The Ride of Their Lives - Davey Allison Pt 1

>>> YOU ARE GOING TO SEE A CHECKERED FLAG FOR CAR NUMBER 43. RICHARD PETTY HAS WON THE 2090 RACE OF HISSEN COMPARABLE YEAR. >> IT'S QUITE A DAY, ISN'T IT? >>> IT CERTAINLY IS. NO ONE IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF RACING HAS EVER DONE THAT. >> RICHARD PETTY'S 200th WIN SET AN UNREACHABLE RECORD. A YOUNG MAN THAT FULL FAILED FAMILY OBLIGATION BECAME THE ELDER STATESMAN OF HIS SPORT. >> HOW YOU DOING, RUDY? GIVE ME FIVE. ALL RIGHT. >> HE AIN'T THAT OLD. >> YOU'RE THE GREATEST DRIVER EVER. >> HOW YOU DOING? >> ALL RIGHT, MAN. APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING BY AND CHATTING. >> APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO SEE US TOO. >> EVERY TIME I DO AN AUTOGRAPH, IT'S THANK YOU FOR LETTING RICHARD PETTY DO WHAT HE WANTED TO DO. IT SAYS, THANK YOU, FAN, NOT RICHARD PETTY. >> AS RICHARD FADED TOWARD REQUIREMENT, NASCAR LOOKED FOR A NEW STAR WITH THE SAME DOWN-HOME CHARM. FANS FOUND HIM IF THE SON OF PETTY'S FORMER RIVAL. LIKE RICHARD, DAVEY ALLISON WAS THE SON OF A CHAMPION. RACING WAS IN HIS BLOOD. >> DAVEY WANTED TO DO WHAT I WAS DOING, AND EARLY ON, HE SAID, DAD, TELL ME WHAT TO DO NEXT. BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE BEST. AND YOU KNOW, WHAT A -- AN INCREDIBLE GIFT FOR A FATHER TO HAVE A SON SAY, DAD, TELL ME WHAT TO DO NEXT. >> DAVEY ALLISON COMING AFTER HIS FATHER. >> HERE HE COMES, HE'S GOING TO DO IT. >> DOWN LOW, BOBBY ALLISON HIGH. BOBBY HOLDS HIM OFF. THE WINNER OF THE 30th ANNUAL, GREAT AMERICAN RACE. BOBBY ALLISON, DAVEY HIS SON IN SECOND. JUDY ALLISON, ES AT THEIC. >> LOOK AT BOBBY WAVING TO DAVEY. [ CHEERING ] >> WHEN I WAS A LITTLE KID, I ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT RACING WITH MY DAD. DREAMED OF A ONE-TWO FINISH. I WANTED HIM TO BE SECOND. >> DAVEY! ZBLAFR AN ON-TRACK INJURY IN 1988, BOBBY'S CAREER TAIM CAME TO AN ABRUPT END. A FEW YEARS LATER, HIS YOUNGEST SON, CLIFFORD, WAS KILLED IN AN ON-TRACK ACCIDENT. LEAVING DAVEY AS THE PATRIARCH OF HIS RACING FAMILY. >> HE HAD TO BE IN SORROW WITH THE FAMILY BUT HE HAD TO DO HIS JOB. >> MM-HMM. >> HE SAID, WE HAVE TO MOVE ON. THIS IS WHAT WE DO. THIS IS WHAT I HAVE TO DO. DAVEY SAID, I'M GOING LISTEN YOU TO ROBERT. IDEAS MAKE A DRIVER A WILD TIGER. YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INTIMIDATION FACTOR. DAVEY DIDN'T DO THAT. DAVEY ALLISON WAS ABOUT AS FUN AND NICE AS COULD BE. I WATCHED DALE EARNHARDT PRACTICE WITH YOU, WRECK YOU, SCARE YOU. DAVEY DIDN'T SCARE YOU, BUT HE COULD STILL WIN. >> NO SWEAT OFF YOU. >> WIPE THE SWEAT OFF YOU, TOO. >> I DON'T SWEAT. I NEVER SWEAT. >> YEAH. >> 126 LAPS COMPLETE, DAVEY ALLISON, PULLED BY DALE EARNHARDT. DRIVEN MAGNIFICENTLY. ISON IS JUST DEMOLISHING THE FIELD. SEE HIM PULL UP AND WAIT AND GO BY. >> ALLISON WAS GOOD ANYWHERE HE RUN BECAUSE HE WAS NOT A SHOW BOAT. >> COMING TO THE STRIPE, DAVEY ATH ALLISON IS GOING TO WIN THE DAYTONA 500. THE SON OF A GREAT CHAMPION AT THIS TRAP TRACK. DAVEY ALLISON VICKER TO CHRIS. >> YES, WE'VE DONE IT! >> DAVEY! >> WE WON. >> YOU DID IT, DADDY. >> I GOT TWO GREAT KIDS AND GREAT WIFE OVER HERE. AND IT'S BEEN GREAT DAY FOR US. >> TELL ME ABOUT THE LAST FEW LAPS. HOW MUCH TIME DID YOU SPEND LOOKING IN THE MIRROR? >> I SPENT ABOUT 90% OF EACH LAP. CHRISTA. >> WE LOVE YOU, DAVEY.