Davey Allison - Legacy

Legacy

Davey was leading the IROC series championship at the time of his death, with one race remaining in the four race series. Terry Labonte drove the final race in place of Allison and secured the championship for him. Allison's championship money, $175,000, was set up as a trust fund for his children.

Davey Allison finished 31st in the final 1993 NASCAR Championship Standings.

Racing Champions ran diecast cars of Davey Allison as a tribute after his death which were cars Allison drove during his career. Allison's replacement, Ernie Irvan appeared as a promotional diecast 28 car to pay tribute to the team's win at Martinsville. Only 20,000 of them were released.

Davey Allison was posthumously inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1998.

In a foreshadowing of NASCAR's rise to prominence ten years later, Davey was a figure in a mildly scandalous controversy as his widow became involved with country music star Joe Diffie shortly after Davey's death. Tabloid television programs and newspapers gave much coverage to the story at the time, with some claiming that the two had been lovers before Davey's death. Liz has openly discussed her relationship with Diffie, most recently on the Paul Finebaum Radio Network during the week of the 2006 race at Talladega. Liz expressed some regret over the relationship and mentioned that she and Diffie were band-aids for each other, and band aids were not meant to be permanent.

Liz Allison and their two children moved to Nashville and she married physical therapist Ryan Hackett on May 13, 2000. After being divorced for four years, Bobby and Judy Allison reunited at the wedding, after nearly seven years of tragedy had separated them.

In 2003, on April 28, the mayor of Hueytown, Alabama declared it Davey Allison Day and is celebrated on the weekend of the springtime Talladega race.

The driver that replaced Davey Allison at Talladega was Robby Gordon, but he lost control of the Texaco/Havoline Ford early in the race and crashed then Lake Speed took over the ride after that. Ernie Irvan, the man that won the race on the weekend of Allison's death would later take over the ride at the Mountain Dew Southern 500 and won the Goody's 500 at Martinsville Speedway and it was a heartwarming time for Irvan's crew as it marked their first time back to victory lane since Allison's death. Irvan would also win the Slick 50 500 at Lowe's Motorspeedway as well. Racing Champions ran the #28 Havoline Ford with Ernie Irvan replacing Allison as the driver in tribute of the win and in addition ran #28 Cars that were driven by Allison as a tribute.

A portrait of Davey Allison had been placed at the headquarters of Texaco before the firm was purchased by Chevron.

Allison also had his own brand of chili by Bunker Hill with his face on the can. Allison also had a comic book printed about him during his racing days.

Son Robert has pursued a successful racing career in an on-again, off-again fashion, but is frequently "parked" by his mother for fears of his safety and health. Meanwhile, Liz is active in the racing community as an author, radio host for WGFX with Bobby Hamilton, Jr., and is a track announcer at Nashville Superspeedway. The Hacketts have also have a daughter, Bella.

Allison's crew chief, Larry McReynolds honours his driver with #28 used in the golf cart transporting him in commercials run for Subway on TNT during the Coke Zero 400 for "Wide Open Coverage" and also on his son Brandon's late model in UARA racing.

A road called "Allison-Bonnett Memorial Drive" in his hometown is honored by him, along with fellow native Neil Bonnett, who died a year after Davey.

In the videogames NASCAR 99 and NASCAR 2000, he appears as an unlockable NASCAR Legend with his Texaco Ford that he drove from 1987–1989.