Many NASCAR drivers have had horrific meetings with the walls at Pocono over the years.
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Others who met mayhem at Pocono weren’t so lucky. Chief among them was one of Petty’s main rivals, Bobby Allison. In 1988, Allison lost control of his car and was T-boned in the driver side by Jocko Maggiacomo. Allison suffered numerous injuries, including a closed-head wound, and almost died. He needed months of rehabilitation, lost memories of some of his glory years and saw his career reach an early end.//Pocono also didn’t give a pass to one of the sport’s toughest drivers, Dale Earnhardt.
Another historically vicious crash occurred off the tunnel turn in 1992 when Davey Allison, his car tapped by Darrell Waltrip, sailed into an inside guard rail and flipped numerous times before stopping in a battered heap. Allison suffered several injuries but showed up at Talladega Superspeedway to start the next week’s race despite looking like he should be recovering in bed.RacingOneA 1989 crash involving Greg Sacks and Lake Speed practically destroyed a section of the track’s outside wall.
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