The White/Black/Gold Havoline 28 is one of the all-time best paint schemes. I loved Davey. I was a 13 year old Alabama country boy when he passed. I will never forget that July morning when they announced it on Sportscenter.

People really don’t speak of Davey’s 92 season in its full context. Yes he had 5 wins but on the flip side of that it was a complete feast or famine season where he either finished very well or he totally crapped out and has a serious lack of consistency. Furthermore I truly believe that he suffered at least 1 or more concussions that season due to wrecks like the ones he had at Poccono and in the Winston.

The #28 car was always one of my favorite cars. From Davey Allison, Ernie Irvin, and Ricky Rudd it had great success. Unfortunately along with that success it had some dark moments.

RIP Davey Allison & Alan Kulwicki 🙏

The 28 car was always one of my favorite cars even though it was cursed I thought it was great that Joey Gase ran a replica of it. BTW love your vids nfjj

I personally think Davey's car looked better in white with the metallic/mirror numbers than the iconic black paint scheme but i might ht be the only one. 1:55 cheers, another great one.

As someone who was watching every race back then, let me tell yall that Havoline Thunderbird was one bad ass ride, particularly when McReynolds took over as Crew Chief because they essentially became a championship team overnight. Other than Dale's #3, the 28 car was pretty much the car that everyone looked for every week during that time, then when Rusty went to the Miller Genuine Draft deal with Penske, they were the 3 fast black cars every week one of them was in contention for victory if not all 3. I'm a diehard Chevy guy BUT I did root for Davey particularly during the 1992 season cause most figured since Dale was having such a sour year that it was Davey's title to lose. That was a sad day at Atlanta that November when they lost the title, all due respect to Alan & also that was King Petty's last ride BUT I think everyone was looking forward to seeing Davey finally hoist that first long awaited Winston Cup trophy. I thought it was truly ironic that Irvan would eventually take over the 28 car after the loss of Allison. Irvan REALLY showed just how strong that car was in 1994, you know he was the season's True Value Hard Charger Of The Year Award winner despite missing the final 11 races of the season. And NFJJ is wrong, Irvan took over the car with 9 races remaining in 93 & won 2 of them one at Charlotte & the other at Martinsville. He returned to the team to drive at the end of 1995 in a Havoline sponsored car numbered 88 which would be switched to Dale Jarrett in 96 & Irvan would return to the 28. Yes the 28 car itself never was able to win a title BUT luckily Robert Yates Racing finally did get one with Dale Jarrett in 99, an unlikely one at that cause when he was initially announced to drive for Yates, I also thought it was a bad move but Jarrett ended up being the teams most successful driver. With how goofy these cars look now, I would not want to see the number on any of them....

The #28 Texaco Havoline Thunderbird was probably the most iconic cars in NASCAR history other than the #3 Goodwrench Chevrolet Monte Carlo or the #43 STP Plymouth/Pontiac. I was a huge Ernie Irvan fan and the days of Irvan, Earnhardt, Jarrett, Martin Wallace and all those boys were in my opinion the golden age of NASCAR. I miss those days. It’s sad to see what it has become today 😔

There's quite a few cars in NASCAR history that could be considered cursed. The 28 in Cup is certainly one of them. I'd also consider the 37 Timberwolf & 38 Great Clips cars in the Busch series as cursed. And of course there is also the infamous Whelen curse where any Cup driver who drove that 31 car in the Busch Series ended up injured... except Dave Blaney.

The Dale Jr download episode/s with Larry mac talking about his time with the 28 car is heavy. Larry dealt with so much as a crew chief in driver health/injury/etc issues.

I was the biggest Davey Allison fan and have to agree with you. That team went through a lot of ups and downs. Nobody deserved that 92 championship more than Davey and the RYR crew. I was so mad at swerving Irvan for the blown tire that ended the 28's championship. Sure wasn't happy when they put him in the 28. Took me 8 years to even try to watch a race after Daveys helicopter crash

I find it hilarious that yates denied dale Jr the 28 because Texaco didn’t want it brought back out but they let Travis drive the 28 lmao

You forgot to mention Jeff Gordon driving the 28 right after the tragic death of Davey, Gordon kinda resembled Davey with that Mustache he had going on early on, Jeff was driving in the Busch Series still at the time, but soon after came over to NASCAR.

