Bloomquist on NASCAR: This Ain't For Me | The Dale Jr. Download
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- The Dale Jr. Download, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and co-host Mike Davis sit down with that man: the legendary Scott Bloomquist. They discuss how Scott considered purchasing a race-winning car from Bill Elliott, but ultimately went in another direction after getting a call from NASCAR's Mike Helton.
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RIP SCOTT THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES
Came back to this video after the tragic news of his passing. You were a true legend Scott. You will be missed by many. To his friends and family, I wish them all the best. RIP.
Dale Jr interviewing the closest driver to hie dad ever is amazing. Really wanted to see this. Some of us just like Dirt Racing better.
Bloomquist raced cleaner than Earnhardt.
@@WildhareXXX Plus obviously a much more sophisticated chassis design and set-up racer than Earnhardt. Bloomer also took tire prep to a whole nother level in dirt racing. Scott may come off as half baked in this interview to people who don't know him, but he's a brilliant racer.
He’s definitely the man and a genius but he is half baked lol
@@kyleolson279clearly you have zero understanding of the Dale Earnhardt that could fabricate any and all parts of a racecar. That set up his own cars and even built his own engines up until Rod Osterlund started paying actual engine builders to oversee the California kids in the shop!
@@johnlafever3162 I never said Dale Earnhardt wasn't a good mechanic or fabricator. I just said Bloomer was on another level in that regard. Scott's in the same class as guys like Bobby Allison, Ed Howe, Bob Senerker, Larry Phillips, Randy Sweet, Larry Moore, etc. There's levels.
Never been much of a Bloomer fan but he has been one of the leading innovators in the sport. I always got a kick to his rule interpretations like the plexiglass window net and the hood scoop modifications that drove the officials crazy. He is a driver that really has a good understanding of the physics behind the set-ups and the geometry of the car. It is what the sport of racing is lacking today.
I have heard the same story from my uncle. A friend of his bought a rolling chassis from Richard Petty that was raced in NASCAR to race in ARCA.
Car was finished off with their engine. When it was time to go through tech, he found the only legal thing was his engine.
Was told the only way that car would race is if Richard Petty was driving it
Please have more personalities from dirt racing - there are guys like Billy Moyer Sr, Brian Birkhoffer, Johnathon Davenport, Tim McCreadie, etc
A legend to get on is Larry Moore - He definitely has some stories of "innovation" at the track.
T-Mac would be great!
@@mfdt18c78 - hell yea! He is a really good wheelman and has raced arca just couldn't get the funding together
I've also heard numerous stories of guys buying used winning cars as they were raced and not being able to get through tech. NASCAR wanted to control the playing field as much as possible.
I heard Buddy Baker went down there with an old Oldsmobile and it was off a foot in some places they say. I heard the tech guy I think it was maybe Beatty told Buddy, "If you think this car is legal I'll let you race it" LOL..
If you get Tim McCready get his father Bob McCready aka Barefoot Bob
Scott is an honorable human. Great racer, great person.
We need more Dirt Track Racers involved in this! Theres so many more GrassRoots racing stories involved then Nascar! Who agrees with me?
NASCAR sucks ass bro. Sprint cars - late model racing is peak auto sports
I totally agree with you!
Billy Moyer, Freddy Smith, Ray Cook, Bart Hartman, Jackie Boggs, Donnie Moran, etc. Maybe have an episode with three or four of them on to talk about racing with each other.
Ideas for a Old timer, & a young gun. 00 Fast Freedie Smith/ 28 Tyler Carpenter (the kamakozie kid)
@@protonico1101 Jackie boggs died last year :(
Now I know why I've always liked Scott Bloomquist. He is indeed cool! Good job Jr.
go get em Scott you are the best
I was fan of him
Y'all need to get Steve Kinser!
He's the Richard Petty of sprint car racing. Seriously, heart of +700 World of Outlaw wins, and 20 WoO championships. He ran Indy, NASCAR, and IROC.
ugh, auto correct, and my tablet won't let me correct my comments on UA-cam.....
