Bobby goes his own way midway through the 1985 season
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Why? From 1982 through the middle of the 1985 season Bobby Allison was successful on track with the controversial DiGard team, but behind-the-scenes drama was ready to break the pairing apart. The split finally happened after the 1985 Firecracker 400, which saw a DiGard R&D entry for Greg Sacks win the race. Allison, feeling DiGard was putting its focus elsewhere, left the team immediately to restart his own race operations.
How successful were they? Considering he started the team IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SEASON, I’d say he did pretty well for himself—even though the mid-season change would have probably sank any other driver’s chances, he still managed to finish 12th in points.
What was the aftermath? Allison would move to the Stavola Brothers car in 1986, winning three more races (including the 1988 Daytona 500) before injuries ended his career. DiGard would enter Sacks for there rest of the 1985 season, then would run only a handful of races before shutting down in 1987.
Ranking on the Strange-O-Meter? 8 Champagnes of Beers out of 10—even if Bobby Allison was known to be hard-headed, leaving a team in the middle of the season is still a wild move.
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