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Tom Roberts Public Relations
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best education a person could get regarding professional stock car
racing...TRPR received from racing legend Bobby Allison. I had the
privilege of serving as BA's PR representative from the beginning
of the 1984 NASCAR Winston Cup season until his "forced retirement"
due to the Pocono crash in 1988. In our first season, we were gone
some 40 weekends on the road...running all the Winston Cup races
and selected ASA shows, ALL PRO races and at many unsanctioned events
all across the country. We kept sets of Miller High Life decals
in the storage compartment of his Piper Aerostar that we used on
cars at some of the races. Benny Ertel, now Mark Martin's business
manager, acted as BA's "agent" at the time and it was absolutely
astounding at just how much racing that we did back then. |
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| One of the most memorable weekends ever spent with BA "on the
road" saw him accomplish the following...all in less than three
days during one single weekend back in August of 1984: |
- Friday afternoon - qualified 7th for the Saturday night Cup
race.
- Friday night - ventured to Asheville, N.C., and finish second
in the ALL PRO truck series 100-lap feature at New Asheville
Speedway
- Saturday night - finished second to winner Terry Labonte
in the Bristol Winston Cup race.
- Sunday morning - ventured to Milwaukee to start fourth and
finish third in the ASA race at the Milwaukee Mile.
- Sunday night - stopped back in at the Highland Rim Speedway
near Goodlettesville, Tenn., to start third and finish second
in the 200-lap NASCAR All American Challenge Series feature.
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Bobby Allison was, is...and always will be one of
my biggest personal heroes.
We invite you to visit BA's site on the web at:
www.bobbyallison.com
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