Man the 28 team had beep luck. Always seem to run really well week in and week out. The Davy, Ernie, Ricky Rudd getting popped. It just sucked for Yates. I remember Yates power dominating the cup series then poof, gone. At least we have the memories.

Davey Allison would've won 3-4 titles if not for his death.

One clarification regarding Ernie Irvan's departure from Robert Yates Racing: he didn't leave so much as he was let go. The short version is that Irvan wasn't the same personality-wise after the near-fatal crash and continually alienated Texaco, doing things like not thanking them in his 1996 banquet speech, and showing up nearly two hours late to an anniversary dinner in 1997. Midway through the '97 season, Texaco had enough and essentially told Robert Yates, "it's him or it's us." Irvan's contract was up at the end of the year, so Yates decided not to renew it and brought in Kenny Irwin.

Going all the way back to Fred larenzen the 28 has a record of drivers having a brilliant career that ends way to early

Is 42 a new candidate for cursed number now? - Lee Petty: Near-fatal career-ending accident - Kyle Petty: Unfair treatment by officials at 1996 Coke 600 - Irwin Jr: Fatal accident - Montoya: Remembered for the jet fuel crash - Larson: N-bomb - Kenseth (as Larson sub): Lost the 2020 Brickyard 400 - Gragson: Caught liking offensive meme At least Joe Nemechek, McMurray, Chastain and Ty Dillon hadn't any issues (performance aside) in that number.

Didn't Ernie Irvan have a second life-threatening crash at Michigan with MB2 that finally convinced him to call it quits?

You missed Ward Burton crashing in to Rudd’s pit crew injuring two crewmen.

Ernie Irvan didn't just "come down in front of Allison" at Atlanta in 1992. He cut a right rear tire. Not much he could've done considering how long the corners were and how fast they ran. It was extremely unfortunate for Davey and probably cost him the championship.

Just realized that after Texaco left the 28 team they moved sponsor to the 42 car next. I wonder if that was because of Irwin on why Texaco moved to Ganassi (the Jamie Mac & Juan Montoya era of the 42)

RIP to Allison and Irwin

Davey Allison - My All Time Favorite, now my driver is Ryan Blaney.

I've been waiting for someone to point this out

Excellent Video... Please make more of these videos,Thank You

RIP Davey Allison & Alan Kulwicki . RIP Davey Allison & Alan Kulwicki .

How about the 32 Dollar General car? I remember that many drivers attempted to win in that car but it just couldn't, as not even Kyle Busch could win in it, if I recall correctly. He, Denny Hamlin, Brian Vickers and even Mark Martin attempted to win in that car but couldn't. Out of all the wins the car could've had the only one that comes to mind is Mark's win in Las Vegas after the leaders took each other out of contention.

0:30 I saw that exact car in person. It's on display in Eastern Pennsylvania at the Latimore Valley Fairgrounds, at the Eastern Museum of Motor Racing in York Springs. Cars not as badly damaged as you might think it is. I have pictures of it.

Harry Ranier Team Number 28 From The 80s And Early 90s NASCAR Winston Cup Series Thanks For Uploading

2002 at Sonoma was Rudd’s last victory too. Was lucky enough to see it in person when I was 9.

Another great video, well done! Lots of knowledge learnt there. Have you done one about Australian, Dick Johnson, when he came out to give NASCAR a try in the early 90's?

Also the idea to expand by robert Yates was a brilliant move getting dale Jarret to drive and be a real winner for them

A Collapsed lung is no joke. I had one from a motorcycle accident and I consider myself incredibly lucky to have survived with no major long lasting damage.