"Seriously, he's got +700 wins...." *
I went from 100% Nascar too 100% anything but Nascar. Enough time has elapsed. No apologies, it's dead to me .
Scott Bloomquist and I were classmates through Junior High & High School in Orange County, California. So was Theresa Esslinger, whose father was THE Esslinger Engineering. ( Robby Gordon graduated from the rival High School. ) Scott & I ran in different circles, but I do remember him.
The John Daly of dirt track
Scott is a great guy I met him in 89 at the World 100 and we chatted for awhile being the same age I always loved what he done and wanted to go work for him, that didn't happen I enjoy the old wedge late models easy to work on and setup.🤙🇺🇸🇺🇸🤙
The dirt track is where you will find all the guys that look and act like the drivers that used to be popular in Nascar in the 90s
those aussie road road racers are lagit racers also
Man, Myth and Legend Scott Bloomquist.
I met Scott in the pits when I was a kid, he was in town for the topless 100. My uncle called his win after the first heat. Despite all the local talent Scott won the main first time on our track. Amazing
Asked Billy Moyer the sane question once, He told me "Well im a Millionaire doing what I love" "there id lose all my $ doing something i hate" and i got it. Some ppl it aint about the $.
Was at the Dream when he was light. Was at his hauler when he pulled in and talked with him and my husband was helping pit crew. What a night!
Love me some Bloomer!! Best interview EVER!!
If you think nascar doesn't dictate how things go sometimes in auto racing your sadly mistaken. So many drivers in lower levels are twice the racecar drivers you see on track running good and winning.
That's the difference between a driver and a racer, a driver is just another person in the seat. A racer puts his whole life, blood, sweat and tears into what he loves, and alot of them are WAY better than any cup driver, but will never get the shot
What do you mean specifically? Because of course NASCAR dictates how things go sometimes, as does every other sanctioning body of every organized sport that's ever existed. Organized sports cannot exist without that dynamic, that wasn't some profound claim you made. This example is harmless, but it's exactly how conspiratorial thinking works. A non-disprovable claim that allows every individual to apply whatever specific they choose to it.
@@joshuapowers4623 The difference between motorsports and stick and ball sports is that there's no competitive architecture. NASCAR markets itself as having the best drivers in world while having a field full of drivers (except for a handful) that have little to no meaningful accomplishments besides a last name or the $ their family brings. If you've been around racing long enough the difference between a racer and driver (helmet bag carrier) shouldn't have to be explained to you. The vast majority of drivers in the cup series have had wealthy families that spared no expenses (hiring the best crew members, driving mentors, buying the best equipment, etc.) from the time they started racing. Meanwhile the racers they're competing against are on limited budgets and having to go through the school of hard knocks. A racer has to learn driving techniques on his own, a racer has to learn how to set the racecar on his own, a racer also tends to drive more conservatively because he foots the bill and does the work on the car.
@@joshuapowers4623 Scott Bloomquist had a proven pedigree. He had dominated dlm racing for several years, won on pavement against national caliber guys, and NASCAR told him he couldn't race with them because he's too "controversial". I think the point being is that NASCAR markets itself as having the best racecar drivers on earth while dictating who they allow to race with them. They did not want a guy that had been arrested for selling drugs to come in and have success. They knew if Scott got a good opportunity he'd do well.
Fact
No Weak Links ! Bloomquist achievements are unmatched to this day.
A bit of shady character but I have to say he was very serious about what he was doing....
@@topmech71
If you only knew how hard people try to steal the other guys hard work, you would understand. They actually have spies.
Moyer Sr
Thank God, for Scott Bloomquist! He gave the world his set-up back in the day, and that got me on my feet. Great Interview!
That he has survived to now says it all for me. Pure legend.
Man, I remember going to the Gap before my Dad passed away back when I was just 5 and 6 years old and watching him, his car was #18 back then, and it always seemed like he was a lap ahead of everyone. Scott Sexton was my dads favorite and he was also a local favorite. Bless them both
This was the best interviews! Scott is one of a kind! When he hangs it up it will never be the same on the dirt scene. Last of the true outlaws.
Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm
Scott would come to Jax Raceways in Jacksonville, FL with Have-A-Tampa series every year ,I worked Security, he was a good guy and a helluva wheelman
Living Legend… he's a righteous dude!
Dale was my nascar hero and Scott is my dirt hero
I enjoyed this podcast Scott is definitely one of the best to ever hit dirt rest in peace
Watched Scott at Cherokee several times. Always a good show at Cherokee.
Yessir, grew up in Gaffney. Watched late model races there for almost 20 years, it’s still the place your Mama warned you about!
Changed it to like a 3/8 mile for insurance reasons I think. Used to be the fastest dirt track in the south.
Well you can't run this car because it won't pass tech because you're not elliott. Says a lot about how unfair this sport is
Icon of dirt late model racing
All I'll publicly say about SB is, he does it like Sinatra...his way.
He ain't all bad : he was a Dale Earnhardt fan 😘👏
Bloomquist always had the best looking race cars. 🤟🤠👍
I remember Dale McDowell getting tickled about Dale Sr. wanting to check his check his late model out back in the early 90s, said he was crawling all around it grinning like a kid in candy store lol.
Big fan of Scott! Need more interviews with him!
NASCAR sholda let Bloomquist race... I've been a Sxott Bloomquist Fan since the 80s , back when Scott taced at Atomic in Knoxville Tenn....
Atomic was a badass racetrack
It waa a bad ass track . Mini Sprint's were a blast to watch at Atomic Motor Speedway Lenoir City.. my dad Al "Tucker" Nunnery raced Sprint Cars throughout Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania , Eldora every year for 20 yrs .Knoxville Nationals in Iowa a couple yrs . Atomic Speedway in Waverly Ohio was Dads and my late grandfather Al Nunnerys hometown track.. Both of them was well known throughout the Dirt Track Scene , from mid 60s to the early 80s . Grandpa races late models mostly. Dad only races Sprint Cars , We moved to Tenn in 1983 . We found Atomic Motor Speedway Lenoir City , went to watch a race there ...That Was Totally Awesome.. Very short track. Not alot of room for passing in Late Models or Hobby Stocks ,street stocks, etc that track was Perfect for Mini Sprint's tho.. I really Enjoyed watching any races at Atomic Lenoir City.. wish it was still there..
Wow. I vaguely remember that day back at 411 when it was asphalt and I was a kid. Knew Scott Bloomquist was a big deal of some sort but I'd never gone to a dirt race at that point. Eventually went to Tazewell for a race when I was 15 for a Southern All Stars race and who else was there but ole' Black Sunshine and I finally got how big of a deal he was.
The TAZE is an awesome racetrack
@@tonyguill6209 Oh yeah, I was very lucky that a friend of my dad's convinced me to go. I was 100% asphalt racing up until that point and I still miss the asphalt tracks that used to be around here, but I'm pretty spoiled to live less than an hour from Tazewell, 411, Smokey Mountain and Volunteer.
Brett hearn, Billy paunch Sr. And Fred Rahmer. Get them in there June bug. Let’s go. Get the PA guys, best damn dirt track racers in the country.
Davey Brown would be the get.
I doubt pauch Sr would do it
@@alvertharmer6943 agreed
Don’t forget Lance Dewease; still hurting people’s feelings
Dale should interview Bill Rafter, one of the old greats of western NY dirt racing, and was part of the inaugural Cup Series season in 1949. But he's 93, so Dale better hurry and reach out to him
I remember reading a feature article in stock car racing magazine about Scott Bloomquist in the late 80’s.
He’s a natural when it comes to driving a race car.very impressive.
RIP Bloomer.
I really like the way you treat your guest during an interview. Hats off to you.
Other Late Model guys Jr needs to talk to. Billy Moyer Jr, Donnie Moran, CJ Rayburn, Jackie Boggs, Shannon Bapp, Kevin Weaver, Bob Pierce. Love this, was a fan before but now!!! Gotta have a new Late Model driver every month!!!
Jackie boggs died :(
Also Delmas :(
Rayburn died last year.
