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They ain't tied!!!

NASCAR officials award Bobby Allison with 85th Cup victory

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NASCAR awarded Hall of Famer Bobby Allison with his 85th Cup Series victory Wednesday, amending the record books on a disputed 1971 race at Bowman Gray Stadium and moving the 86-year-old driver into sole possession of fourth place in the circuit’s all-time win list.

NASCAR CEO and chairman Jim France and vice chairman Mike Helton visited Allison on Wednesday to inform him of the recognition. The decision breaks a tie and moves Allison ahead of 84-time winner Darrell Waltrip in NASCAR’s history books, where the Alabama native now ranks behind Richard Petty, David Pearson and Jeff Gordon.

Allison received the trophy and first-place prize money in the Myers Brothers Memorial 250 race on Aug. 6, 1971, held at the quarter-mile oval in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Allison beat Petty to the checkered flag by a three-second margin.

I've been a Bobby Allison fan since I started following NASCAR in the early '70s. I never thought this day would come. I'm so happy for him, especially given all that has happened to him over the years.

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