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Sicklajoie · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:09 pm Post subject: I hate April Fool's Day

19 years ago we lost Alan Kulwicki

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Dave Van · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 2:53 pm Post subject:

Agreed.....Alan was a great person....much less a great driver. Alan always aloud me in his shop when I needed pics for some freelance work I was doing at the time. He went to church with my boss during the off season and never acted 'famous'. Crying or Very sad

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imarriedawitch · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 3:25 pm Post subject:

Never saw anyone do so much with so little as he could. A real inspiration.

Johnnys1977 · Joined: 26 Sep 2009 Posts: 3199 Location: Bourbonnais IL.

My oldest son went to a race with a group from school. He was walking through the garage area when he felt a hand on his shoulder and someone said stand still for a minute!
My son thought a bee was on him or something and thought it was the teacher who took them there.
He felt movement on his back then a driver came around from behind him and said "go down by the 28 garage, that should make him happy" and walked on.
My son did not know any of the drivers but the teacher did and told him Alan Kulwicki had just signed his "Davy Allison" shirt!! Laughing

He still has it put away today! thumbsup

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BrAkEs4L|fe · Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 10653 Location: Ontario Canada

Wow. 19 years? Seems like only yesterday. This sport lost someone truly special when he passed away.
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Mick21 · Joined: 11 Dec 2011 Posts: 530 Location: Front Royal, Va

that was a sad day and always will be.

George Andrews · Joined: 01 Apr 2011 Posts: 584

I was among the lucky fans in attendance @ the 1st Cup race in Phoenix when Alan won his 1st Cup race. Like so many others in the infield, in my rush to get to Victory Circle I missed his Polish Victory Lap. A model car friend of mine was one of Alan's volunteer crew members, while my best NASCAR buddy and modeler friend Wayne just about jumped out of his skin when " The UNDERdog " won in a FORD !!!
Wayne was watching with me, television coverage of the Bristol race when news of Alan's death was announced. We both cried openly, as even now I tear up at the thought of our sport losing a Great Champion. Alan Kulwicki was a real racer who slay all the giants to win The Cup, only to lose his life some 6 months later before he could really enjoy it. Crying or Very sad

BrianP · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 4234 Location: Tazewell, TN

I was fortunate enough to have met him at the Hooters in Knoxville, TN, the night of the crash. It was the appearance he was doing before flying to Bristol for the race. He genuinely seemed like a nice guy who enjoyed meeting the fans.

When my mom woke me the next morning and told me the news, I was devastated. Alan was a hero of mine: an educated, articulate man in stock car racing.
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Sicklajoie · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2012 10:32 pm Post subject:

duke42 · Joined: 01 Sep 2009 Posts: 286 Location: Floyd Va

I bet today was a really special day for Tony Gibson. 19 years after his boss is killed, he gets a win as a crew chief. It was a special day for me, I was a huge Alan Kulwicki fan, and am now a Ryan Newman fan. This is also the first time in 22 years as a NASCAR fan that my driver has won a race I attended.

Shortwheels · Joined: 08 Mar 2003 Posts: 411

Doesn't seem like that long ago, but I can remember to this day, where I was when I heard the news that next morning.
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RacerRon13 · Joined: 27 Jan 2009 Posts: 277 Location: State College, PA

I remember just before going to bed that night hearing something about the possibility of his plane crashing. So, I stayed up HOPING it wasn't true. Sadly, it was.
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Tom M. · Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:52 pm Post subject:

gemcric · Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 3130 Location: Georgia

I was having a camp out birthday party. We stayed up late in my tent building Lego creations and listening to Southern Culture on the Skids. We finished the SCOTS tapes and turned on the radio. There was a breaking story about Alan's plane missing. I was all kinds of sad the rest of that night and I remember the report the next morning about his death. Sad

PenngwenHobbies · Joined: 13 Oct 2008 Posts: 295 Location: WV

Tough to watch the video of his 1992 champions speech, he's truly missed.... that was a tough day, I was a HUGE Bill Elliott fan, but was really glad Alan got the Cup that year. The last of his kind, for sure, you are not forgotten, Alan...
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creepyguy · Joined: 27 Feb 2003 Posts: 80 Location: Wisconsin

I grew up watching Kulwicki race at Slinger Speedway..... I saw him win his first major ASA race at Milwaukee.... I got to see him race in the 1992 Southern 500.... My wife and two year old daughter went to Alan Kulwicki Day in Greenfield and got his autograph for me..... I still miss him
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