53 years after finish, Bobby Allison is awarded NASCAR win

NASCAR officials award Bobby Allison with 85th Cup victory; legend now fourth on all-time win list
NASCAR awarded Hall of Famer Bobby Allison with his 85th Cup Series victory Wednesday, correcting the record on a disputed 1971 race.
NASCAR declares Bobby Allison the winner of a 1971 race, moving him into 4th on all-time wins list
NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison finally got his victory from Bowman Gray Stadium, more than five decades after he took the checkered flag and the trophy.
NASCAR officially ends 53-year controversy by awarding Bobby Allison his 85th career win from race in 1971
Allison, who was not given credit for a win at Bowman Gray, now takes sole possession of fourth on NASCAR's all-time wins list
Bobby Allison wins a NASCAR race! 1971 victory officially recognized; Darrell Waltrip drops
In 1971, Bobby Allison won a big-league NASCAR race but wasn't in a big-league car. The win was never reflected on the all-time wins list, until now.
NASCAR Declares Bobby Allison Winner of 1971 Winston-Salem Race to End Long Dispute
Hall of Fame driver Bobby Allison has been declared the winner of the 1971 Myers Brothers 250 at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, N.C., the stock car racing governing body announced Wednesday afternoon.
53 years after winning race, NASCAR credits Bobby Allison with victory at Bowman Gray
The NASCAR Cup Series will return to Bowman Gray in February 2025 for the first time since the 1971 race won by Bobby Allison.
After 53 Years, NASCAR Finally Gives Bobby Allison His Victory at Bowman Gray
Allison was given the first-place trophy after the 1971 race, but not the 'W' in the record books. Now that's changing, along with his place on the all-time wins list.
NASCAR's Bobby Allison Was Just Awarded a Win from 1971
Allison's win in the 1971 race had never been officially recognized by NASCAR until Wednesday. Seven of the eight drivers still alive in the playoffs are multi-time winners while the eighth driver has the best average finish of any driver in 2024.
53 years after the race, NASCAR awards victory to Bobby Allison
Bobby Allison won the Myers Brothers Memorial at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on Aug. 6, 1971. He got the trophy in Victory Lane.
NASCAR officials award Bobby Allison with 85th Cup victory at age 86
At 86 years old, NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison picked up his 85th Cup Series victory Wednesday, after the organization amended the record books on a disputed 1971 race. Allison’s now-win at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem moves him into sole possession of fourth place in the circuit’s all-time win list.
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NASCAR awards Bobby Allison an 85th victory 53 years after he took the checkered flag at Bowman Gray Stadium
Bobby Allison now has 85 career NASCAR Cup Series wins. NASCAR announced Wednesday that Allison would have an additional win ...