After a Decade Tainted With Tragedy and Loss, Agonized NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison Made Heartfelt Revelations on “Ability to Go On” in 1997

The life of Bobby Allison is truly one of the most tragic stories you can ever come across. But at the same time, despite the tragedies, his life can also be looked at as one of the most inspiring ones.

A life that is a testament to determination and resilience.

This was something the Hall of Famer himself opened up on in an interview with Sports Illustrated back in 1997, dealing with grief, the loss of his sons, the separation from his wife, and in between all of this, his strength to carry on.

“Some…incidents…in my life kept the agony, kept the agony, kept the agony on her,” Allison said. “So she packed her suitcase, and she left. I felt the agony too. But I handled it differently. I’ve always had this … this … ability to … go on.”

“I still don’t know whether I blame myself about Clifford,” Bobby says. “But racing took Clifford. And racing was my … my … whole life,” he continued.

“Racing didn’t take Davey. Judy was really bitter about the helicopter. She said racing bought it for him. I said Davey would have mowed grass to buy that helicopter. Judy said racing bought Davey the helicopter. “

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Bobby Allison on what caused the marital problems with his wife Judy

After the loss of both their sons, Bobby and Judy Allison suffered a rough patch in their marriage, which ultimately led to their divorce, which according to Allison, came at the hands of a lack of mutual support.

“I think one of the things that happened to Judy and me was that we were not able to give each other the support we should have in this incredible tragedy,” Allison said.

The Hall of Famer had claimed that way before the divorce finalized the formal separation, it was clear to him what was coming, considering the couple was going “in separate directions a lot.” 

Yet, despite straying away from that path, they did come back on the same road and walked on it until one of them went away to a place where it’s kind of difficult to come back from.

Judy Allison passed away in 2015 and Bobby Allison today is 86, a living testament of how life really is and how to live through it despite that bitter reality.

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