Miracle: Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang

Peter Golenbock

Miracle: Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang
Format
Paperback
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Country
Published
6 February 2007
Pages
432
ISBN
9780312340025

Miracle: Bobby Allison and the Saga of the Alabama Gang

Peter Golenbock

For the first time, Miracle presents the full story of NASCAR legend Bobby Allison and the Alabama Gang–written with the corporation of the Allisons.

While you were sitting in the stands or watching at home on TV, did you ever ask yourself what’s really going on behind the scenes? Take a ride on the seat next to auto-racing legend Bobby Allison and relive the dramatic saga of the Alabama Gang in this unique look at NASCAR from the inside.

Bobby Allison, who ranks fourth in wins in NASCAR history, began his Grand National/Winston Cup career in 1966. After winning eighty-five races, he retired in 1988 when an accident at Pocono Raceway nearly killed him. He was severely brain injured, and it took him a full fifteen years to recover. After the accident, more tragedy struck. In 1992 his younger son, Clifford, died in a crash at the age of twenty-seven. A year later, his other son, Davey, died in a helicopter accident, and in 1994 he lost his close friend and protege Neil Bonnet in a fatal crash. Then Bobby and his wife, Judy, separated and divorced. Through it all Bobby Allison persevered.

Today Bobby’s mind is as sharp, detailed, and analytical as anyone’s in sports. Bobby remembers so much, in such great detail, the stories he tells leap off the page. It’s all there–the feuds, the infighting, the victories, the accusations of cheating, and worse.

Incredibly, Bobby, the poster boy for hard work, honesty, and integrity, holds nothing back, even when it reflects poorly on him. It happened, and there’s nothing I can do about that, is what he says. The result is raw racing history.

Along with the Earnhardts, the Jarretts, and the Pettys, the Allisons are racing family royalty, and Miracle, a family saga of determination, loyalty, and love, is filled with some of the greatest racing stories of all time. If you ever wanted to read a book that puts you in the garage, in the pits, and in the boardrooms, and at the same time tugs at your heartstrings–this is the book for you.

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