1989: The late great Davey Allison won at Talladega and the July Daytona race.
He was 8th in points and the car was black with gold numbers.
(See our link at bottom of this page to go to more extensive information
and photos about Davey's life and career.)

1990: Allison won in April in the No 28 at Bristol, the only driver to win from the backstretch until Dale Earnhardt's controversial bump/win over Terry Labonte in
August of 1999. Allison then won again in October at Charlotte and was 13th in points.

1991: The No. 28 began carrying the car look it was most remembered for, black with red numbers and the familiar Texaco star. Allison won May 26th at the Coca Cola 600 in Charlotte, June 9th at Sears Point, June 23rd at Michigan, Oct 20th at Rockingham, and Nov. 3rd at Phoenix. He started on the front row seven times on his way to a third-place finish in the points race behind Dale Earnhardt and second place Ricky Rudd. Allison also won the non-points "The Winston" from the pole and led all laps in both race segments.

1992: Allison won the Daytona 500 and five more races. He entered into the final race
of the season in Atlanta with a 30-point lead in the Winston Cup standings. But he was collected by Ernie Irvan's spinning car and unable to complete the race.This gave Alan Kulwicki the chance to edge Bill Elliott to win the championship in what many fans say was one of the most memorable races ever. RYR's No. 28, once again, ended the
season in third place. The team had led in points for much of 1992. In May Davey
won "The Winston" for a second consecutive year from the pole. He edged Kyle Petty
at the finish line and crashed in this memorable event.

1993: Allison's last win was at Richmond on March 7th with Larry McReynolds as his crew chief. Sorrow came dramatically when the new helicopter he was piloting crashed at the Talladega track and he lost his life in July. The team withdrew from the next race that week at Pocono. Lake Speed and Robby Gordon piloted the car for a few races before Ernie Irvan was hired to take over starting at Darlington in September. He went on to win races at Martinsville from the pole (his fourth race in the No 28) and Charlotte that October where he started second. He earned a sixth in WC points while running just the final nine races of the season with RYR.

1994: Irvan won at Richmond, Atlanta and Sears Point, had earned five poles, and
was in serious contention with Dale Earnhardt for the championship. In August he was critically injured in a practice crash at Michigan. Kenny Wallace completed the season in the No. 28. Irvan was credited with a 22nd place standing in season ending points, despite missing 11 races due to the accident. Irvan was first in miles lead, 2,419.51
out of 7,643.93 miles run. He led 17 of 20 races, leading 1781 of  5357 laps.

1995: Dale Jarrett was the driver of the No. 28 and won one race at Pocono in July
and finished 13th in points. Irvan battled back from injury and competed in his first "comeback race" at North Wilkesboro where he led some laps and finished 6th.
He also raced at Phoenix and placed 7th at the season ending Atlanta race in the Texaco-Havoline No. 88 Ford. Irvan was 48th in points, having competed in only three
races, with Todd Parrott as his crew chief.

1996: Ernie Irvan was back for the full season in the Texaco 28 Thunderbird and won
with an emotional victory at New Hampshire when teammate Dale Jarrett in the No 88 was second. He later won at Richmond and finished 10th in points under Larry McReynolds guidance as crew chief. Irvan's only pole was in April at Talladega. This was the first full season of a two car team for RYR. Dale Jarrett, with four wins, was third in points in his first full season in the No 88 with Todd Parrott as crew chief. McReynolds left RYR at season end to be Dale Earnhardt's crew chief.

1997: In June Irvan wins at Michigan, the track where he almost lost his life, yet miraculously overcame a 10% chance of survival. He then won the pole for the August Brickyard race. That same weekend Robert Yates announced Irvan would not return the following season and Kenny Irwin would be the driver. In October Irvan won the pole at Talladega in a special white, gold and black anniversary Texaco special paint scheme Thunderbird with his long time friend Marc Reno as crew chief throughout 1997. Irvan ended his career in the No. 28 with a 14th place standing in the season ending points. Teammate Dale Jarrett, with 7 wins, was 2nd in points, only 14 points shy of winning the title.

1998: Kenny Irwin wins "Rookie of the Year" in the newly introduced No. 28 Texaco Havoline Taurus. He started the season with Marc Reno as crew chief. In March Richard "Slugger" Labbe replaced Reno as crew chief. As a "rookie crew chief" he and Irwin earned Kenny his first ever WC pole at the season ending race at Atlanta. Irwin showed flashes of talent with a 5th place finish at March in Atlanta where he led the most laps as well as some other strong runs which ended early with mechanical failures or accidents. He finished his controversial season 28th in points. Dale Jarrett meanwhile picked up three victories, two poles and ended the year with 19 top-five and 22 top-10 finishes and was third in points.

1999: Kenny Irwin returned as a sophomore driver on the circuit and completed the entire season in the No. 28. He earned two poles (Texas and Darlington), had a season high finish of 3rd at Daytona and improved to 19th in points. His crew chief was Doug Richert for most of the 1999 season until veteran RYR crew member Raymond Fox took over at Rockingham October 24th.
August 11th the long speculation ended when Yates officially announced Irwin and he would not return together in 2000. On September 13th Texaco renewed their sponsorship with RYR thru 2004. That same day Robert Yates announced Ricky Rudd would be the driver for 2000-2002. Michael McSwain was later announced to be continuing as his crew chief for the No. 28. RYR earned their first Winston Cup title with Dale Jarrett in the No. 88. Jarrett took the points lead in May when he won at Richmond and retained it thru season end accumulating a total of 4 wins, 24 top-fives and 29 top-tens.

2000: Ricky Rudd in the No. 28 and Dale Jarrett in the No. 88 are "Dream Team 2000" for car owner Robert Yates. Both will drive newly configured Ford Tauruses.

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