This week, NASCAR historians around the world were jumping for joy at the news of Bobby Allison officially earning his 85th career NASCAR Cup Series win.
Most fans familiar with the story have long recognized Allison as an 85-time winner, but NASCAR itself officially recognized the victory, updating the record books to reflect the win. That moves Allison into sole possession of fourth on the all-time wins list, which is big because it breaks the tie he had with longtime rival Darrell Waltrip, who sits at 84 wins and moves down into fifth on the list.
For those unfamiliar with the story, Allison won the 1971 Myers Brothers 250 at Bowman Gray Stadium, but because he was driving a Grand American car instead of a Grand National car (back then NASCAR combined the two series at times for bigger fields), NASCAR disallowed the victory.
With the announcement that Bowman Gray is returning to the NASCAR schedule to host the Busch Light Clash in 2025, it wouldn’t have been surprising if there were renewed talks about the controversy. NASCAR and Bowman Gray could’ve had the desire to rectify the situation before returning to the quarter-mile so fans wouldn’t bring it up yet again.
As my colleague Luken Glover stated, it only took 53 years, but NASCAR and Bowman Gray finally acknowledged Allison as the winner.
The awarding of Allison’s 85th win has also led viewers to renew pleas for certain races where a winner was disqualified to have those wins restored to the original winner. Such instances include wins as recently 2018 and as old as 1990.
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