The amount of class Davey displayed at the end of the race still shocks me to this day, to be that mentally defeated and still stay humble is a honorable trait. Davey was a complete class act on and off the track!

The King's last race, a future hall of famer's first race, and a little team with a driver from Wisconsin that won one of the most competitive championship points battles in NASCAR history. That storyline is better than any coerced chase drama.

1992 Hooter's 500. The season ended with the TRUE closest championship finish. It was then the end of an era for a legend and the beginning of another legend's career.

As a teenager, I had the pleasure of watching Alan Kulwicki race the short tracks of Wisconsin. What a success story, an inspiration for every idealist.

This championship has more drama, intrigue and excitement than pretty much all before and up to 2003. Since the chase came along, full season excitement is non existent.

"Alan was the bridge from the past to the future." That may be the most insightful thing Kyle Petty has ever said in his life, and it's 10,000% true. Alan thought like a modern day engineer, but had the drive and work ethic from days past. The days of the independent owner/driver (and mechanic) were ending, yet he still came out on top.

Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki are true NASCAR racers, they raced each other clean and respected each other, Alan was a true underdog, oh i mean Underbird, he came in, and no one ever thought Alan would be in contention for the championship, and that my friends, was one HELL of a championship battle

It's funny that was the end of an era. Here we are again

No matter the topic in life throughout history It will always come back to the 1992 Hooters 500

Alan, Davey and Jeff enter the Hall of Fame the same year! How ironic that the King's last crew chief is Jeff Gordon's final champion crew chief?!

That was one helluva day and a helluva season. Sadly, two of the six racers (Davey Allison and Alan Kulwicki) died just a few months later. Also, I think of what might have been as we could have seen the three way duels between Dale, Jeff and Davey.

When NASCAR was still worth following and watching.

8 yes later I'm still watching. I was there and this is my favorite race ever!!!!! I was a Dupont guest and met Jeff and his mom. I was wearing my Hooters tshirt and brand new Dupont hat signed by Jeff. One of my best days

Kulwicki died 5 months later. :'( He Will Be Dearly Missed

Bob Jenkins, my fav NASCAR announcer

I have so much respect for Alan Kulwicki. He wanted to prove he could make it in NASCAR doing it his way and he beat the odds and became "King of the Hill." Would have been cool to see Alan, Davey and Jeff Gordon race together. They say that after your racing career ends, people remember you more for what you last did and for Alan, he died the reigning champ. I will remember him for his last full season more than the rest of his career.

Davey Allison died way too young, he was already great but he was gonna be a champion and redeem himself from the 1992 season

I find myself watching this all the time. Just amazing, greatest race in all of history. Even with how hard they try, nascar will never be able to fabricate a championship race like this. So so happy for Alan, and crushed for Davey at the same time.

Someone needs to make a live action movie about this.

it is an all out disgrace how Nascar and the Nascar media does not recognize or mention Alan Kulwicki some 20 years later after his death. I don't think his name has even been brought up for the Hall of Fame.

They could easily make a "Rush" style movie about the 1992 season. Between the championship, The King, and Jeff Gordon I bet anybody who's ever been even sort of interested in NASCAR would come watch it. Let Ron Howard direct this one too!

I was there that day. I was there for a bunch of races at Atlanta during that time, but this is the race I remember. It was the day of a lifetime.

Honestly, this storyline is something out of a movie. You have the greatest driver in the sport make his last start, a future legend make his first start, a 6 man dog fight for all the marbles, and an underdog beat all the odds and doubters, and take home the crown. Some director in Hollywood, please make a movie about this race!

