Been a life long Bobby fan but watching Donnie and Bobby race race was why I loved the sport in the late 60’s and 70’s

What a great conversation with Donnie. He's got a wicked sense of humor, but we can also see there are some things that continue to annoy him to this day. Like others, I'd never heard the story about the postrace protest from the 1979 Daytona 500.

Donnie Allison tells great stories! And that's the Gospel.

@TheGarageShop200

3 жыл бұрын

He surely does, and he shared some great ones with us in this episode, Josh.

The cale Donnie and Bobby incident on live tv brought nascar into a mainstream sport. Those three added thousands of new fans into nascar. They deserve a huge thank you!

Big Donnie fan here!!! Great video!!!

I am so glad to have found this video. Donnie is the greatest and he is straight-forward and doesn't pull punches and says what needs to be said. I admire him and that is what makes him so great. Been many years since I have seen him and he looks great.

@TheGarageShop200

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching our video, he is definitely a unique person and wonderful

Tim , that was another great interview with Donnie Allison. Thanks for sharing this on YT. I am enjoying everyone of these real racecar driver's.

@TheGarageShop200

2 жыл бұрын

Tim here, thank you very much for your kind words and for watching

Awesome show in my opinion Donnie Allison is the #1 most overlooked driver in history as well as Bobby but not as bad…Donnie doesn’t get near the credit he deserves the man was a mans man even for his time period he is just a pure racers racer he didn’t do it for the fame or fortune he done it for the thrill of winning just like he says here he didn’t run some races because he didn’t feel like he had the equipment to win so he went to his local track and got a trophy! Donnie Allison was as good as if not better then Bobby but just didn’t catch all the right breaks!

@TheGarageShop200

2 жыл бұрын

You are correct on pretty much everything you said about Donnie. If he would have run more races, who knows.

Thank you Garage Shop for these interviews and everything else you provide. I grew up a bit south of Daytona and attended my first 500 in 1972. We were in the infield 1st turn and I remember like it was yesterday once the race started, on the 1st lap I thought they aren't going to be able to make the turn, they are going to fast and it sounded like thunder. AJ Foyt won the race and I went to every 500 up through the mid 80's. Donnie Allison and so many others...these were true race drivers and some of the bravest men I have ever seen. When you look at the cars they were driving, at those speeds it is almost unbelievable. I was just a kid way back then, but between these race drivers and the local short tracks we went to in Central Florida, those were the best times of my life. Thanks again!

Me and my father-in-law Ken Johnson had the pleasure of playing a few rounds of golf with Donnie. He had moved to Salsbury N C to build Dave Allison’s Grand National cars with his sons. He was just as competitive playing golf as he was driving a race car. Great memories for sure.

I like Donnie Allison, a member of "The Alabama Gang", along with Bobby Allison, Davey Allison, Clifford Allison. I was a big fan of Davey Allison.

Great interview of Donny Allison

@TheGarageShop200

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, he can certainly tell a story

Phenomenal interview!

Geez Tim. You sure have a way to get these old pros to open up about the greatest era of stockcar racing. We old fans really appreciate the revival........................

@TheGarageShop200

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Bill. It starts with sincerity and admiration. Glad you enjoyed the interviews. Tim

Donnie was always a hard charger

@TheGarageShop200

2 жыл бұрын

His brother Bobby said he still one of the toughest competitors ever on the track

Love these..Love hearing about Leeroy Yarbrough also from some of these guys because he had a record season in 69 in the Torino. Great content and well be really glad these interviews exist in 10 yrs.

@TheGarageShop200

Жыл бұрын

Appreciate your kind words, Patrick.

Donnie you are a class Act 👏 you should have won the 79 DAYTONA 500

@TheGarageShop200

Жыл бұрын

we agree !

I like this era of NASCAR because they were average guys that had the passion just to race and the money they made was just to earn a middle class living , do more racing and not to just build a "brand".

Why this man is not in the NASCAR Hall of yis an absolute travesty.