Neil Bonnett is a man who I had a lot of respect for. I became a Neil Bonnett fan as a follower of Bobby Allison. As a member of the (Alabama Gang), Neil had a wonderful career driving for the likes of the Wood Bros., Rahmoc, and Junior Johnson. I was one of the many who was just glad to see him return to broadcasting after his accident. I was an avid fan of "Winners" on TNN. I loved to watch races that were commentated by him. He seemed to have a knack for telling the same info over and over again without you thinking gee haven't you told that story, like five times already this season. I remember when I learned of his death, it was a shock to me because he had survived so much.

I will never forget when and how I found out that Alan had pasted away. I work 2nd shiftso I very seldom get home before midnite, and never get up before 10 am. I had worked overtime the night before so I was sleeping in on that day. I got up about 1 pm to get ready for work. I left my house and got into my car, on the steering wheel there was a note from a buddy of mine. It read
"Frank, Alan Kulwicki died in a plane crash last night in Bristol. Call me at work. Mike"
Well it was April 1st so knowing this buddy I figured it was a prank, so I just threw the note on the passengers seat and left for work. After I got to work I called him and found out it wasn't a joke. I was stunned. I didn't have anything on my mine the rest of the night.

After Davey died I was totally devastated I didn't know if I could continue to watch racing. I had lost 2 of my heroes in a short time frame, so I felt the only way to ease the pain was to show my colors to the world. I made two decals for my cars the first was a red "28", and the other was a Black "7". I put these in the back window, the decals were about 14" tall so that there was no mistake of whom I was a fan. I have a new image that was sent to me by a fellow fan, This image was taken at the Alabama Motorsports Hall of Fame. It belongs to Jody Colley (jcolley@mindspring.com). I am using the images with his permission.

Alan Kulwicki Career Wins
Year	Date	Track	Car Owner	Car Make
1988	11/06	Phoenix Intl Raceway	AK Racing	Ford
1990	10/21	N. Carolina Motor Spdwy	AK Racing	Ford
1991	08/24	Bristol Intl Raceway	AK Racing	Ford
1992	04/05	Bristol Intl Raceway	AK Racing	Ford
	06/14	Pocono Intl Raceway	AK Racing	Ford

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The section is my Tribute page to Elmo Langley

I feel that we all were taken aback by the death of Elmo from a heart attack as we had not heard of any problems recently. I sat in stunned disbelief as I read those words "Elmo Langley dies of apparent heart attack in Suzuka, Japan." Elmo had quite a few friends in Nascar and quite a few fans out here in the real world. I would like to think I was one of them

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John Nemechek

I was shocked to hear that John had passed away from his injuries as the day before I read that he was improving. I personally wasn't a fan of John's. I am a fan of sorts of Joe Nemechek is I pulled for John if I saw that he was in a situation that was to his liking. I would like to have any info that anyone could give me so I can make this section that most up to date.

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Future location of tribute to Tim Richmond. Until I have the time to add the Tim Richmond section and do it justice. Check out this page Tim Richmond...a tribute

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If there is anyone from Nascar auto racing that you feel I should add to that page feel free to E-mail me with they name

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