Neil Bonnett At Nashville Speedwayprivacy - Now, in what i would come to know as racing’s dark side all too many times over the next 20 years, neil bonnett was dead. He was only 47. When the garage opened that. Neil bonnett, the popular and personable nascar driver who was killed friday in a crash during practice at daytona international speedway, knew his return to racing last year was unsettling. Nashville international raceway | ©1982 david allio. He was joined by neil bonnett, a rising star from alabama whose potential was easily recognized by johnson. It was bonnett, in fact, who took the checkered flag at. Neil began his nascar career as a protégé of 1983 winston cup champion bobby allison, working on the team’s cars. He later became part of the famous “alabama gang” that included. With about 10 laps to go, neil was being hounded by the #5 chevy of geoff bodine. Two weeks earlier at martinsville, bodine won the first cup race for himself and hendrick. The 1984 coors 420 would go down as one of the most controversial finishes in fairgrounds speedway history. Junior johnson driver neil bonnett passed his teammate darrell waltrip on. Bonnett scored the first of his 18 cup series wins at richmond raceway in 1977, competing in an abbreviated season. In fact, part of what makes bonnett’s statistics so impressive is that he.
Now, in what i would come to know as racing’s dark side all too many times over the next 20 years, neil bonnett was dead. He was only 47. When the garage opened that. Neil bonnett, the popular and personable nascar driver who was killed friday in a crash during practice at daytona international speedway, knew his return to racing last year was unsettling. Nashville international raceway | ©1982 david allio.