I'm relatively new to following NASCAR, even I shed tears watching this for the first time, the gestures for the passing of Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison were perfectly poetic. More than that, it was one of the most loaded storylines of any championship in any race series. The final race for the most successful driver in NASCAR history, The King Richard Petty, the first race another multiple champion, Jeff Gordon and six drivers mathematically in contention the championship in 1992

The 1992 Hooters 500 still remains the most exciting NASCAR race in the history of racing. This race had me on the edge of my chair and throwing beer cans and ash trays every lap. The competition between Kulwicki and Elliott in those few laps were soooooo very exciting. I could have strangled Ernie Irvan for taking Davy Allison out. LOL... Never have I been so involved in a NASCAR race ever. I will never forget it!!! NASCAR racing is a total joke today. They put any young driver in the seats that can drive fast and turn left and expose them as stars. All cars are built exactly the same and where the hell did Toyota come from???????

And no debris yellows...

Paul Andrews makes me tear up every time. So much was lost when Alan died. Same with Robert Yates and Davey.

I have to agree this was a remarkable race, although I only saw it on ESPN, it was really emotional, such a close Winston Cup finish. There will never be race quite like this one, and the sport will never be the same. RIP - Alan & Davey.

Fun Fact: Jimmy Carter worked at Atlanta as a ticket vendor

The 92 season was just one rollercoaster after another for just about everybody.

Thanks to the new Chase, we'll never have excitement and drama like this again...

And another thing worth noting is that, of the four 1992 championship contenders who were still with us at the end of the following season; Mark Martin was the only one that was a serious contender for a championship after 1992 (coming in 2nd in 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2009 in addition to his 2nd place finish in 1990). Especially notable is that how much Bill Elliott's career really tailed off after 1992 (from winning 35 races and the 1988 Winston Cup between 1985-92; Awesome Bill won only 4 races the rest of his career and never finished higher than 8th in points after 1992).

To hell with the manufactured Chase drama created by Brian France. Anybody who says 2011 was a superior year to this is an idiot. THIS was a true championship fight. Hard to believe that modern NASCAR was born with this as well. Seems so long ago.

I think that Fox Sports 1 after the race at Homestead Miami Speedway this year should make another one of these show's except call it "The Day: 2015 Ford 400" and it should focus on Jeff Gordon. That would be pretty cool.

Me and my two brothers were there. It was a great race and one that I'll never forget. Alan Kulwicki and Davey Allison both lost their lives in the next year. :-(

Alan Kwickwi*sp whould been a huge star and also Davey Allison whould been a star also along with Gordon!

WOW... Coming up on 30 years ago. Remember it like it was yesterday!!!

Still drives a dagger into my heart to watch Davey wreck and then the part of his death. I remember both all too well and pain is just as real as it was then.

The fact that Richard Petty, Dale Earnhardt, Jeff Gordon, Rusty Wallace, Darrell Waltrip, Mark Martin, Terry Labonte, Ricky Rudd, Davey Allison, Bill Elliott, and Alan Kulwicki all shared the track that day for the first and last time… now all are either gone or retired.

and once Jeff Gordon retires at the end of this season, the Richard Petty linage will be just about over, Richard Petty can be traced from divers who raced in the first NASCAR race to drivers still active today, and while there will still be 1 or 2 part-time drivers active after this season who raced with Richard Petty, but Jeff Gordon will be the last full-time driver.

They should a NASCAR movie about this the 1992 NASCAR season the closest championships in NASCAR history.

The greatest race in NASCAR history. No way this will ever be replicated in today’s circumstances.

This is the 1st race I ever remember watching. It was the last race for my moms favorite driver. And the 1st race for my favorite driver.

its not about changing of the guard, its about people WE, THE REAL FANS, CAN IDENTIFY WITH, not some bunch of cookie cutter drivers, with no history of anything, walk in up , and say in " I wanta drive a race car " and daddy pays his way in

Surprised Yates hired Ernie Irvan to drive after he took Davey out in this race.

great show! thanks for posting

You know, Nascar doesn't really have much exposure in the UK unless you have certain sat channels. But I can see and watch these great drivers with their inspirational stories and I can appreciate their talents thanks to docs like this, fabulous!!

I remember this race well...looking back: NO Danica Patrick absolutely JAMMED down everyone's throat. (Now she jams it down Stenhouses' throat)

92 was NASCARs greatest season, ever!

