The Career of Dave Blaney || “The Buckeye Bullet”

[@edminas3159]

Thank you Chase for all you do. I have watched every High Limit race this year either in person or on Flo and I have also watched every USAC race in all three divisions. That said the Eldora show was absolutely the best!!!! The racing of course was fabulous but what really made it the best was the banter between You, Kristie, TLP, Brian, and Drake during track prep. I can not stress enough how enjoyable that was. It was so much better than watching water trucks and tractors circulate around. Kudos to the entire team. Please keep up the great work and pass on to the others how much fun that was.

[@JimmyBeanz13]

I saw Lou race at raceway 7 in the 90s, I was on a super late team as a teen out of Erie...I had no idea the pedigree of name back then. It was raceway 7 fridays. Stateline Saturday and Eriez on Sundays. Glad Dave got a awesome sendoff!!!

[@BryanHefflefinger]

Nice. I doubt Sammy will ever retire. Please throw some love to Bobby Allen.

[@stevenpenland5073]

Dave Blaney is very under rated in my opinion. Left for nascar in his prime... when he left.. he was winning lots of races

[@WilliamDuncan-us7yh]

the buckeye bullet one of my all time favorites

[@ryanshowalter8918]

10 year old me got a Vivarin 10 signed by Dave after one of those wins. Still remember to this day. Great career!

[@mno0624-hv8le]

I got one too at Manzanita. First diecast ever.

[@mrtnbrchm]

Thinkin that the Knott 48 car owners first name was Alan. Always a beautiful car and bad fast. Also noteworthy that the Luna 10 team that The Buckeye Bullit had so much success in was led by the great Kenny Woodruff on the wrenches. Hat tip to you for putting this together Chase. Nice piece.

[@AXIDNT66]

I remember being about 7 years old and not liking the yellow/blue color combination on the Vivarin car... but then when they raced here once he was quite friendly with the crowd and in the pits afterwards so it made me a general fan from that point on. I think "class act" is pretty fitting for him.

[@jessejames2546]

He’s a damn legend, remember watching him rip eldora in the 90s, back when eldora was ELDORA, glad I got him to sign my NoS flag at Ohio speed week this summer, was gonna go to Sharon last night but… hoping it doesn’t rain for the WoO race this Saturday

[@darealsnipey47a77]

Thanks Chase, glad to add some support where I can!

[@chuckg6039]

First, great meeting you at the Eldora pits Friday. What a fantastic overview of Dave's career. Being from Ohio, I'm so proud of his accomplishments. Did Ohio proud!

[@billyharrison602]

I was there in 97 at Chico. I was there the night Sammy's muffler fell off and they black flag him he loaded up said a few choice words and he never be back there . He never came back. Back then I was a Wolfgang fan ,Robbie Farr fan and Peter Murphy fan. I was a crew guy for Robbie far back then and ended up working on Robbie 's father's sprint cat for a couple years.

[@catherinesullivan641]

I’m in Chico and didn’t know about the muffler incident! Just knew Swindell raced there! Thanks!

[@catherinesullivan641]

And didn’t his son Ryan just win a cup championship?! Thanks for listening the accolades of a stellar career. His track interview was moving.

[@anthonykeith99]

I was lucky to see Dave Blaney race at my first 410 race back in 2022 at Hagerstown speedway for PA speed week