DAVID MCGEE | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
BLOUNTVILLE, Tenn. — A pesky drizzle mingled with snowflakes filled the night sky over Northeast Tennessee as temperatures plummeted to bone-chilling.
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Alan Kulwicki celebrates in Victory Lane at BMS after winning the Bud 500 in August 1991.
BHC File Photo
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On the Record Ep. 22: Waiting for Kulwicki
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The morning after the crash that killed defending Winston Cup champion Alan Kulwicki.
David McGee/BHC
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Alan Kulwicki's team and hauler leave Bristol the morning after his plane crash.
Photo Courtesy of Bristol Motor Speedway
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Alan Kulwicki turns laps at BMS in 1992.
Photo courtesy BMS
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