R.I.P. 😔
My brother was a dirt car racer at Oglethorpe Speedway Dirt Track in Savannah/Pooler Georgia. He would win his class almost all the time. But you need money. And getting sponsors is always the toughest part of racing. I was his main sponsor. The last year he raced it cost me $25K. And that was in the early 90s. He started driving 18 wheelers and stopped racing. It was fun while it lasted. Dale Earnhardt Sr race at this track back in the 70s.
The only half mile track around Savanah! I grew up out there. Seems like we were going every Friday night in the mid 90s up to 05. That place come have made some money if the stone family would have promoted the track and try to pay drivers a decent amount. I talked to some of the sprint car drivers when they Come to town and they said it was scary fast....to bad it's all gone just to put up distribution building for the ports
@@jameswinn935 It is ashamed there is no longer a race track in Savannah. Savannah is the birth place of Grand Prix racing in America. There use to be a drag strip on Hwy 17 also.
I raced in the Coca Cola Young Guns Shootout at this track in 2005! Drove all the way from CO. Fast track
@@derekkopp1792 Wow that is amazing! Indeed it is a fast track.
He’s a very interesting driver/ person. You should have him back again as a guest or a substitute driver in an infinity race as your crew could probably learn a lot from him.
Bloomers the best been watching him since I was a kid haven't really been watching him lately but I grew up watching guys a legend GOAT GREATEST OF ALL TIME
I been going to races for 25 years, I can't begin to describe the things I have seen Scott do at many many different tracks, the dude is a complete jerk in the pits and around people but my lord you talking wheel a race car, I have seen him absolutely scare other drivers. I will never forget this one, They put a bounty on him in hagerstown MD after he had won there like 3x in a row. A extra $1000 to every driver that out ran Scott. Well qualifying came and no Scott, about 10 15 minutes before the feature here he came pulling in. He gets out from driving his rig with driving suit on, goes back lowers door, they roll car out the back, he gets in they put fuel in and gauge tires while he gets in and let's car warm up and puts helmet on, pulls around to scales gets weighed and sets at entrance, about 2 minutes go by here comes all cars on track, of course Scott starts in rear, it's 100 lap stars race. The green drops and it looks like he is shot out of a cannon, there was quite a few cautions in beginning so it took him to about lap 40 to get the lead but he absolutely held it wide open and lapped everything there but 5 cars. He gets out in victory lane he says so much for you fking bounty Hagerstown. Lol
No one ever believes that racing can be biased and sanctioning bodies will cheat whoever they want. Unfortunately it happens all the time, most don’t want to rock the boat and go along with it.
Scott is a legend I attend many dirt late model races have met Scott many times very nice guy we talked a lot after he won at Attica speedway just me and Scott very nice to me and one hell of a racer I have been a fan of his since the early 90s
That's exactly what Doug Wolfgang said this ain't for me.
The greatest Ford racer you've never heard about.
Hi Jr. I really liked Scott. Hes an old school guy like me. I wish I could subscribe twice. I remember you on tv as a kid in your dads stuff.
Good man ! RIP legend 🙏🏻
My dad Al "Tucker " Nunnery and grandpa' Al Nunnery were Well Known at Atomic In Waverly Ohio...grandpa' races lete models and Sprint's. Dad raced Sprint Cars all over Ohio Indiana Penns , Knoxville Iowa.. but after we moved to Tennessee I would go spend the Summers with my grandpa near Ironton Ohio, we would go watch Bloomquist race..
Someone like Brett Hearn from the Super Dirt Series who had a brief run in NASCAR or someone like Tim McCreadie would be a great guest for the show
My dad raced late models, and im a huge fan of bloomquest, and the Earnhardts, they always told dad he'd have to cheat to win, he never did and still won his share of races, glad to see these two converting over this
College roommate and I quit going to Bulls Gap races in the 90's because we were tired of paying $20 just to see Bloomquist lap the field. It was a given.
It would be nice to have more people of dirt on the show, thanks Dale.
You're right Jr, Scott is for sure an Alien.
