Pettys Allisons Earnhardts

Documentary

[@warrenchambers4819]

The kind of Racers and Race cars that have made Nascar what it was, will never be seen again. Without it Nascar lost it's character, sadly if something isn't done soon the sun will set on the best automobile racing sport the world has ever known.

[@tomcumby1118]

Well said

[@andrewschreiner2752]

Amen dude I have been a NASCAR fan since I was 2 years old and It is nothing like It used to be

[@willydb11184]

Only good racing left is at Bowman in NC

[@christophercuppsr8912]

We can't go back, and if anyone puts jime jonsun with Sr and Richard petty that's where you can tell why it's like this. I'm not into extended version of all star race weekly.

[@andrewschreiner2752]

@@christophercuppsr8912 Jimmie Johnson deserves to be on the same level as Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty he won 7 Championships just like they did no one else has every come close

[@bonniecollins340]

What a well narrated doccumentary filled with so much emotion based of true stories of such giants of our sport!..

[@MrJoshpolston]

Oh

[@brendawatkins6337]

WHEN EARNHEART DIED THAT DAY ,MY HUSBAND AND I WERE GOING HOME"AND ALL HE WOULD SAY WAS "I HATE IT,I CAN'T HARDLY BELIEVE IT "GOSH" THAT HEART HIM AS IF IT WAS SOMEONE THAT WAS KEND TO HIM.

[@Garf2O]

Who needs sad tragic storys in movies and tv shows when you can just watch this, and its even worse cause it actually happened.

[@brianbooher7318]

i feel s sory for the allisons bobie lost verthing whats not mentioned is shortly after davey bobie lost neil bonnet an so did dale

[@ihus9950]

👍

[@zlinedavid]

When I think I'm having a bad day, I think of Bobby Allison. The sport that he loved almost killed him and robbed him of some of his greatest memories, and was directly responsible for the death of one child and indirectly responsible for the death of another, which in turn lead to the (then) breakdown of his mariage. His ability, his family, his fortune....gone. Yet he can look out and say "I've learned to wash my underwear and cook spaghetti....I'll be alright." And if he can be alright through that, how bad is my day?

[@RedSoxNation92]

Not to mention he’s now lost his wife too. My heart breaks for the man.

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

Well said

[@lee4501]

Never was a big Allison fan but someone fron nascar anyone should help him out financially my god look what he done for the sport their is no way he should have to move back in with his mother and live like that its a tragedy someone from nascar not the driver's but nacar themselves should make this right.

[@shaunstrasser1]

And robbed him of his youngest son

[@allee190]

@@lee4501 I'll pledge to that

[@TheKoolioz]

That part on why Dale didn't visit Davey's funeral made me sob like a baby.

[@surrealorb8325]

Chemaphex time stamp?

[@DiRF]

@@surrealorb8325 1:02:19

[@surrealorb8325]

DiRF eyyyyy thanks

[@kathysanders1992]

Love this. Couldn't watch with a dry eye. Great documentary.

[@simahe1252]

When Dale was killed Nascar died with him. Good families.

[@efan2011]

The Allison segments are the most heartbreaking, no family ever deserves to suffer that much. Nothing against the Petty's or Earnhardt's as they have suffered too, but the Allison's had so many whammys at one time.

[@VGF80]

Disconnected marriage, Two ill fated sons, A medical disaster, Some of the worst things that could ever happen to a famous star.

[@jaymu9879]

Davey was my hero growing up . I'm 31 now my Dad my other hero was a ultimate die hard Allison fan . Dad took me to meet Davey at a Texaco station grand opening in NC when I was 3 yrs old I still remember looking in Daveys eyes . Sadly both of them are in heaven now. Davey was one of the most relentlessly men ever to go around the sun . He never gave up and always kept a positive attitude. I remember dad and I mourned the loss of Davey for weeks.

[@fredsullivan2777]

@@jaymu9879 I was a HUGE Dale Earnhardt fan and became a HUGE fan of Jrs. after Dales death. However, It Davey had lived , that would have been the rivalry to beat all rivalries!

