38 Facts About Dave Blaney

David Louis Blaney was born on October 24,1962 and is a semi-retired American professional stock car racing driver.

Dave Blaney was a successful sprint car driver before he started racing in NASCAR, competing in both the Sprint Cup Series and Nationwide Series.

Dave Blaney owns Sharon Speedway in Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Dave Blaney's brother Dale Blaney is a sprint car driver.

Dave Blaney, born in Hartford Township in Trumbull County, Ohio, was awarded the 1983 All-Star Sprint Circuit Rookie-of-the-Year.

Dave Blaney raced in the United States Automobile Club Silver Crown Series in 1984 and won the national touring series' championship.

Dave Blaney won his first World of Outlaws race at Eldora Speedway in 1987.

Dave Blaney was the first driver who did not defend his Knoxville win, when he moved into NASCAR.

Dave Blaney began his Busch Series career in 1998 with Bill Davis Racing, driving the No 93 Amoco-sponsored Pontiac and in his first season had three sixth-place finishes and a pole position at Lowe's Motor Speedway.

Dave Blaney finished third in the NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year award standings for the season.

Dave Blaney left Davis at the end of the season due to sponsorship concerns and signed with the No 77 Jasper Motorsports team.

Dave Blaney started the 2003 season with three Top 10s and a pole the first five races, including a third-place finish at Darlington, but fell to 28th in points at the end of the season, resulting in his release.

Dave Blaney returned to Bill Davis Racing in 2004 for a limited schedule, due to a lack of a sponsorship.

Dave Blaney exited the car on lap 24, and Edwards went on to finish 37th after a crash.

Dave Blaney ran the spring race at Richmond International Raceway in the No 7 Dodge for Ultra Motorsports and finished 40th.

Dave Blaney returned to Richard Childress Racing in 2005 to drive the No 07 Jack Daniel's-sponsored Chevrolet.

Dave Blaney scored his first Busch Series victory at Lowes Motor Speedway, when Matt Kenseth spun on the last lap and Blaney was in the lead.

Dave Blaney failed to qualify for three races, but got Toyota its first Cup Series pole at Loudon, and finished 31st in points.

In 2008, with the Car of Tomorrow being raced full-time, Dave Blaney had two Top 10s and moved up to 30th in points.

In 2009, Dave Blaney signed to run the start and park No 66 Prism Motorsports Toyota for a full season, getting a best finish of 28th at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

Incidentally, Dave Blaney did not qualify for three out of the four races that he had sponsorship for.

Dave Blaney has his sights set on some major events during his summer dirt tour including a stop at family owned Sharon Speedway for the Lou Dave Blaney Memorial and Eldora Speedway for the Kings Royal.

For example, Dave Blaney ran the entire race at Loudon in the No 36 with only associate sponsorship from Connecticut-based construction company Mohawk Northeast while parking an unsponsored TBR entry at Talladega after 12 laps.

At the 2011 Daytona 500, Dave Blaney received last minute sponsorship from Golden Corral.

Dave Blaney led three laps and finished 26th after a late race accident.

Dave Blaney piloted the No 36 Tommy Baldwin Racing Chevrolet with backing from Accell Construction Inc in several races during the season.

Golden Corral returned at the 2011 Aaron's 499, and Dave Blaney led 21 laps but was spun out by Kurt Busch with three laps to go and finished 27th.

Dave Blaney led the second most laps behind Clint Bowyer.

Dave Blaney finished third at Talladega in the fall, which was the best finish for Tommy Baldwin Racing and tied for his best career finish.

NASCAR put the race under a red flag, at which point Dave Blaney had the lead.

Dave Blaney returned to Tommy Baldwin Racing for the 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season, moving to the new No 7 Chevrolet; he signed with Brad Keselowski Racing to drive their No 19 in the Camping World Truck Series at the series' inaugural visit to Eldora Speedway, which he drove to a ninth-place finish.

Dave Blaney was replaced at TBR by rookie Michael Annett.

Dave Blaney was credited with being a major part of building TBR into a legitimate Cup-level organization.

In January 2014, it was announced that Dave Blaney would be driving the No 77 Ford for Randy Humphrey Racing during several 2014 races.

However, during practice for the Daytona 500, Dave Blaney's car was caught up in a wreck.

Dave Blaney returned to the car at Michigan later in the month.

Dave Blaney drove the following week at Bristol Motor Speedway, which turned out to be his final start.

Dave Blaney practicing for the 2007 Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.