My first race was '93 New Hampshire. And who's trailer did I stop at afterwards? "That Yates Rocket shirt looks cool."

It wasnt "whenever", it was "when". Cool vid.

ernie says in one interview that the doc that saved his life t the track was one of the miracles. apparently nascar dind't have doctors on site for practices though would for the races. this guy was apparently working as a volunteer helping out with the crew taking care of crashes and was litterally a few hundered yards away from where it happened. i didn't realize till that interview what messed ernie up most was apparently he had a similar injury to what killed irwin, dale, and others. i don't even ever remember that being discussed

Davey was such a lovely character. His wife had it right that he was spread too thin, trying to be the best at everything including rotorcraft. And the idea that 80’s and 90’s NASCAR drivers were different is true: Davey seemed like a “young buck” still when he passed, but he was 32. He was going to help Neil who was 46 and picked up Red who was in his 60’s. Winston Cup was for mature and wise drivers.

Good job

Add to your list Dale Jarrett broke his ribs at dover driving the 28

Ironic the 28 car that rudd flipped in the busch clash ended up repaired and we used it in arca, the car finally met its demise at talladega when brad smith broke both his feet in it

So kenny and adam petty both died at new hampshire the same year and both due to a stuck throttle??? WTF thats crazy

Davey was my all time favorite I loved that car as a kid, still do

i've commented before on daveys death. coming home from something with parents heading to room while mom got supper and dad almost immediately after turning the tv on hollering bill get out here. and thinking wait i wasn't in trouble before we left, i don't think i did anything while gone to get in trouble we were joking about stuff on way home, and about that time dad in that voice only a dad can produce said i said get out here now..... and to walk out to find davey was in bad shape. i remember thinking good lord when does this nightmae stop? i'll admit i wasn't a fan of kulwicki prior to his championship. i'm man enough to admit this. i was however a huge davey fan. after reading and seeing all kinds of stuff about alan, his work ethic, his background, etc., i was slowly becoming a fan. who wouldn't? i'm not the only one in that category i know this for a fact. but 94 was even worse. that happened saturday i guess? or friday? i forgot which now but think it was saturday. well i was now in ny trying to work work scholarship at the college i was going to attend. because mom and dad were traveling back i didn't hear from them till either monday or tuesday not even sure how much they knew. i spent my saturday morning tearing my acl, and then trying to grit through a shift working in a dish pit. (for the record not a good combo). while i was feeling sorry for myself and trying to figure out what to d o to get through work scholarship as i'd been told if you can't work u can't stay, ernie was fighting for his life. monday some of us went to the local diner as a get together/ get to know everybody thing. and saw the headline. and i just about was sick. and thinking again when does this nightmare end? if as a fan i was feeling this way i can only guess what robert, larry, adn the boys were feeling. i gotta say i was NOT an irwin fan. i thought he got the 98 truck ride very badly, hadn't really done as well as the previous guy but now he's a cup guy replacing my man irvan? i felt bad, as i should, but it wasn't the same.

good video

Could you do a piece on NASCARS most cursed series, the Speedway Sportsman division of the early 90's...

Glad I’m not the only one to think this

My mom had #3 in the winston west and grand nat series .. spon by springer in its lat days and was on the com movie taxi....

💥💥 Me personally I don't think the number 28 car is any more cursed than the number 3 Chevrolet dale Earnhardt drove. I mean look how many bad accidents Dale Earnhardt had in that number 3. The barrel roll I think at practice in 1988 or 1989. Talladega 1996, Talladega 1998 and we know what happened in 2001.

The curse of Restore as a sponsor could be considered a parallel curse.

I think we should add the #6 as the second cursed car.

When your 2 cup drivers are Travis Awful and Doug Giligan you're gonna have a bad time.