[@exodus1960]

I really hope that Robbie Allison makes it to Nascar.

[@dr.b0973]

I'm sure he will if he's even half as good as his dad and grandad he'll be a great driver

[@Weezy10580]

Yeah that didn’t happen

[@MaximumDecibels]

30:15 did you hear what this man said. can't hate somone that grew something out of nothing. dale had nothing and turned that into a millionares life. to have what dale had and to achive what dale did on the track..of course only focusing on himself was the way to go..we should all learn from the mistakes dale made, now you know what not to do. does dale deserve our disrespect? No he doesn't..and surely not 20 yrs after his death. i never liked Nascar..i watched it with grandad and rooted on bobby allison or donnie. when i heard about this hot shot rookie driver Dale Earnhardt from my grandad in 1979..i took it at face value and ran with it. i finally had a fresh driver i could root for in my teens. im 54 yrs old now and have been a dale fan since i was 13. Dale was rough on tires..and hell on wheels...and we fans ate it up..worked for our money all week, to blow it on nascar and chicks come the weekend. yup dale started it..frigin instigator..he didnt intimidate us fans..rattle some nerves along the way..he was training them..'endurance test of wit and will' ralph earnhardt winning 101

[@willpuckett97]

I agree 100% jack arute is a jerk, he must be A petty fan, because he completely disrespects both Dale sr. And Bobby Allison in this

[@josephwinkler4863]

It’s OK Richard I speak Southern American myself!

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

NASCAR better get its act together to do these legends proper justice. if they don't, tomorrow the stands could be as empty....as the Petty Garage is today.

[@dougshelton1877]

Bobby Allison held me in a picture in 1984, our family were on vacation..I'm 36 today they were all good to us, my Dad and brother both raced..I wrote a paper in 3rd grade about the Alabama Gang..Bobby signed it..my Dad and brother went to Davey's funeral that horrible July, we all visited his grave afterwards

[@slabbusterrtr7690]

3 greatest names period poor Bobby good Lord that man has dealt with some pain I couldn't imagine he lost both sons I don't think I could go on I really don't. .. great video really is 👍

[@aracp1892]

What an emotional rollercoaster......

[@chrisramsey6725]

If Bobby Allison had the money and the factory backing that Richard Petty had, I am convinced that he would be second on the all time win list and Petty would not have 7 titles and 200 wins. Petty would use his clout to really screw over the Allisons in the inner politics of the sport and the tire and car companies.

[@jdhaynes9887]

God bless you Bobby

[@Raptorking18]

The three biggest names in Nascar

[@VGF80]

These three family names will always be part of the identity of NASCAR. "Petty, Allison and Earnhardt"

[@michaelweizer7794]

@@VGF80 agreed, the Waltrips, Elliotts and the Jarrett's might be there too!.

[@KWCline91]

@@michaelweizer7794 second tier at best.

[@Slimfromcaseohsgroccery]

@@michaelweizer7794waltrips should be up there!

[@stevemason5173]

NASCAR today sucks, compared to these days. They are burying the real legends, families, and history of what NASCAR racing was all about in their pursuit of the all mighty dollar. There will never be any kind of a NASCAR driver or family like Pettys, Allisons, Earnhardts in this NASCAR scene today. way too much stupid shit going on. Who the hell made the decision to let Toyota in NASCAR? Nothing NASCAR about Toyota!!!, All about the all mighty $$$$

[@RingoYote]

Jaguar raced in NASCAR in the 50's Porsche had an entry in the 50's the street version of the camry is only sold in the United States, no where else, it was designed for the United States market, and built in Kentucky by american workers. can't say the same for Ford, and Chevy FoMoCo laid off 10,000 people after the crash in 2008, and General Motors took a bailout.

