Legends of NASCAR - Alan Kulwicki Traditional Cache
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Legends of NASCAR - Alan Kulwicki
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This series is in honor of the legends of
the sport of NASCAR racing who have passed away. There is something
for everyone (the numbers hounds or the history buffs). The series
is meant to be done from east to west. Please park completely off
of the road and use caution at all times. Most weekends, there
isn't more than a handfull of cars along this road but 2 weekends a
year this becomes one of the largest cities in the
State!
(December 14, 1954 – April 1, 1993),
nicknamed "Special K" and the "Polish Prince", was an American
NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) racecar driver.
He started racing at local short tracks in Wisconsin before moving
up to regional stock car touring series. Kulwicki arrived at
NASCAR, the highest and most expensive level of stock car racing in
the United States, with no sponsor, a limited budget, and only a
racecar and a borrowed pickup truck. Despite starting with meager
equipment and finances, he earned the 1986 NASCAR Rookie of the
Year award over drivers racing for well-funded teams. After
Kulwicki won his first race at Phoenix International Raceway, he
debuted what would become his trademark "Polish Victory Lap".
Kulwicki won the 1992 Winston Cup championship by what was then the
closest margin in NASCAR history. He died early in 1993 in a light
aircraft accident, and therefore never defended his championship.
He has been inducted into numerous racing halls of fame and was
named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers. Kulwicki was known for
being a perfectionist and doing things his own way. An engineer by
trade, his scientific approach to NASCAR racing inspires the way
teams are now run. Despite lucrative offers from top car owners, he
insisted on driving for his own race team, AK Racing, during most
of his NASCAR career. Described by his publicist as "a real hard
type of person to get to know", he remained a bachelor throughout
his life. Kulwicki died in an airplane crash on Thursday April 1,
1993. He was returning from an appearance at the Knoxville Hooters
in a Hooters corporate plane on a short flight across Tennessee
before the Sunday spring race at Bristol. The plane slowed and
crashed just before final approach at Tri-Cities Regional Airport
near Blountville. The National Transportation Safety Board
attributed the crash to the pilot's failure to use the airplane's
anti-ice system to clear ice from the engine inlet
system.
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