1992 - “THE GREATEST SEASON IN NASCAR HISTORY”!!!! “DALE WAS AT SEA” “RUSTY WAS AT SEA” “RICHARD WAS RETIRING” “DAVEY WAS A ROLLER COASTER” “ELLIOT WAS HAVING ONE HELL OF A YEAR” “KYLE WAS THERE” “GANT WAS THERE” “ERNIE WAS THERE” And “KULWICKI WAS JUST CONSISTENT” like ALWAY’S….. Nothing will “EVER TOP IT” ever….

And 28 is a perfect number in math…

That was Dr. JERRY punch that did that for Irvan.

Well now Kyle seig is running a throwback to this car not saying anything but😶

1:58 best the car ever looked imo

in 1992 i saw & heard Robert Yates, cry on a phone when i said i have a unknown blood illness before i die & pass on I went on track to find my real father ( it took a duel path the man from my seal adoption to see my real father) he gave me a book a manual on old boat motors & ww2 time diesels engines! ok this man was most related man to me in my adopted family my step fathers brother he was real sick when i was a kid & got better it was a 100% death rate cancer he lived threw it in 2016 or 17 it became real fact i was about to loose my leg doctor had yelled at me & the next day i said my uncles name the nurse dropped everything & ran for the doctor, why the man had lived threw blood cancer & control for it based on his frozen blood (dna was proof i was sick & how why & what caused it was known then my government Job did it to me ok he was my mothers uncle) some things best unlearned! more questions then answers! the control for this cancer i have was known and understood both what & that happen same day the reason came on march 23 2019 when government offered me a deal!

When I play NASCAR games, I always create and drive a 28 car.

Cale Yarborough seemed to have good luck in the #28 Hardees car.

Wonder why Larry left Brett's team after 4 races. Idk he was with Brett till this video. Kenny Jr was one of 4 drivers i think that died of a fracture to the skull. Blaise Alexander (local driver), Adam Petty, and Sr. Blaise's death was the last death before the haans device was enforced for all drivers. and the safety barrier at the tracks.

When DAVEY died in 1993; “THE NUMBER 28 SHOULD OF BEEN RETIRED” “PERIOD”!!!!

They should bring back #28 in 2024 or 2025

Lol, Tiny Lund won the 1963 Daytona 500. Not "Lonestar J.R." !

First time I have ever disagreed with your editorial.

Yeats,, as my dad would say, was snake bit.

If davey and tim richmon didn't pass Dale Earnhardt wouldn't have been a 7 time champ. Davey and tin both would have been multi time champs

Didn't Joe Gase also end up spinning when a ran a #28 throwback?

Irvin was such a badass

Johnny Rutherford did not win the 1963 Daytona 500…Tiny Lund won in Ford #21.

What about The Rise and fall of Sabco Racing??

Davey wasn’t hurt in the car. Ernie wasn’t buckled in. Mike Helton killed Kenny.

Ernie Ervin was 28s best driver

I dont even know how to watch nascar in 2023.

Kenny Wallace had some chances in some of the best cup rides and couldn't do squat

The 28 isnt cursed… in fact it’s a historic number that should still be in the series.

John Rutherford Won a qualifing race not the Day 500

Need proofread this stuff. First 30 seconds Johnny Rutherford didn’t win the Daytona 500. Tiny Lund won the 500. Linestar won a qualifying race. -U10

Davey died in helicopter crash

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Btw Ty Dillon won in the 13…. Just putting it out there……………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ………………………………………. ……………………………………….In the cup series :)

I think 42 is unlucky

It’s Janet Guthrie not Gunthrie

I miss the 90s. Drivers weren't kids. They were men, and they acted like it. With that said, I'm so glad the cars are safer.

Ernie Ervin wasn’t 3 laps down, he was on the lead lap. Get your research correct

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sorry but in that case there's NO more unlucky driver than Denny Hamlin and his 11 car...

Davey's accident had nothing to do with the race team. How did Kenny's accident have anything to do with the team? Your logic is flawed. This number has has 76 wins and 300 top 5's.

It’s known as the Goofy Ahh Stock Car 💀

Total nonsense

As a Hendrick fan the 25 sure had some crap luck as well.

Safety 2nd smdh.