[@terrysimco3336]

Kevin Lemburg

[@kevinpeterson5131]

i agree and nascar in its early years i believe did have a few imports try to get in the sport but they didnt make it because it was an american sport built by americans the only thing forieng were some of the drivers but now it is a joke that nascar will let a toyota in the sport and im guessing someday soon others will follow and if and when that happens nascar will have killed the sport and all it was meant to be

[@RingoYote]

Kevin Peterson dude, the Camry is 98% made in the USA, the Tundra I built in Texas, I'm sorry, but stic to your flag waving bullshit, the truth Is that Toyota employs over 500,000 American, thats 500,000 jobs, a buzzword that Republicans love

[@RingoYote]

Kevin Peterson corporatenews.pressroom.toyota.com/releases/cars+camry+american+made+2015.htm

[@gunsnstuff4040]

Not a fan of Liz Allison. She cheated on Davey, with Joe Diffie. Then the son of a bitch moves in before the body was cold. And for the record, Davey did not have a "Jet Ranger" helicopter, which is a Bell 206. He had a Hughes 369.

[@kevin122759]

Davey was and always will be my favorite driver. I did not know that about his wife.

[@Weezy10580]

His wife was a capital C ending in T

[@KWCline91]

Other way around. Davey died first and then the relationship started. It was her life, not yours.

[@dougshelton1877]

Davey's death broke every broke all of us' hearts...Dad, Mom, Chris and me...we couldn't believe it

[@chucks_88]

Proof read dude!

[@rebeccaduncan5366]

seeing Davy had to lean form the gound up and his time too, was cool too, and seeing others like it now , peety and others now, sr had be bigger now,

[@rebeccaduncan5366]

why not showing dale JR and his step brother and sister be into a race team and then it be to his step brother doing the race traucks and his step brother into a race car .

[@Lord_Foxy13]

The 3 major dynasties... The same things that make us laugh... Make us cry

[@karlknudson9249]

adam was awesome kid to good for this world GOD took him home!

[@kimberlypijnappel156]

it made you laugh and cry with the memorys off the drivers we lst

[@pd19852011]

I know that yes, the Allisons really have had a nightmare time with tragedy.Bobby Allison is a strong man..

[@chrisramsey6725]

Not to mention him being a Catholic from Florida/Alabama in a sport filled with Protestant Carolina boys really made him an outsider

[@kevinpeterson5131]

its so nice to see something like this because i was able to learn some things i didnt know before and remember things i forgot and its very interesting to learn how the families were able to get along with each other off the track and yet have such a feirce rivalry on the track

[@5212wsmith]

Lee Petty did cheat on the golf course. I was there.

[@brianpope7632]

This is one of the most fantastic tributes to the legendary family’s of nascar. Because of trials and tribulations these wonderful family’s will always be remembered. God bless them all

[@chocolatetownforever7537]

I know there is some hair dye going on, and maybe some dental bleach, but has anyone on earth aged as well as Richard Petty? The guy basically looks the same as he did when I was a kid, and that was in the 80s and early 90s. I mean he was sorta old then, and thats over 30 years ago. Incredible. Keep going King.

[@allihensley7114]

The only thing stable in this world is CHRIST....NO matter what,we are all in the same boat,Bless these people which deal with everyday problems as you and me.

[@joannaharris4683]

r.i.p all drivers lost we will always love you and your career

[@joannaharris4683]

😮😯😢😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@nancyparr759]

Outstanding!!!!! One of the BEST documentaries I’ve watched! Thank you😍

[@laurieteters8911]

WOW ! Outstanding documentary of NASCAR !!! Absolutely the best I have ever seen !! So much emotion running through me the whole time !!! TY for this video !!

[@gunsnstuff4040]

1:11:36 "Who's is this? I'm gonna put it down". LOL! I like how Earnhardt was getting annoyed by the stupid fan.

[@davidviar765]

So emotional,I went through alot of years and alot of memories, feel so connected to these families, God bless you all! DAVID VIAR

[@mickking5913]

Bobby Allison never deserved to have so much agony in his life,I find it cruel for him to have to have gone through all that.Feel for Kyle for losing his son Adam,terrible loss.I'm a Dale sr and Dale jr fan and what a tragic loss when Senior died.I'm so happy for Junior,he done so well in his career,I'm sure senior would be proud.

