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why dont he run a sprint car he has the time. he has started 18 races and has 17 dnf this year and still has made $1,449,600 this year, hell he could make even more driving a sprint car also

Never gonna happen... here's the WoO list of points and earnings this year....

http://www.worldofoutlaws.com/sprint/PointsDrivers.aspx

Donny leads in earnings at about $250K, which is 1/6 of what Dave's earned as a driver....now he probably gets 25-30% of what the car makes, so that's about $500K for Dave already this year....ain't no way a sprint car drive will outearn a NASCAR driver who consistently makes races, even if he DNF's - or starts and parks.......

Chuck.....

Started 17 Sprint Cup races and completed what, 40 laps. Funny thing about it is that Phil (the other Toyota mouthpiece announcer in the booth) Parsons is the owner of the 'start and park' rice burner Dave drives. You can guess who the other Toyota mouthpiece announcer in the booth during truck races is? And my Gawd, to stick a guy with a lifetime services contract with Toyota in the booth with them during the last race (ole DW)----what is the network thinking of----or do they have their hands in the toyota till also. If someone is putting food on your table and lots of it, you sure want to make and keep them happy.

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Dave Blaney still has to be at the Nascar races the same amount of days of the week as the racers

going for the title. I'm sure Dave doesn't like the qualify then park situation but it keeps him out on the circuit in front of the sponsors and car owners. The economy is hard on all the teams. I think he gets

as much out of the car as some of those drivers on well funded teams. He also is looking forward .

working on his son's racing late model. I think he has it as good as it gets right now and gets to

run a sprinter when he wants.

what i am gettin at is how much fun can he be having running 1-40 laps and parking. i know a woo driver will never make as much, but hell he would probly have fun driving a sprintcar.

Do you know Dave? Have you talked to him? How do you know he's not having fun?

I might also add that a sprint car driver running a 30 lap feature has raced no more than 15 miles. Seems like Dave spends more time on the track at speed this way. Sounds to me like he's having more fun.

I agree with dimebag when he asked if you know Dave or have asked him that question.

1. Traveling with the WoO would involve far more time on the road than he spends right now.
2. Dave has probably raced at least 10 times on dirt this year (I haven't really kept track).
3. He is still involved, as one of the owners, with Sharon Speedway.
4. Ryan , his 15 year old son, is racing in the PASS series (mainly NC and SC) and is 2nd in points with eight Top Tens, four Top Fives and two Fast Qualifiers in nine races this year.
http://www.racewithpass.com./standings/SOUTH_2009_standings.html

I expect Dave finds a lot of reward and enjoyment spending time at home working with Ryan on his racing career. Just like his dad Lou did with him.

Sounds like a great way to spend your time to me!

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If I cleared $500k this year working essentialy part-time, I would laugh all the way to the bank.

Dave Blaney doesn't have to return to sprints full time, but it would be fun to see him jump in the mix at Knoxville and maybe some other select races from time to time.

Is this heaven?  
No, it's Iowa....Knoxville, Iowa.

He makes way more starting & parking than he would in the WoO; let's not kid ourselves.

Not all Nascar drivers can swallow their pride and risk their future by doing it; Scott Riggs said NO MORE earlier this year when he was s&p every week. Said he'd run something else or not at all but that he wasn't doing the s&p dance anymore.

Will owners that can afford a pit crew & tires for the whole race ignore this year and give him a chance in the future? "Oh, I see here you finished 1 race last year. Wow." Is he stuck to the lowest tier teams and hoping that they get some funding?

It's a curious career choice he's making... not that I see he has much of a choice. Run Nationwide series, run trucks, run s&p Cup team, don't run. That's today's Nascar world for him.

I vote we let him make his choice and back him up with whatever he does. He supports our sport way more than some people that forgot where they came from...JEFF GORDON for example.

This kind of bugs me when people say that Jeff Gordon (or anyone else, for that matter) has forgotten where he came from...

Would I like to see Jeff own or sponsor a sprint car? Absolutely....

But where does it say that Jeff owes anyone a sprint car deal? Nowhere! Jeff used sprint cars as a ladder for his path to NASCAR. He has credited sprints and midgets for helping him hone his racing skills.

But he has moved on... he's got his aparment in New York, his family, and his various charitable and foundation work. He's well known for his work on behlaf of the Riley Hospital, the Leukemia Society, and other other deals. I'd much rather that he spend his time and effort for these functions instead of supporting a race team...

He can spend whatever money he makes any way that he wants to, IMO. But to say that he's forgotten his roots because he doesn't own a sprint car team is just wrong, IMO .........

Chuck.....