When the schedule was released everyone looked at this day as being historical. It had heartbreak and triumph and sadness and hope. This race will never be forgotten.

Arguably the greatest NASCAR race of all time.

Back again to watch this full outstanding video of this amazing race. As I said I still have the race taped n a VHS tape and a player in good condition to watch it on, but the commentary and behind the scenes information about the top drivers in this video makes it much more interesting. It is such a shame that NASCAR has fallen under the clutches of the "ALL MIGHTY DOLLAR" these days. All the real drivers and heroes are gone. There is "NO WAY" these young drivers of today can come remotely close to comparing to the drivers and car owners of then. No more Fords vs Dodge, no more Chevy vs Pontiac, no more Plymouth vs Buick. That was a major part of keeping us gearheads interest in the sport. All cars of today are built the same with all the same after market engines and who ever donates the sheet metal for the cars and sponsors the teams puts their logo on that car. .Also, where in the hell did Toyota come from and what business does it have in an American Muscle racing sport with the back roads roots such as NASCAR??? I'll tell ya where they came from... "$$$$$$$$$$"... That is all NASCAR is about now days. There will never be drivers such as Petty, Earnhardt, Allison, Kulwicki, Elliott, Martin, Wallace, Waltrip, Jarrett, Gordon, Yarborough, Johnson, Baker, Bonnet, Shephard, McDuffey, Gant, and all other greats. These guys were in those seats because of passion and heart for the sport. Drivers today are there for the dollars, fame, and glory. NASCAR will never be the same. Too many greedy chiefs and not enough Indians so to speak!!!

This was the first NASCAR race I ever saw as a kid. I was immediately hooked. Sitting here now after watching this it evokes so much emotion. How it all played out was so heartbreaking and leaves me with sadness even now. Alan and Davey were too good for this world, I suppose. God or fate saw fit to take them away before they could ever fall from grace.

Wow how different and exciting the next several years of nascar would’ve been if Alan and Davey had lived.

Man, I had forgotten about the Apaches circling 30’ above the pace laps. That was BAD ASS!

i never got the chance to see Alan race but man i would have loved to watched that race live

Great upload

They aren't gone, we all are just a lap down. We'll catch them again after the Final Lap. Thanks for the amazing memories fellas! But don't lift, I'm reeling you in!!

still, after all these years, can't help but get excited, this is RACIN !!!!!!!

This was the most competitive championships in NASCAR history it was a great season great achievements it was like David and Goliath of NASCAR and James hunt and Nikki lauda championship battle in NASCAR.

Wonderful, a fine fine race team!!! Loved it! From Buford Georgia 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻😇 😇😇 😇👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Fast fact: NASCAR's Greatest Race of the Century, the 1992 Hooters 500, the most legendary day in NASCAR History, was depicted on The Day, which was shown on the now-defunct Speed, the ancestor of Fox Sports 1. Among the figures that were featured in this episode were the Pettys

I went to the last race at Atlanta before they rebuilt it. The year Terry Labonte won the cup. This brings me back to that race.

My dad got tickets from Mike Helton and sat with him in the infield for this race. At the time, Mike was the GM for Talladega Superspeedway.

How ironic - 1992 was the year for Ford in NASCAR

Already? 1992 Gordon started his 1st race. This weekend is gonna be his last Sprint Cup. #24ever

Please Jeff Gordon, come back for only one more race

Exactly 1 year after Major League Baseball's Greatest World Series of the Century, the 1991 World Series, the most legendary Championship series in MLB history, NASCAR's Greatest Race of the Century, the 1992 Hooters 500, saw the late Alan Kulwicki made the impossible by defeating Bill Elliott, the late Davey Allison, Harry Gant, Kyle Petty, and Mark Martin to win the NASCAR Winston Cup Series in Winston America Championship, which occurred exactly 18 years prior to the Greatest Formula 1 Race of the Century, the 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the most legendary day in Formula 1 History, and 22 years before the Greatest ASOP Music Festival Grand Finals Night of the Century, the 2014 ASOP Music Festival Grand Finals Night, the most legendary day in Contemporary Christian Music history

23yrs exact since nov 15, 1992 wow I can't believe it

Rest in peace, Alan.

