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>>> OH!
DAVE YI ALLISON.
HE'S UPSIDE DOWN!
>> INTO THE GUARDRAIL, SIDE OVER
SIDE, END OVER END AND DAVEY
ALLISON EXPERIENCED A HORRIFYING
CRASH.
>> ACTUALLY CAME BACK THE NEXT
WEEK, I THINK TALLADEGA WAS THE
NEXT WEEK, GOT IN THE CAR, WE
DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS GOING
DRIVE OR NOT.
HIS HEAD WAS SWOLLEN.
WHEN HE LIFTED UP THE SUN
GLASSES, HIS ICE WERE TOTALLY
BLACK.
ONE OF THE WEIRDEST, SCARIEST
LOOKING THINGS.
>> I TAKE THE GLASSES OFF, I
REMIND YOU OF BEETLEJUICE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT FROM
THE INSIDE.
I'LL SHOW IT TO YOU.
IT'S UGLY.
>> HIS RIGHT HAND WAS IN CAST,
MOST PEOPLE WOULD HAVE BEEN
RECUPEPETING, OR RETIRED OR
QUIT.
WE PUT VELCRO ON THE STEERING
WHEEL, THE HAND, THE SHIFTER.
>> GLUED HIS HANDS.
>> HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST GUYS
TO SAY, WHATEVER IT TAKES.
SHOOT SOMETHING IN ME, PUT
SOMETHING ON ME.
>> REMEMBER WHEN HE WORE THE
FLACK JACKET WITH THE TENS UNIT
ON?
>> THIS IS A TENS UNIT.
>> WHERE IS IT HOOKED TO?
>> RIGHT UNDERNEATH HIS ARM.
>> RIGHT UP HERE.
>> EVERYBODY KIND OF MADE FUN OF
HIM BECAUSE HE WAS SCRAWNY.
HE WAS TOUGH AS NAILS.
>> INJURIES CAUSED HIS POINTS
LEAD TO TUMBLE.
THE SEASON FINALE WAS SUPPOSED
TO SIGNIFY THE PASSING OF THE
TORCH.
RICHARD PETTY'S FINAL RACE WAS
DAVEY'S CHANCE TO WANE
CHAMPIONSHIP.
>> KEEPING YOU UPDATED ON THE
POINTS SITUATION.
ALL RACE LONG.
IF THEY WERE AWARDED NOW,
ALLISON WOULD HAVE A TWO-POINT
VICTORY.
>> HE HAS EARNED FOUR POINTS.
>> OH, A CRASH, DAIFRY ISON
IS IN CRASH.
IT'S ALL OVER FOR DAVEY.
>> I DON'T THINK HE HIT THAT
HARD.
>> IT'S OTHER.
CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES ARE OVER.
>> THERE WILL BE OTHER YEARS,
REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED
HERE.
HE'S HAD A TREMENDOUS SEASON.
>> HE WOULD HAVE BEEN A
CHAMPION.
>> OH, YEAH.
HE WOULD HAVE WON ONE TO SAY THE
LEAST.
AND PROBABLY -- WOULD HAVE WON
50 RACES EASY.
NO PROBLEM.
NO PROBLEM.
>> HELLO, WELCOME TO THIS
EDITION OF SPORTS CENTER.
>> ONCE AGAIN, REALITY RECLAIMS
THE SPOTLIGHT.
BASEBALL'S ALL-STAR GAME
OVERWHELMED BY A TRAGEDY THIS
AUTORACING.
>> DAVEY ALLISON WAS THIS
CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER THE
HELICOPTER HE WAS PILOTING
CRASHED.
IT CRASHED ON THE INFIELD OF THE
SUPERSPEEDWAY.
>> I GOT THE CALL HE HAD BEEN
HURT.
MY KNEES GOT WEAK.
HERE COMES A STRETCHER.
WITH THIS GUY ON IT.
VERY SERIOUS DAMAGE.
WASN'T SURE WHO IT WAS.
>> I SAID TO HIM, YOU KNOW,
BLINK YOUR ICE, WIGGLE YOUR
FINGERS OR FOES YOU CAN HEAR ME.
AND HE DID HIS TOES AND HIS
EYES.
AND SO, I KNEW THEN THAT I COULD
TELL HIM I LOVED HIM AND HE
WOULD HEAR ME.
>> MR. ALLISON, 32, OF HUEYTOWN,
ALABAMA, INJURED IN A PRIVATE
HELICOPTER RASH YESTERDAY AT
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY DIED
THIS MORNING.
AT THE MEDICAL CENTER.
>> IN EVERY HISTORY BOOK ON
STOCK CAR RACING WILL INCLUDE
DAVEY ALLISON AND A SPORTSMAN.
WE LOVE YOU, YOU WERE OUR SON,
OUR BROTHER, AND OUR HERO.
NOW I CAN ALMOST HEAR DAVEY SAY,
THAT'S ENOUGH, GET ONON WITH TH
RACE.
>> I WOULD DO ANYTHING TO BRING
HIM BACK.
WE'RE GOING MISS HIM A LOT.
I WOULD RUN SECOND TO HIM IN A
MINUTE IF IT WOULD BRING HIM
BACK.
>> HE ALWAYS DID WHAT HE WAS
SUPPOSED TO DO.
THERE'S HIS LITTLE BROTHER
GIVING HIM A SET OF HORNS AND
LOVING IT.
>> THIS WAS APRIL, CLIFFORD WAS
GONE IN AUGUST.
>> LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE, I
CAN LOOK AT THAT AND SMILE, I
CAN LOOK AT THAT AND CRY.
IT'S A SPECIAL PICTURE.
AND --
>> JUST A SECOND.
LIFE GOES ON.
WE CAN'T UNDO YESTERDAY.
WE CAN'T HAVE DAVEY BACK, CAN'T
HAVE CLIFFORD BACK.
WHAT WE GOT IS WHAT WE HAVE
TODAY.
WE HAVE TO DO THE BEST WE CAN
WITH IT.
>> MM-HMM.
>> FAMILIES HAVE HAD GREAT
LOSSES THAT NEVER HAD THE GOOD
TIMES.
WHAT A RIDE.
WHAT A RIDE.