[@Creepingdeathx81]

I really don't think dale sr would have wanted his son to leave dei but Teresa was the reason why he did. Dale jr or Kerry or Kelly should have took over ownership not Teresa he is blood family to the Earnhardt name not her . He drives the race car and wins not her. She should have got out of the family business not dale jr

[@only12c]

+Creepingdeathx81 Unfortunately she, Theresa was married to Dale Sr, and that's how she got DEI

[@porto_bowls2807]

Creepingdeathx81 dale jr is retiring next seson aka 2017 to 2018

[@BulletSpawn]

actually if you knew anything about the Earnhardt family u would know that Teresa is a business mjr, and from a successful family of businessmen. She started DEI , it wasn't his company to give away. the Earnhardt name was a marketing tactic, and a very good one at that. why do u think he decided to keep driving for Richard Childress? Why do u think jr walked away? you're right about jr leaving over her, but not because she took over DEI, it was because Dale sr never owned it... why should she give away a company that was hers to begin with.

[@joannaharris4683]

Austin_vlogs yep

[@terriclarke5269]

love and prayers to the family ! fly high sweet one you will never be forgotten !

[@kellymoran8128]

It is ironic that all three families lost so much (each lost at least one family member on the track), and also prospered so much as well. The family element is what makes NASCAR so special. I wish the everyday family that is not as close could learn something from this great sport we all love, NASCAR!

[@janbeise9882]

it's a very long video but well worth the watch and the time to watch it. :) Cried most of the way through it.

[@McCall72]

Hell of a documentary...It's easy to see why NASCAR has taken such a hit these days financially beyond some of the mistakes they've made such as not racing at certain tracks and homogenized cars. Losing the Allisons, Adam Petty, and Dale Earnhardt was as about as devastating to the sport as you can imagine.

[@shaunstrasser1]

Hardest thing is a parent losing a child and Bobby and Judy last two in 11 momths

[@gordondeprest]

very touching video, thank you for posting. I became a fan of Stock car racing when I was 12 and watched the first ever televised nationally Daytona 500 in 1979. I loved the Allisons after that race, probably because of their toughness and the fight at the end with Cale (who I also respect). I have 3 brothers of my own and I thought that's the way it should be. I cried for 3 days when Davey died. Clifford Allison died just a few months earlier. They have endured so much as a family.

[@jasonvogue4487]

Ed Hinton wrote a book about Daytona….. great writer for the sport

[@EricCox4848]

Three families, three stories. The only common ground is success and tragedy. Adam Petty's death brought Bobby and Judy Allison back together after they experienced the loss of their sons Clifford in 1992 and Davey in 1993. The Earnhardt family endured the same thing with Ralph losing his life at age 45, Dale winning 7 cup titles, 76 wins including his only Daytona 500 and losing his life in 2001, and Dale Jr carried on the family legacy with his own success in the Busch series, a few wins in Cup including 2 Daytona 500 wins. It's quite a story and tells the stories of 3 big families.

[@joootooobboosheet2486]

There have only been 2 drivers that I cried about after their deaths: Davey Allison, and Dale Sr. NASCAR and its fans lost so much after their deaths.

[@therealnynetynyne360]

I had just met Davey after the NH race cried for days, he was such a nice guy and a hell of a driver

[@timhouston2408]

I also cried over Alan Kuicki,,, if he'd lived,, he would have possibly beaten the 7 championship mark,,, just watch all his old footage,, what he accomplished in such short time,,, I'm still Dale Sr fan but boy oh boy could that man drive

[@cfbflash5691]

I miss you Dale your memory will never fade

[@stevemason5173]

Definitely three of the "GREATS"... No doubt!!! There others to always be remembered also, Kulwicki, and Bonnet, just to name a few more!!!

[@robertlabodabirdman7433]

It was truly a great story about the ups and downs of racing many of these memories I remember I even cried through most of them Dale Earnhardt Ralph Bernard Ralph Earnhardt Martha Earnhardt Adam Patty Lee Patty. Bobby Petty petty. Bobby Allison Clifford Allison and Dave Allison and their families and they’ll Earnhardt the more sad times so many memories never forgotten but living forever I was a fan of all these driversBirdman Robert Laboda Jr 1970 I’m now 52 years old many drivers and great are great forever now still sad is over

[@b66docos]

Love this vid, thanks for posting it.

