He has even raced Porsches, at the Lime Rock Trans-Am last season and most recently as one of the select field of 12 at the International Race of Champions at Riverside just before this test. He has also won on road courses-Riverside this past summer to name a recent one-and driven open-wheelers for Roger Penske at Indy. But he is much too diverse to be categorized in that narrow pigeon hole. To be sure, Bobby Allison is a stock car driver, and, with more than forty NASCAR wins, an exceedingly competent one.
And he points out exactly where that might be in a precise, deep, gentle drawl that does not leave room for misinterpretation. who will be more than happy to help out on a test such as this. or someone trying to carve out a factory deal. It's easy to find someone who has raced Porsches successfully, someone with a factory deal.
Which makes him the perfect driver to test the 1974 line-up of 2.7-liter Porsches. except maybe a Volkswagen and I've only driven VWs a minimum number of times."īobby Allison, successful driver and equally successful race car builder, feels no reverence toward the name Porsche.
Porsches are quite a bit different from anything else I've driven. but I just know better than to crowd it too soon. we might even be able to run right to the mat in a few laps. "It's telling me to expect something bad, it doesn't say how bad. And each time it does, the onrushing boiler-plate wall seems to click into even sharper focus. But almost as soon as it's caught, the rear comes unstuck again. Each time the tail comes loose, Allison catches it with a microscopic correction of the steering and an adjustment of his foot on the gas.