1988 Buick Other for sale

1988 Buick Other
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Location: Scotts Valley, CA
Details: 1988 Buick Regal Coupe Winston Cup NASCAR
VIN: 12

This car was built and owned by Stavola Brothers Racingand#44; and was first driven as the #12 Miller High Life by Bobby Allison in 1988and#44; his last racing year. After Allisons retirement this car was driven by Bobby Hillin. For both the 1988 and 1989 NASCAR seasons the car wore the Miller High Life livery.

In 1990 the sponsorship at Stavola Brothers changed to Snickers. The car was driven first by Bobby Hillen and the later by Rick Wilson.

1992 the Stavola Brothers changed to Fordand#44; so the Buick was sold to Randamp;S Oval Track. It was purchased by Robert Hamand#44; Auburn Alabama who raced car in the 1992 Arca season as #18.

The Buick would pass through a few owners in the 90s who kept the car as a collectable until 2003and#44; when it would be fully restored by Bill Elliotts motorsport shop in North Carolina. It has been driven minimally by its last ownerand#44; and has a fresh engine / transmission / differential with only about 2 hours on them.

The car is currently set up in its road course configurationand#44; making it ideal for historic racing events around the world.

Specifications:

Hendrick built engineand#44; 725-750 hpand#44; 18-degree cylinder headsand#44; 12:1 compressionand#44; 8and#44;000 rpm max
Rankin transmission
9 Ford differentialand#44; 3.40:1
Road course setup
Original body
Larger brakes

About Bobby Allison:

During the course of his NASCAR careerand#44; Bobby Allison would race 778 races and accumulate 84 credited victories and 2 uncredited victories making him fourth all-time winnerand#44; tied with Darrell Waltripand#44; including three victories at the Daytona 500 in 1978and#44; 1982 and 1988and#44; where he finished one-two with his sonand#44; Davey Allison. In 1972 he was voted national Driver of the Year for winning ten races and taking 11 poles (including a record 5 straight)and#44; and again in 1983 when he claimed his only championship. He was NASCAR Winston Cup Champion in 1983 driving for DiGard Racing. The 1982 Daytona 500 was fraught with controversy that became known as Bumpergate. He also won the Firecracker 400 in 1982and#44; making Allison the fourth driver to sweep both Sprint Cup point races at Daytona in the same year. Of noteand#44; after Allison accomplished thisand#44; no driver repeated such a feat until Jimmie Johnson did it in 2013.

His NASCAR team owners included DiGardand#44; Junior Johnson andamp; Associatesand#44; and Roger Penskeand#44; for whom Allison scored four of the five NASCAR wins for American Motors Matador. The other AMC victory was accomplished by Mark Donohue also racing for Penske in 1973 at Riverside. He raced in NASCAR as a driver/owner of an AMC Matador.

Allison was involved in an accident at Talladega in May 1987and#44; that saw his car cut down a tireand#44; turn sideways and go airborne into the protective catch fence that separates the speedway from the grandstands. The impactand#44; at over 200 miles per hour (320 km/h)and#44; tore out over 100 yards of fencing. Parts and pieces of the car went flying into the grandstand injuring several spectators. This was the same race where Bill Elliott had set the all-time qualifying record at 212 mph (341 km/h).

In responseand#44; NASCAR mandated smaller carburetors for the remaining 1987 events at Talladega and Daytona. The following yearand#44; NASCAR mandated restrictor plates at Daytona and Talladega to keep speeds under 200 miles per hour (320 km/h). Allison won the first Daytona 500 run with restrictor plates in February 1988 by a car length over his son Davey Allisonand#44; rendering him the first driver to have won the Daytona 500 both with and without restrictor plates. He is the oldest driver (50 years) ever to win the Daytona 500. Bobby and Davey Allison are the first one-two father/son finish in the Daytona 500. As a result of permanent