[@briangray3485]

Davey's death happened 20 years ago already, back in 1993

[@captainjim6300]

Hard to believe it has been that long

[@Weezy10580]

Almost 30 years now. Surreal. This country is unrecognizable from 1993

[@rcnut5112]

kerry earnhandt sounds like ralph

[@wyliestivers2634]

Great documentary, those folks worked hard to do what they loved and went through mountains of heartache. I feel for them

[@samadams4all567]

What a great documentary.

[@GaryKari]

Thanks you for this great documentary. Very emotional in many ways. I just respect so much how Bobby Allison takes his life after the beating he have had.

[@luisacerobass]

Now nascar is a joke :(

[@chancevonfreund3833]

Noosecar was a lot better back then! What happened.

[@chucks_88]

Should have called this video the Allisons and others lol they spend over half this video talking about them.

[@Lake_Lover]

Anyone who has followed or studied NASCAR and these synonymous names of NASCAR need to watch this video. I really enjoyed this production. Wonderfully done.

[@davewoodward9617]

This was an amazing documentary. Every race fan should watch it no matter who your guy is. This is about people.

[@bootnyfonzworthcollier1692]

Great footage of tiny Lund he held the stripped bass record in South Carolina for over fifty years it only got beat by a pound or so there is a picture of him with it at a store/boat landing at blacks camp at Santee Cooper one of the first fresh water strippers makes him part of NASCAR and fishing history

[@brendawatkins6337]

THAT SIGN IS OF DAVID ALLISON,IM'E SO GLAD WE STILL REMEMBER.

[@erika_itsumi5141]

this is beautiful. great documentary. thank you for this video

[@rebeccaduncan5366]

when you life is good and had made it big when you was dale earnhardt sr who had his kids 2 of them dale earnhardt jr a son and duther kally who with her little brother who made his own inc jr inc the 2 had runing now, itis like dear old dad who made big and runing his own inc , why not, long live dale earnhardt sr ,

[@rebeccaduncan5970]

why not doing it helping out with others was funny and seeing the kids too like so much now Earnhardt and the Petty s too and seeing the foes and good time too , seeing them be best too, why not run the races too, JR and others be doing it now,

[@RobertKrause-ig8mo]

i seeing the #8 car back when JR had then when his dad was living on , as for it was a 1950 car before jr had it , as for it was cool now,

[@roywinchel3620]

The kind of grief that the Allison's endured should never have been made into a public spectacle like it was.

[@shannongrayRFK]

These drivers here are real men lived through a depression drive big powerful cars with little safety equipment and no power steering were in crashes that could keep a driver today out for months or even scare them into quitting I have no doubt on my mind had Davey lived to finish his career he would have been a multiple champion he even earned respect of dale Sr and Richard Perry and I was a kid when Davey started was 15 when he died I cried like I had lost a brother ...Davey was my hero I wanted to be just like him tough strong and respectful and kind but take no shit just like Davey he didn't take any and never gave any unless it was deserved (DW)... Davey was alot like his father also his uncle Donnie and alot like Red farmer ....Davey did the Alabama gang proud and Clifford was starting to come up to he would have been good too but I think he didn't put the work in Davey did Davey would have won 4 to 5 cups maybe more who knows but the ones he would have won woulda taken away from Gordon and Earnhardt and with that said there would have been no Johnson and no Johnson is no oeety or Earnhardt or Allison let him drive Petty's big blue dodge with no power steering and only a lap belt with no custom seat just the big bench seat ...or let him flip over 20 times like Davey at Pocono or Wallace at Talladega and Daytona I'd like to see him almost win a cup after having to race half a season with broken bones and having to Velcro his hand to shifter ....btw if swerving irvan hadn't crashed into Davey he had that cup win ....but no driver today has the grit guts or balls to do these things drivers then had to deal with....oh yeah no cool suits too if like to see Jimmie drive around Alabama in the middle of summer with the windows up and heat on yeah he won't Jimmie even spells his name like a girl so na I never will respect his so called cups to dales and Richards and never will

[@jamesmorrow9093]

Adam Petty was a huge loss in NASCAR I think he would have ended up being one of the Great

[@stretson]

Yes.. and it took the Petty tragedy to bring Bobby and Judy Allison back together.. so touching...

