DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.—Tragedy continued to stalk stock car racing’s Alabama Gang when veteran driver Neil Bonnett suffered fatal head injuries Friday when his car crashed into the Turn 4 wall at Daytona International Speedway.The death of the 47-year-old Bonnett, one of the most popular drivers on NASCAR’s Winston Cup circuit, came as he was attempting a comeback in hopes of qualifying for the Feb. 20 Daytona 500. It was the latest in the tragic saga of a tightly knit group of racers from Hueytown, Ala., whose successes in stock car racing became legendary, but who have been affected by one tragedy after another.Bobby Allison, the godfather of the Alabama Gang, suffered a head injury in a race in July 1988 that ended his Hall of Fame career. A head injury also cut short the career of Donnie Allison, Bobby’s brother. Advertisement One of Bobby’s sons, Clifford, was killed in a racing accident in Michigan in 1992, and his other son, Davey, winner of the 1992 Daytona 500, died last July of...
