Never one for longevity at any team, Bobby Allison stuck around long enough to win the 1983 NASCAR Cup Series with DiGard Racing.

A good old Southern boy who became one of NASCAR’s greatest drivers, Bobby Allison’s life of tragedy and triumph was once perfectly described by broadcaster Mike Joy as one of tremendous courage, incredible perseverance, and unwavering faith.Allison died Saturday. He was 86.“With deep sadness, the family of Bobby Allison announces...

Bobby Allison has finally been recognized as the winner of the NASCAR Cup Series race at Bowman Gray Stadium from August 6, 1971.NASCAR announced on Wednesday it is officially recognizing Allison (pictured above at Talladega in 1971) as the winner of the event, and the record books have been updated...

NASCAR Hall of Famer and World War II hero Walter "Bud" Moore has passed away at the age of 92.A passion for cars led the South Carolina native to NASCAR in the 1950s, where he first won a championship as Buck Baker's crew chief in 1957. By 1961 Moore was...

Charlotte, NC -- Robert Yates, a master engine builder and longtime NASCAR team owner, died Monday October 2 at age 74.In May, Yates was selected for induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame's Class of 2018. He had been battling liver cancer, requiring multiple rounds of immunotherapy treatment.Engine builder or...

Three times in the last five years, Robert Yates barely missed the cut for the NASCAR Hall of Fame. Wednesday, his name was the first one called by NASCAR vice chairman Mike Helton for the 2018 class."When he said number one ..." Yates began before tearing up as he did...

Richard Petty's legacy goes far beyond being NASCAR's most successful driver. "The King," as Petty is affectionately called, also set the mark when it comes being a genuinely good person. He was and still is, a shining example of how a driver should connect with the fans.Those were the most...

NASCAR engine builder and former team owner Robert Yates has begun treatment for liver cancer, his family has announced.News of Yates's illness was revealed by his son Doug via Twitter on Monday.Yates spent 21 years as a team owner at NASCAR's top level, earning 57 race wins, 49 poles, and...

Jimmie Johnson hopes he can surpass longtime Hendrick Motorsports teammate Jeff Gordon for third in NASCAR's all-time top-level winners' list after moving into seventh in that ranking with Sunday's victory at Fontana.The six-time Cup series champion's second victory in the first five rounds of the 2016 campaign moved him to...

Bobby and Judy Allison (Getty Images for NASCAR photo). Judy Allison, wife of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison, died Friday at the age of 74, the Allison family announced."The Allison Family is sad to announce the passing of Judy A. Allison, age 74, after complications from surgery earlier today...