[@RobertKrause-ig8mo]

the # 2 car SR had before the #3 and some time his son JR had run his own inc like his dad had doing before it too,

[@RobertKrause-ig8mo]

i like the Earnhardts with it now and both SR and JR too was cool and like to seeing how JR and how his get to made his own inc and life too,

[@jasonboyd5524]

Yeah, Liz Allison was fucking country music star Joe Diffie when Davie passed, So, she's work of art

[@teresawiding]

i still watch the races from home but it is never the same I have been from every track from Dover to Daytona.from martinsville to bristol, allabama.to Telledegga and the thing I miss most is never getting to see Davey ALLISON'S FACE AND SMILE AGAIN.R.I.P. MY FRIEND

[@tantocaro]

thank you very much for these precious memories....NASCAR was its best in the 70/80 and 90's..we cheered for the character behind the wheel...not the sponsor on the hood.thank you.

[@romaholcomb7768]

We got to see the hay day of racing. Your right we loved, and hated the characters. Maybe this was the first reality show lol. Love ya.

[@4diceusmc]

Very interestingly done.. Very informative and respectful.. Fantastic job Espn.. Thank you//

[@Mechaxthemaskedgamer]

Man looks like bobby and the king will literally outlast them all on and off the track

[@dtiger8317]

The picture looks an awful lot like Neil bonnet holding the young boy. A little Trivia the Allison's were originally from Miami Before relocating to Alabama

[@aarontodd72]

Until I started watching this. It then dawn on me how much pain and loss these three families have had. But losing sons has to be the worst. Adam still brings tears 19 years

[@gsxrg46]

Thanks for loading these videos. They bring back great memories.

[@summerville22432]

Think about how different NASCAR would be if Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki hadn't passed.

[@Dougjohnson1987]

CU2016 Gordon would only have half the wins and half the championship and if Adam was alive Jimmy wouldn't have the wins or championship

[@VGF80]

We can't tell if these would ever happen, Adam Petty might have not performed the way we expected.

[@Weezy10580]

Adam Petty would’ve had to leave Petty Enterprises to have a chance at success

[@chyna44]

This Documentary always makes me cry when I watch it!!!

[@jgrand19561]

Awsome.My yrs. of watching stock car racing,They were and will always be the Best!

[@kevinreilly5846]

This is a really good documentary.

[@beghdav]

wow thx rowdy, i know know much more about NASCAR history thanks to your channel, it's hard to get infos here in europe :)

[@briangray8113]

Happy Birthday Dale Jr

[@hizgrase]

I’m making chicken strips and fries if you want any

[@jonathanbelzile8145]

Wow What a good racing documentary ,hat's up !! The best i ever watch ❤

[@RobertKrause-ig8mo]

why not the Petty Allisons and others be good finders too,

[@dewightkey6975]

Davey and his brother ❤ Clifford were the best 👌if Kiel. Boy was still here he would have 🏆 several races he was special I had been watching him

[@jeffmaggard4576]

SIMPLY HEARTBREAKING!

[@allee190]

Cheer up who love for our Nascar will always be what we know then and know now cause it will live till God takes it from us!

[@pd19852011]

Well i was just referring to the familly members that died on track..Davey died in Heli crash..

[@RB-ib3mo]

Three times in my life I can say with absolute certainty where I was on a given day. 1. When Ayrton senna died. 2. When dale earnhardt died and 3. September 11th 2001. three tragic days

[@MrTimdtoolman1]

What a great tribute, happy, sad, ups, and downs of real life heros to me and so many fans.

[@gonefishinwithjesus]

Thanks for sharing this. The three families that meant so much to me and lost so much.