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What if Alan Kulwicki was never tragically killed in that 1993 plane crash?
He won an every year of his career except 1999, so I expect that trend to keep going. However, he would only win an average of 1.8 wins a year until 1999, I think. 9-15 extra career wins.
He might have won the championship in 1996 with consistency.
AK Racing would remain a single-car team until 99 when Kulwicki hires young gun Matt Kenseth to drive the #17 DeWalt Ford, as a second team, since Kenseth is also from Wisconsin.
Kulwicki would start to fade as the 2000s begin, so he would hire young driver Casey Atwood to replace him in the #7 for 2002, as Atwood was taken out of his ride at Evernham Motorsports for meth addict Jeremy Mayfield. "I think about the past a lot, but the past is over. It's time to look to the future," he would say.
Atwood would find his confidence with racing expertise from Kulwicki and win races, become about as good as Kasey Kahne, still driving for Kulwicki today.
Matt Kenseth would win his first championship with Kulwicki in 2003. Kenseth did a polish victory lap at Homestead.
He would think of others doing Polish Victory Laps as a great honor.
In 2008 he would say, "Tony Stewart is a great racer; I'm scared of his team".
Roush and AK Racing would become quite related to each other, as Roush has one less team without Kenseth.
In August 2011 when asked about whether he would let Danica drive the #7 in Cup: "Why would I? I've built my business around the No.7, and I'm not gonna lend a number with such a history to a sellout."
In September 2011 the crowd went wild when Stewart did a Polish Victory Lap in Loudon in the second chase race, the crowd went wild.
Kulwicki congratulated Stewart on winning the 2011 championship, with Stewart saying, "This is all a tribute to the 92 championship. Alan has influenced me to do this."
2012 would be Kenseth's final year with Kulwicki, and an emotional one, too. Ricky Stenhouse would replace Kenseth.
What if Alan Kulwicki was never tragically killed in that 1993 plane crash?
He won an every year of his career except 1999, so I expect that trend to keep going. However, he would only win an average of 1.8 wins a year until 1999, I think. 9-15 extra career wins.
He might have won the championship in 1996 with consistency.
AK Racing would remain a single-car team until 99 when Kulwicki hires young gun Matt Kenseth to drive the #17 DeWalt Ford, as a second team, since Kenseth is also from Wisconsin.
Kulwicki would start to fade as the 2000s begin, so he would hire young driver Casey Atwood to replace him in the #7 for 2002, as Atwood was taken out of his ride at Evernham Motorsports for meth addict Jeremy Mayfield. "I think about the past a lot, but the past is over. It's time to look to the future," he would say.
Atwood would find his confidence with racing expertise from Kulwicki and win races, become about as good as Kasey Kahne, still driving for Kulwicki today.
Matt Kenseth would win his first championship with Kulwicki in 2003. Kenseth did a polish victory lap at Homestead.
He would think of others doing Polish Victory Laps as a great honor.
In 2008 he would say, "Tony Stewart is a great racer; I'm scared of his team".
Roush and AK Racing would become quite related to each other, as Roush has one less team without Kenseth.
In August 2011 when asked about whether he would let Danica drive the #7 in Cup: "Why would I? I've built my business around the No.7, and I'm not gonna lend a number with such a history to a sellout."
In September 2011 the crowd went wild when Stewart did a Polish Victory Lap in Loudon in the second chase race, the crowd went wild.
Kulwicki congratulated Stewart on winning the 2011 championship, with Stewart saying, "This is all a tribute to the 92 championship. Alan has influenced me to do this."
2012 would be Kenseth's final year with Kulwicki, and an emotional one, too. Ricky Stenhouse would replace Kenseth.