The fords dominated the 1992 season Bill Elliott,Alan kulwicki,and Davey Allison where the best ford drivers in the field.

Imagine my surprise when I found out that had there been a Chase at this time, Kyle Petty would've won the championship on the same day his father retired. #ThatsIncredible 😂😂😂

The saddest part is that 1992 season was not very good. The racing was far less competitive than in 1991; this Atlanta race and the 600 at Charlotte were almost the only good competition all season. The points drama was hype more than substance until Irvan spun out and plowed into Allison; all Allison had to do was finish 5th and the title was his, and all of a sudden the points race became something it generally can't be - something compelling.

I was there working the infield hospitality area. We pissed the catering company and the man who ran it and he told my friend the lady that we worked with that your bunch won't be eating off of us and she told him your food's not WORTH A DAMN ANYWAY! So 30mins. after the race started we were through working and HOOTERS TOLD US TO COME ON INTO THEIR TENT AND EAT AND DRINK ALL YOU WANT AND NOT BOTHER WITH THE PISSY ASS CATERING OUTFIT 😆!!! All the food and drinks that had ever been served in the infield hospitality area had to be purchased through the race tracks catering service other than that 1 finale race in November of 92 and HOOTERS WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT TO SERVE THEIR OWN FOOD BY THEIR OWN COOK'S AND I GUESS THE REASON BEING IS THEY SPONSORED THE RACE👍 damn I miss those GOOD OLE DAYS

One of Richard Petty's final race and Jeff Gordon's first cup race.

I was born about 9 years later. I'm so sad I missed so much

What a race. God I would’ve loved to be alive at this time.

it was awesome bill vs alan kuwicki with the polish victory lap vs davey allison son of bobby allison all going for a title at atlanta in '92

Just sad to think if Davey and Alan were still here i bet you both would still be racing right now. If not probably around their retirement seasons as of 2022

The only bad part about this documentary is they had to bring up billy boy Clinton and it was the bad part of 1992!

A Champion's Dynasty Began here

And by 1996, This entire landscape would look completely different. Davey And Alan are both dead, Jeff has won a few Championships as well as earnhardt. And clintons would be steeped in controversy.

Allison only won 5 races that year, so no one knows what McReynolds was talking about. The cup that year was won with the lowest average finishing position ever.

I was at this race! The first and best race.

God giveth, God taketh away.

Davey will always be THE Man in Black to ME.

The last owner/driver to win a Championship...from Greenfield, WI. The last one to win under the same format, from Cambridge, WI.

Somehow, someone started the narrative that this championship fight had just 5 men alive for the Winston Cup. I've heard it several times now, even from Hall of Fame historian Tom Jensen, and it needs to stop. It's a disservice to the legend of this race.

Rest In Peace Davey Allison

Legendary year for Motorsport

Alan Kulwicki's biopic certainly needed to be made...

I wonder why they changed Atlanta so drastically.

the ironic thing is that chase elliott drives a hooters car now 😂😂😂

It's races like these that show why the Chase sucks. A 6, count em 6, driver battle for the championship, now it's 4 driver elimination where the drivers know if they run better than the other 3 they will win. These guys back in the 92 hooters 500 raced their asses off because they knew they had to in order to win the championship. Where did the good ol days go

29:14 1992 had its first GoPro

Bill Elliott won four straight races in the beginning and was already the favorite to win.

LOL didn't know the "get the fuckin' fire extinguisher!" crash was in his last race.

Poor Davey. It was bound to happen to one of them. Six drivers going for the championship, so one crash, and one of them is going to be in it. Just happened to be the championship leader.

the old good times

22:30 That's the loudest I ever heard The King talk!