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In January 1994, Allison's estate filed a lawsuit against McDonnell Douglas claiming the cause of the crash was a failure of the collective socket on the helicopter. The lawsuit sought $25 million and was filed on behalf of Davey Allison Racing Enterprises, Tommy Allison as Executor of Davey Allison's estate, and Red Farmer. [ 11 ]
Helicopter crash [ edit ] On July 12, 1993, Farmer was a passenger in a helicopter crash at Talladega Superspeedway that took the life of NASCAR Winston Cup driver Davey Allison , which occurred as Allison was attempting to land the aircraft in a nearby parking lot.
Davey Allison: United States 1993 NASCAR driver Hughes 369: Talladega, Alabama, United States ... 2018 Leicester helicopter crash: Leicester, East Midlands, UK
Davey died following a helicopter crash in July 1993, less than a year after his younger brother Clifford Allison died of injuries sustained during a crash at Michigan International Speedway in ...
A year later, son Davey was killed in a helicopter crash at Talladega. Three years after that, Bobby and wife Judy divorced. They reconnected four years later at their daughter-in-law’s wedding ...
This was the last race for Davey Allison, who would die from injuries suffered in a helicopter accident two days later. Jeff Burton and Joe Nemechek made their Winston Cup debuts in this race. Both would fall out before the halfway point (Burton - starting 6th - would finish 37th after crashing out, Nemechek - who began the race in 15th place ...
Allison's crash at Talladega led to big changes ... Allison was killed when his helicopter crashed while landing at Talladega for a midseason test session. Davey Allison's death happened less than ...
On July 12, 1993, Irvan experienced a significant personal loss when his friend, Davey Allison, died from injuries sustained in a helicopter crash outside of Talladega. Robert Yates, Allison's team owner, asked Irvan to replace him as the driver of the #28 Texaco-Havoline Ford at Robert Yates Racing. Morgan-McClure was unwilling to let Irvan ...