Bobby Allison through the years

NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison enjoyed a stellar career, amassing 85 premier series wins and becoming the tour's champion in 1983. Relive his contributions to stock-car racing history as one of the leaders of the famed "Alabama Gang."

Bobby Allison sits in the 1956 Chevrolet he drove in the NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race at Daytona International Speedway in 1963.

Driving a small-block Chevrolet Chevelle for car owner J. D. Bracken, Bobby Allison scored the first three of his eventual 85 premier-series wins in 1966. Allison took the checkered flag first at Oxford Plains (Maine) Speedway, Islip (New York) Speedway and at the Beltsville (Maryland) Speedway. Despite running just 33 of the 49 races on the schedule, Allison still finished 10th in points.

Bobby Allison poses with his J. D. Bracken-owned 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle that he drove in the Firecracker 400 at Daytona International Speedway in 1968.

Driver Bobby Allison plays the Matador and Miss Winston, BeBop Hobel, plays the bull before the Coca-Cola 500 race on July 31, 1977 at Pocono International Raceway. Bobby was hyping the AMC Matador car he was racing this season.

Bobby Allison drove Bud Moore's Norris Industries Ford to five wins in 1978, including the Daytona 500, and finished second in points. Allison and Moore were inducted into NASCAR's Hall of Fame together in the second class in 2011.

Track emergency workers try to break up a fight involving Cale Yarborough, Donnie Allison and Bobby Allison after Yarborough and Donnie Allison crashed on the final lap while battling for the lead in the 1979 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. It was Yarborough vs. two members of the Alabama Gang. The incident happened before a live nationwide television audience.

Bobby Allison and Dale Earnhardt share a conversation at Pocono during the Coca-Cola 500 on July 27, 1980.

In 1991, the Alabama Gang looked a bit different: premier series driver Davey Allison, center left, poses with Neil Bonnett (from left), father Bobby Allison, and uncle Donnie Allison, before the Daytona 500.

Bobby Allison with the Mario Rossi winged Dodge at Daytona in 1970. Later in the year, the team landed sponsorship from Coca-Cola, a relationship which Allison nurtured for years.

The 1983 season started out on the wrong foot for Bobby Allison, who crashed the DiGard Buick out of the Busch Clash on the fifth lap Feb. 14 at Daytona. But he finished ninth in the Daytona 500 six days later, and was in for a spectacular season.

By the time the 1983 Southern 500 finished, Bobby Allison had four wins and was first in points.

Among his accomplishments, Bobby Allison won what was then the World 600, NASCAR's longest race, at Charlotte Motor Speedway. He was a three-time Coca-Cola 600 winner, prevailing in 1971, 1981, and here for a final time in 1984.

Bobby Allison scored his final victory in the 1988 Daytona 500, finishing just two car-lengths ahead of his second-place son, Davey. It was only the second time a 1-2 finish was recorded by a father-son combo in NASCAR's top division.

In 1992, Bobby Allison went to Victory Lane again at Daytona, but this time celebrating son Davey Allison's victory as driver of the Robert Yates Racing No. 28 Texaco-Havoline Ford. Judy Allison joined the family celebration, as well.

Since his driving days ended, Allison has remained active in NASCAR and in 2009 was Grand Marshal for the Coca-Cola 600. He posed in the No. 12 Car in the garage area before the race at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Bobby Allison poses next to his Walk of Fame engraving during the NASCAR Hall of Fame Walk of Fame Unveiling at the NASCAR Hall of Fame, on May 22, 2011, in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Bobby Allison speaks on stage during the 2011 NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on May 23, 2011. Allison was among the five legends enshrined in the NASCAR Hall's second-ever class.

Newly minted NASCAR Hall of Fame member Bobby Allison poses beside his 1983 No. 22 Buick Regal during the Hall of Honor unveiling at the NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 24, 2011.

Members of the NASCAR Hall of Fame (L-R) Junior Johnson, Richard Petty, Bobby Allison, Ned Jarrett and Bud Moore stand on stage during the NASCAR Hall of Fame induction dinner at Charlotte Convention Center on Jan. 29, 2014.

Tony Stewart, who retired at the end of the 2016 season, honored fellow champion Bobby Allison with his throwback paint scheme for the 2016 Southern 500.