I understand that he will make more money doing this and I can also see why that makes since. But isn't there some pride and what you do. Start and park is not want a racer wants to do. Maybe Dave is past those days were he wants to be up front in something.

I am with everyone saying drive a competitive sprint car. And be on top of something. How exciting could it be to show up at a NASCAR event and your fans come and see you start and park.

There are lots of sides to it. If he is making good money and can have time to go see his son race or help him, thats cool too.

Just a Dave Blaney fan and would love to see someone like him give Schatz a run for the title.

About four years ago i came a cross something. A architecture firm designed a race car shop for dave blaney. I do not know if dave had the shop builded or not, if he did i do not know if he still owns it or not. My thinking and this is just a thought. Dave is getting ready for his retirement. What i mean is, if he build the shop does he still owns the shop? He may be planning something for after he retires from nascar. Maybe for his son, to build cars who knows.

S25: I think Jeff does some wonderful things for charity. The issue as I see it is that the bar has been raised quite a bit.

The drivers that own tracks/teams/etc. are still involved in charity and have foundations that give a ton to charity ALSO. Smoke has given more than anyone IMO... and you constantly read about him doing something charity-wise. Bulletproof vests, for example. Easily found on google.

I respectfully say that Gordon may remember where he came from and doesn't do enough to give back to the sport he came from.

When you make $20 million/year and have enough money in the bank that your great-grandchildren will never have to work a day in their life... it isn't asking so much for you to follow examples of American icons like AJ Foyt (who had George Snider in a dirt champ car for how long?) that put cars on the track in series they once ran.

Give drivers a chance, give back to the feeder series.

A knowledgeable source once told me that when the Dude needed motors that Tony would call up Coke or any of the sponsors and do a commercial. Motors funded. Voila.

My personal opinion is that if you can, if it doesn't put you in a bind, than you SHOULD. My opinion.

Furthermore... I suppose from a sponsor's perspective they would want their Nascar star to own a car with the WoO or possibly USAC. I'd rather see the Nascar star own 10 IMCA mortifieds or 10 USAC Ford Focus midgets, 5 ASCS teams as more of a true feeder series. WoO is where the fans are, where the $$$ is, where the "tv" is.

I'm spent.

"A knowledgeable source once told me that when the Dude needed motors that Tony would call up Coke or any of the sponsors and do a commercial. Motors funded. Voila"

And this, if true, just proves another point...if you're not spending your own money, why should you care how you fund "your" sprint car team? I've often suspected that Tony and Kasey were relying on OPM(other people's money) to support or fund their teams. Seems to me that this is not really giving back...more like taking money out of the hands of some other low budget team that the sponsor could advertise with to leverage their exposure with a big "NASCAR" name. Is this good marketing? In the sponsor's eyes, probably... But why not let the "have-nots" get the money, instead of the "names"?

I'd rather see Coke. Bud, or Pepsi, sponsor 10 teams each at $50K, rather put $500K into one team in sprint car racing.

But don't kid youreself into thinking that Tony or Kasey is spending their own money.....not for a minute.....

Chuck.....

Good points and yet they could sit on their boats drinking pina coladas... not lifting a finger to run all the feeder series teams that they do. Where the money comes from is one debate... and the fact that they run a team when they don't have to is giving back, once again in my own opinion.

I truly don't believe that Home Depot would have sponsored a team if their Cup driver didn't ask them to. Leverage at it's finest.

I don't think Budweiser would be sponsoring a team today if their Cup driver didn't ask them to.

I don't see the Cup guy teams taking money away from other teams that may be more deserving.

I also doubt very seriously that the Bud, Home Depot, etc. sponsorships are high enough to pay for shops, 53' trailers, etc.

" later "

If you want to know what's up with Dave join his forum at quickestlap.com. Dave driving for a start and park team has been gone over in detail over there. The thing that impresses me as a longtime member of QL is what a great group of loyal fans Dave has staying by his side during difficult times. It's a difficult situation he's in but even as the driver of a start and park car he can still make more money than he would driving a WoO Sprinter. He is part owner of a dirt track and supports our sport so you can't fault him for his circumstances. Watching Dave's CUP career has been frustrating because he always seemed to be on the verge of breaking out and having a great season then the bottom fall out and he'd be hunting for a ride. We Sprint Car fans know how talented of a driver Dave is but things just haven't worked out very well for him.

Stan Meissner

And just where is Scott Riggs nowadays?

Scott Riggs is a horse's butt and has never lasted more than 2 years with same team.

Dave Blaney is in his 40s. Most of the competitive teams are looking for the next Jeff Gordon. As in the Jeff Gordon of 1993. Young kids who can talk, sell product, look good on camera, and last of all, win races.