NASCAR 75: One of a series of 75 stories that helped define the first three quarters of a century of NASCAR.
died July 13 of that year after crashing his helicopter in the infield at Talladega Superspeedway.
Kulwicki led the most laps in the season finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway, and that made the difference as he edged race winner Bill Elliott for the championship. Allison also was in the running for the title but crashed during the race. Within a stretch of four months, stock car racing was robbed of two of its brightest stars, impacting both the short- and long-term future of the sport.Kulwicki, a fiercely independent driver who stormed in from the Midwest to upset the order of things, won the title in 1992 driving for his own underfunded team. Famously, he did things “My way,” declining offers to drive for better-financed and proven teams.
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