[simple simon]

Is NASCAR in danger of losing it's link to the past ? by this, i mean from generation to generation all in one family

i believe it already lost what could have been the most perfect link of all so far ........ Lee - Richard - Kyle - Adam ..... of course we all know Adam is no longer with us and that chain has been broken

of course there was Dale Sr. and is now Jr. ..... it will be likely at least another 20 years to see if Jr. can keep that link going with a child in Cup

the was Ned and now DJ, how about Jason .... is he on his way to Cup ?

am i leaving out good chains from past to present ? ...... is this really a danger and something that will affect NASCAR in a negative way ?

i think if it happens it will be a sad day in Cup when no one on the starting grid has a direct link back to earlier days

[bob101]

No, I don't know who specifically but "names" open up a lot of doors for a ride early on in a career. Take drivers of equal talent and one having the right name and the other an unknown - which will go farther/faster?

[Team Yates]

Originally Posted by simple simon

Is NASCAR in danger of losing it's link to the past ? by this, i mean from generation to generation all in one family

i believe it already lost what could have been the most perfect link of all so far ........ Lee - Richard - Kyle - Adam ..... of course we all know Adam is no longer with us and that chain has been broken

of course there was Dale Sr. and is now Jr. ..... it will be likely at least another 20 years to see if Jr. can keep that link going with a child in Cup

the was Ned and now DJ, how about Jason .... is he on his way to Cup ?

am i leaving out good chains from past to present ? ...... is this really a danger and something that will affect NASCAR in a negative way ?

i think if it happens it will be a sad day in Cup when no one on the starting grid has a direct link back to earlier days

Bobby Allison........Davey Allison

[I Flip For Carl]

I don't know if you would count them or not ,but what about the Allison's ?
And the Wallace's ?

I think had Davey not been killed we would of seen his son Robby in Nascar. Robby is now 16 year's old and a spiting image of his dad .A few year's after Davey's death Robby tried pursuing racing in go cart competition ,had a pretty hard wreck and it scared Davey's widow Liz so bad that she said that was it .

Jason Jarrett tried racing ,but just didn't seem to have the racing gene ,much like Terry Labonte's son Justin.

Young Matt Martin seems to the racing talent of his dad Mark .He is 16 and at age 12 Matt was signd to be Ford's youngest development driver.However when Mark moved to Ginn Matt was signed to their racing development.At age 13 he won 2 times racing against people 10 -20 year's his senior.Matt runs in the ASA Late Model Southern Sportsman Series and FASCARS Pro Truck and Sportsman Series.Matt even has his own website and is currently sponsored by Coke .



You spoke of the Earnhardt legacy per Ralph ,Dale Sr and Dale Jr ,but what about Kerry? True Kerry doesn't haven't the ability that Dale Jr has ,but his son Jeffery seems to .Jeffery has been signed to drive for DEI in the Busch East Series and it is reported that he will race in the regular Busch Series for DEI in 2008.



Jeffery Earnhardt^

These are the ones that I can think of right off the top of my head at 6:47 AM

[3fanforever]

The Wallace family is continuing the links I'd say.
You've got Rusty's son, Steve, driving the 66 HomeLife Communities Dodge for Rusty Wallace, Inc. in the Bush series. Right now he's 16th in the points standings.

And then there's Mike Wallace's daughter Chrissy (Kenny and Rusty's niece), who they're grooming to move up. Yea, I know she's a girl and the road ahead for her is gonna be tough, especially if and when she comes into the Bush series, but still, she's a family link who's in racing.

[3fanforever]

Dang, hate to double post.

But don't count the Allisons out yet...
I just remembered that Donnie Allison is busy teaching his grandson, Justin, to race.
Justin is 15 years old, so it'll probably be a while before you start hearing allot about him.

He won his first race in the Allison Legacy Series Race at Myrtle Beach Speedway on Saturday, June 24, 2007,
where he broke Pittsboro, North Carolina's Michael Cooper's four race winning streak in the Allison Touring Series.



And last Saturday, he came in second in the fifty lap Touring race at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Presently, he's running 5th in the standings.

[I Flip For Carl]

That is so awesome to hear 3 Fan ,as that means that there will be another Allison to pull for .

[Quality88]

That's good news to hear about the Allison's.

Jason Jarrett has some talent, but I doubt we will seem if anytime soon if ever in the cup series.

[tkj24]

Originally Posted by 3fanforever

Dang, hate to double post.

But don't count the Allisons out yet...
I just remembered that Donnie Allison is busy teaching his grandson, Justin, to race.
Justin is 15 years old, so it'll probably be a while before you start hearing allot about him.

He won his first race in the Allison Legacy Series Race at Myrtle Beach Speedway on Saturday, June 24, 2007,
where he broke Pittsboro, North Carolina's Michael Cooper's four race winning streak in the Allison Touring Series.



And last Saturday, he came in second in the fifty lap Touring race at Hickory Motor Speedway.
Presently, he's running 5th in the standings.

More Allison News:
Robbie Allison will make his racing debut in the Galaxy Jr. Racing League of 2001 which kicks off March 30, 2001.

Robbie Allison has purchased a racecar and will launch his racing career at Galaxy/Twin Fountains Raceway in Shelbyville, TN when he competes in the Galaxy Jr. Racing League March 30, 2001.Grandpa and Grandma Bobby and Judy Allison along with Red Farmer will be there to see how Robbie and all the other Jr. stars perform.

The Galaxy Jr. Racing League series of 2001 which utilizes the Galaxy Motorsports manufactured 1/2 scale Cup car is powered by a New Generation Honda V2 engine. In addition to the new Jr. League, Galaxy will expand its popular larger scale Pro-Challenge Series with introduction of the Kawasaki 1100 powered Pro-Series Cup car, which is capable of exceeding speeds of 100mph. Besides manufacturing racecars the company is in the second phase of acquiring over 100 short tracks that will be converted into family-friendly race facilities.

[Quality88]

Thrivin almost, one day a few years from now we could see it again

[I Flip For Carl]

Originally Posted by tkj24

More Allison News:
Robbie Allison will make his racing debut in the Galaxy Jr. Racing League of 2001 which kicks off March 30, 2001.

Robbie Allison has purchased a racecar and will launch his racing career at Galaxy/Twin Fountains Raceway in Shelbyville, TN when he competes in the Galaxy Jr. Racing League March 30, 2001.Grandpa and Grandma Bobby and Judy Allison along with Red Farmer will be there to see how Robbie and all the other Jr. stars perform.

The Galaxy Jr. Racing League series of 2001 which utilizes the Galaxy Motorsports manufactured 1/2 scale Cup car is powered by a New Generation Honda V2 engine. In addition to the new Jr. League, Galaxy will expand its popular larger scale Pro-Challenge Series with introduction of the Kawasaki 1100 powered Pro-Series Cup car, which is capable of exceeding speeds of 100mph. Besides manufacturing racecars the company is in the second phase of acquiring over 100 short tracks that will be converted into family-friendly race facilities.

Robbie had a wreck in that series and Liz (Davey's widow) said that was it from the last I heard.

Here is Master Robbie now at age 16 a spitting image of his dad




And Davey's daughter Krista who is now 18

[tkj24]

Very pretty kids. Too bad they didn't have a dad growing up. My Dad died when I was 18 and I still miss him very much.