Clifford Allison was an American stock car racing driver.
Background
Son of National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing champion Bobby Allison, he was a member of the "Alabama Gang". Son of the legendary Bobby Allison, nephew of Donnie and brother to Davey, Clifford Allison was raised in Hueytown, Alabama and was a member of stock car racing"s "Alabama Gang".
Career
He was killed in a crash during practice for a National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series race at Michigan International Speedway in 1992. After marrying young, he worked in a coal mine in Kentucky for a period in the 1980s, but soon returned to Alabama and shortly after was divorced. He was then briefly crew chief for his father"s Busch Series race team before the team was disbanded in 1988.
By that time remarried, Allison started his racing career in earnest in the early 1990s, competing in Associate of the Royal College of Art and National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing Busch Series events.
He began the 1990 season competing for rookie of the year in the Busch Series, driving for Frank Cicci, but was released after the season"s seventh race for poor performances. Allison drove for Clint Folsom on a limited basis in 1991, while in 1992 he joined team owner Barry Owen, intending to run the majority of the series schedule.
Allison"s best finish in professional stock car racing came in an Associate of the Royal College of Art race at Texas World Speedway in April 1992, where he finished second. During practice for the Detroit Gasket 200, a Busch Series race at Michigan International Speedway in August 1992, Allison spun in turn four, hitting the concrete wall with the driver"s side.
He died shortly thereafter while in transit to hospital.