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I just read on jayski.com (a must read always) that Mr. Dave's Nascar team is going with Scott Riggs and they wish Dave the best in his future endeavors.

I haven't noticed a thread on here about it in the last couple of days, sorry if I missed it.

We've seen Dave in the sprint car again this year... will he do some more S&P stuff (which I'm not debating, btw) or run sprint cars? If he had an option to run with a Nascar team that runs the whole race he would be... so I throw that option out the proverbial window.

If you were an owner of a team capable of running the WoO tour... you could make a lot of decisions worse than hiring the Hartford hotshoe IMHO.

Welcome back, Dave! (hopefully)

That's the word over on Dave's Quickest Lap forum. Start and Park NASCAR teams still provide a good living but it's got to be frustrating for a racer to not be able to race. What's Dave, mid to late 40's? Steve and Sammy are still going strong so if Blaney wants to get back into this type of racing it's something he could do for a while longer.

NASCAR sure hasn't been very kind to winged Sprint Car drivers.

Stan Meissner

Your last line couldn't be more true, Stan.

At times I wondered why Sammy & Kinser weren't racing Nascar, that there were plenty of drivers that charmed a sponsor into a Nascar ride and failed miserably... how in the world did those 2 not have equal or likely greater talent behind the wheel?

Some said they didn't want to take a pay cut to run Nascar in the rides that would be available to them.

Whatever the reasoning was... open wheel drivers that have had a chance in Nascar had nothing talent-wise on an awful lot of winged sprint car drivers.

I will always think your big 3 and several of their friends would have won in whatever you put them in. I'll take that thought to the grave.

I'd say Dave has done a very admirable job over his years in NASCAR. He has kept his name in the sport for several years. It's really unfortunate that he was never able to make a strong go of it at the Sprint Cup level. He had some strong runs in the Amoco 93 car for Bill Davis back in the day but was never able to fully get over the hump. Ended up 19th in points one year, which is respectable.

I've always thought that if Dave could've nailed down a quality Nationwide or Truck ride that he would've been a top 5 to top 10 point guy year in and year out there. Always a good qualifier. He lasted a long time in the NASCAR ranks, some 12 years in some form or another.

I'd say that NASCAR has been pretty kind to him over the years. Career earnings over $30 million for the cars he's driven. He's always been a quality guy. It's too bad his career had to end this way in NASCAR, but we'll definitely welcome him back to the world of full time sprint car racing if that's the path he choses to take. Good luck, Dave.

Yeah, I concur on that one. Schrader is another one that fell through the NASCAR cracks when the economy nosedived and now he's racing a Modified. He ran 2nd at the Elko Dirt Nationals in a race shortened from 40 to 32 laps by rain and recently won a USMTS Feature in the Dakotas. I know they're not Sprint Cars but those guys have a pretty good touring deal going that travels from Texas all the way up to North Dakota and points between. I'm partial to Sprints but I can't fault a driver for not wanting to take those redeye kinds of tumbles anymore in their 50's.

Stan Meissner

Let's face it, he's no Paul Menard!

Rome wasn't built in a day......but they sure didn't
waste any time burning it down!

LOL!!

Overheard a fan ask Dave Wed. night "How long before we see you in a sprint car on a more regular basis."

His reply: "Probably not much longer".

www.teamwmotorsports.webs.com

That's a good one!

Paul Menard's driving is 100% attributed to superior genetics.

(being genetically-related to the guy with the $$$)

Jeff Gordon and kasey Kahne seem to have fared pretty well.

Seems strange that a start and park team would make a driver change. Maybe Riggs is quicker to pull it off the track?

A

LOL @ Holden. You park it better!

Unfortunately... it could boil down to someone will drive for LESS money.

Possibly... everyone isn't getting along, frustrated at what they're doing.

Reminds me of the driver change with the Latitude 43 team this week. Unless I'm radically mistaken... their driver is leaving, talking about money issues (among them... his paycheck). Boris Said quit them earlier, talking about money issues (once again... getting paid).

How brainy is the dude that signs up to drive for the team that has had 2 drivers leave over not getting paid? Do they REALLY think they'll be able to do something memorable in a car that can't/won't pay its driver a contracted amount?

Paul Menard's driving (and career for that matter) are a result of my home improvement projects on the two houses I have owned. ;-)

Stan Meissner

 
 
 
They don't even know how to spell sprint car 
much less chromoly...http://www.ycmco.com

Prism Motorsports should reconsider, Riggs missed the show by a mile, and was 3 mph slower than his teammate McDowell. Neither of those 2 could carry Blaney's helmet bag.

The "split" was actually over tires.

Dave wanted their "start and park GOODYEARS" to give to Dale.

They refused saying they could use them again for at least three time trials.

TSA...It's not a GROPE...it's a Freedom Pat!

Maybe I should have narrowed that down to World of Outlaws drivers but all in all I think the ones making the most successful transition came out of non winged cars. Now look what you made me do, I really done opened up a can of worms. LOL

I wonder if Riggs didn't bring along a sponsor so they can race a little? I can't see him putting that car into any more races that Dave Blaney did.

Stan Meissner

Most of these winged sprinters that want to race NASCAR must bring the "big buck" sponsorships or get out and hustle to find supporters in order to keep the ride. Finishing 35th to 42nd in a field as Blaney has done on a lot of occasion doesn't get the sponsor's name in lights for sure. He's perhaps one of the greater sprint car drivers of all time, and I admire him for trying to fly higher in NASCAR when a payout of 10,000 to make the field equals what WOO is paying generally for winning. Welcome back Dave and use Steve's 2nd car, as Kinser #2 isn't using it....

Run Sammy run.... run Jeff run ... run Kevin run... 
Rest of you folks get out of the way....

To be honest, I think the success/fail rate in NASCAR anymore isn't so much based on driving ability as it is marketability.

Kahne and Gordon were successful because they were able to get into NASCAR when they were very young and were also able to get hooked up with good teams, partly because those teams knew that these young, good-looking drivers would make it easy to find good long-term sponsors. It also doesn't hurt that they both intrigued the female fans. Now I am not saying that Kahne and Gordon aren't great racecar drivers, but going into that level of racing a majority of the fans don't care how well you have done for yourself in a sprint car, only what you can do when you get to NASCAR and that is very much reliant on being on one of the top multi-car teams.

I used to feel bummed out that I never became a race car driver and made it to NASCAR but after reading your response I realized it would have been a lost cause. Maybe I'd have gotten the hang of driving eventually but I've never been one to intrigue any women much. The wife, daughters and granddaughters aren't intrigued by much of anything besides my wallet.

Stan Meissner

yup daddy's worth 5 billion (thats with a B )

I absolutely agree that if Dave could get tied in to a solid truck or Nationwide ride, he'd really have a shot at doing something great. He could be like Mike Skinner, who probably couldn't make it work in Sprint Cup, but does one hell of a job in the trucks.

Also, somebody mentioned Schrader. I've always liked that guy because he is just like Jesse Hockett was: if it has 4 wheels and a motor, he'll show up and drive it.