic images to vivid descriptions, a record of rich detail is bundled inside a single card. Allison had gone airborne on the 21st lap, "but what y'all don't realize is that for those first 20 laps, I saw that the show was lousy," France told me. Competition History: © 2020 Nascar Hall Of Fame. But Allison would tell me later that his engine blew and that he ran over shrapnel from his own car to cut the tire. Restrictor plates could be blamed for causing that wreck, in that neither Edwards nor Brad Keselowski, with whom he was dueling for the win, could afford to back off at that point. September 23, 2020 They let 212.809 ride. News editors commandeered my services from the sports department and dispatched me to go down to the wreck scene. Fortunately, the elder Allison was uninjured in the crash. Teams had to run smaller carburetors, in an effort to slow down, not just the qualifying speeds but the racing speeds, at the two fastest tracks on the NASCAR schedule. I mean, we had 625 horsepower back then and now they’ve got 850 to the rear wheels. Davey Allison kept his foot to the floor as he saw Elliott’s red, gold, and white #9 closing in on him. Not only did Elliott’s lap set a track record, more than 33 years later it remains the fastest single qualifying lap in NASCAR premier series history.The race began with Elliott on the pole, Bobby Allison on the outside of Row 1 and rookie Davey Allison on the inside of Row 2. In the 1987 Daytona 500, held 30 years ago this month, "Awesome Bill" was so fast he was indeed phaste. This weekend is the 25th anniversary of the crash that brought restrictor plates to NASCAR for keeps. In the end, Elliott was hoping to go even faster than he did, but it didn’t matter to the people in the grandstands. This remains NASCAR's fastest official lap ever. For the 1988 season, the restrictor plates were installed for the Daytona 500, and right away NASCAR saw that the plates were not enough to keep cars off the fence. Ozuna to the Astros? And by the way, Bobby Allison defeated Davey by a car length to win the 1988 Daytona 500. The faster the better,” said Elliott, who was voted NASCAR’s Most Popular Driver a record 16 times during his career. The car, without the aid of safety features like the new rear wing or a set of roof flaps, lifted off the racetrack and tore into the catch fence. If you put all of that together today, the sky is the limit.”. Neither, however, was easy as evidenced by the lengths teams went to during that record-setting qualifying session at Talladega. Bill Elliott had his #9 Coors-Melling Ford, on the pole, at an all-time NASCAR record speed of 212.809mph. The prospect of a car getting airborne brought immediate changes to NASCAR in order to slow the cars at the high-speed, high-banked oval. Bobby Allison was in the other Stavola car. 4-speed manual, Overall length: You picked up the bank before you got to the corner at Talladega while Daytona was totally the opposite, you kind of ran in the corner before you picked up all of the banking.”. A week later, Bobby Rahal would win the pole for the Indy 500 at 216.609 mph. On hood: COORS / MELLING OIL PUMPS / FORD The greatest race track in the world celebrates its 50th Anniversary this year. 1987 Talladega 500 Previous race results / Next race results Previous at this track / Next at this track. Black (Color), On side: 9 | COORS | MOTORCRAFT / QUALITY PARTS / Melling Oil Pumps “We had worked so hard to get to that point that it was very satisfying from our end. “You had to have a little bit of downforce or you couldn’t drive them, so you just had to get to that point where you took as much off as you could and still be able to make it around the race track.”. Then on the 21st lap, disaster struck. Everything seemed to go into slow motion. This week marks the 30th anniversary of when Elliott set NASCAR’s record speed of 212.809 mph while qualifying his No. Bill Elliott won the pole for this race at a qualifying speed of 212.809 mph (a lap time of 44.998 seconds) this speed created headlines across the country. 9 Melling ride and Davey Allison’s No. And two, Bill Elliott's actual version of fast isn't the same as it is for us mere mortals. When Carl Edwards' car sailed into the catch fence at Talladega in 2009, not far from where Allison's car hit in '87, Edwards' car went against the fence, but not quite as knife-like as Allison's had. Elliott’s record remains intact largely because a day after setting the mark Bobby Allison’s car got airborne during the race, damaging the catchfence and injuring some spectators. Allison would go on to lead 101 of 178 laps, with the race shortened 10 laps because of impending darkness brought on by the long red-flag period. We put a lot of effort into our speedway programs and already had really good power, so we were able to kind of marry it all together.”. They stretched but did not break. The race was red-flagged for two-and-a-half hours, as track crews repaired the catch fence. Davey had blew his Robert Yates built qualifying engine. Elliott’s record-setting Thunderbird is still alive and well, having been donated by car owner Harry Melling to The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation in Dearborn, Mich. Allison had over a seven second lead on Elliott, but Wild Bill looked as if he was going to pull off a comeback somewhat like he did in 1985, when he made up nearly two laps, under green flag racing, to take the win. Such is the case for the 1987 Winston 500 at Alabama International Motor Speedway, the track that today is known as Talladega Superspeedway. Richard Petty, in his STP Pontiac, was turned sideways and his car lifted off the track, got into the fence, and rolled over several times coming off of turn four. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images. When it comes to the world of stock car racing, Richard Petty rules the roost with 200 career Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series victories, but in terms of sheer speed, well, the man who stands on the top of that mountain is Bill Elliott. © 2020 Talladega Superspeedway, Elliott Headlines the 1980s at Talladega, Which Also Showcases Five First-Time Winners. The hole ended only a few feet short of the flag stand, where flagman Harold Kinder had bravely stood there waving the caution flag as the car came right at him. The last un-restricted race at Talladega was the Winston 500, which was held on 5/3/1987. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. It seemed so much longer at the time. One year, Dale Earnhardt turned a lap over 200-mph during a race at Talladega. After he landed, while the car spun 360 after 360, Allison did receive several hard hits, as other cars got swept up in the debris, from both the fence and Allison’s Buick. Metal All that matters is that they were there. For more information on cookies and our privacy policy, please click "About > Privacy Policy" above. “I think the qualifying record at Talladega just kind of puts an exclamation point on our legacy. The record, which came on the heels of his 210.364 mph mark at Daytona just a couple of months earlier, further cemented his place in NASCAR lore. For Daytona that July, NASCAR mandated smaller carburetors. Bill Elliott. Bill Elliott became NASCAR’s fastest man ever with his official qualifying speed of 212.809 mph, set in 1987 at Talladega Superspeedway. Bobby Allison was uninjured but his car, along with the cars of Cale Yarborough and Ron Bouchard, was knocked out of the race. In the 1987 Daytona 500, held 30 years ago this month, "Awesome Bill" was so fast he was indeed phaste. “But it’s dictated by the evolution of the sport and the safety of the drivers. Pearson recorded three wins while Hylton and Brooks scored one win each. That being said, if you unrestricted the cars, and with the way technology is today, I don’t know why they wouldn’t go over there and run 225-230. Winner, 1987 Talladega 500, Talladega, Alabama. Each year, three inductees are selected from a list of 15 nominees to secure their place in NASCAR history and the NASCAR Hall of Fame Hall of Honor. Officials gave us their standard line, that they were constantly monitoring the situation. From the Collections of The Henry Ford. He would win six consecutive pole positions at the 2.66-mile venue as well as win two premier series races at the Tri-Oval. Photo courtesy of NASCAR Archives & Research Center via Getty Images. He ended up winning 19 times on superspeedways from 1985-87 and capped it off with a series championship in 1988. All Rights Reserved. This year marks the 40th year of racing at the Talladega Super-Speedway, in Alabama. And the rest is a complicated history of pack drafting, massive pileups drivers call "the big one," then tandem drafting, then back to pack drafting … of drivers complaining that they don't have enough throttle response to drive away from trouble … of white knuckles on every steering wheel in the 43-car field … of tension that transcends the drivers' seats to the grandstands to the sofas in the living rooms. The only plate race thus far this year, the Daytona 500 in February -- dominated by Roush teammates Matt Kenseth and Greg Biffle, challenged only by Dale Earnhardt Jr. before Kenseth won -- does not bode well for action in Sunday's race at Talladega. They were beyond thrilled. "Them people that were sittin' here, they got scared and left. Bruton Smith, the track mogul who has long been the archrival of NASCAR's ruling France family, will tell you he suggested installation of the cables to then-NASCAR czar Bill France Jr., who also headed International Speedway Corp., which owns Talladega. Template:Infobox NASCAR driver William Clyde "Bill" Elliott (born October 8, 1955), also known as Awesome Bill from Dawsonville or Million Dollar Bill, is a part-time driver and former champion of the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Both Allison and Schrader would go on to win more races in the top series of NASCAR but for Bouchard, Hillin and Parsons, it was their only career triumph. That July, Bobby Allison won the Daytona race with Bill Elliott holding off a hard charging Davey Allison at Talladega, three weeks later. TALLADEGA, Ala. – Records are meant to be broken, but there are some that have stood the test of time. And two, Bill Elliott's actual version of fast isn't the same as it is for us mere mortals. “Talladega was built for those speeds and the transitions were so much easier. Back in those days, a team could put a qualifying engine in the car, and then exchange it with a more durable race engine.

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