Next year, Brett Hearn ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT A SINGLE BIT OF DOUBT needs to be on this show. Hearn not only is the win leader in Big Block Modified racing, but he also attempted to run the NASCAR Busch Series. His stories would boggle people's minds.
Brett the Jet, Lebanon Valley legend
@@toyotaecw Same with Orange County Speedway.
Checking in for albany-Saratoga speedway
I think but not shure but Brett Hern did start some Cup races one race he sailed over the wall
@@trevorgavin3759 same here!
Been waiting for this one....
Wow.
Please start bringing more dirt guys on your channel love this stuff
Man, I love it!
Unfortunately NASCAR racing isn't about bringing the best drivers in the country together, it's a business. There's no competitive architecture in motorsports, it's much more like entertainment business. Having a famous last name or a family that's backing you is far more important than accomplishments. NASCAR will always market itself as having the best drivers though.
They dont allow druggies to drive .
@@darwinfoster7420but they allow a known pill popper and drunk to run and ruin the whole sport ... BZF
You guys should get Freddy Smith to come for an interview while you still can.
Seems like a pretty down to earth dude !!!
Great Story
Get Robby Gordon on the show! 🙏
Robby was supposed to be on the show but he didn't make it on time he was in a crash getting there
I met Scott in the 80’s and 90’s at Pennsboro Speedway and watched him race at PPMS. Would love it if my favorite NASCAR car driver/owner Jeff Gordon would pick Scott up to drive for Hendricks just like he did Jimmie Johnson. Scott is a damn good race car driver.
Pennsboro is reopening this year
EXACTLY. YOUR NOT BILL ELLIOTT!! CHASE WOULDNT BE IN A HENDRICKS CAR IF HIS NAME WASNT ELLIOTT
411 is my home track! It’s dirt now but it used to be asphalt
Rest easy Scott.
NASCAR has always been this way. I remember when Dale and Childress were so strong on the superspeedway and NASCAR took a set of heads from Childress so they could inspect them. Then Richard found out NASCAR was letting select other teams have a look at their heads to see what they were doing. So unfair.
RIP Scott. You will be missed. 😞
Coeburn, VA is my local track! It just sold and is about to reopen!
That's awesome! Hope y'all hold on to it. Assholes finally got our track shut down and leveled. It opened in '53. Shameful.
Sounds like tracks at cleveland tn, sold,reopened then gone for good, Boyd in chattanooga on limited races if McDowell had his way it would be wide open.
@@jimhice7485 Yup, Cleveland was my home track. Dale was going to buy it but got fed up with all the red tape and they brought Boyd's. Damn shame. They still haven't done anything with the property.
Legend.
I always would say he is The Dale Earnhardt of dirt.
Scotty B thinking the masses already don't know Kyle Busch one of the Best wheelman ever!! Scotty wanted to make sure he put it out there😂
I wonder if anyone could have bought Bubba's car after his win? There were some very dominant cars at Daytona that won also.
What a great interview,Scott is so damn cool.
I saw Scott EXHAUSTED at Kalamazoo in an Outlaw late Model in early/ mid 2000’s
Nothing like Dirt Late Model Racing. Nothing. Your controlling a car that's on dirt. Its like spinning out the whole race. If you can Win at Eldora, you can win anywhere
Do a dirt series.. Doug Wolfgang, Steve kinser, Sammy swindle, Billy Moyer, Gary Webb, Brian birkhofer.. Karl kinser as well they're a bunch of dirt guys who love your show.. bloomquist is a legend but they're are bigger legends out there
That's alright he's a legend on dirt and dirtneeded him remember when he started just watched him a month ago and ponderosa and Florence old man still got it
For me, dirt racing is the best. Conditions change faster than on asphalt, and the track owners and their maintenance people (watering, grading, etc) can have a big influence on a track. Dirt drivers have much more variables to overcome than asphalt drivers. IMHO!
That said. I love watching Scott race, the few times that I can find his races.
The GOAT !!!!
Seen him run the topless 100 in Batesville Ar, he had it won but cut a tire, Billy Moyer ended up winning the race.
Scott was better than Jeff Purvis in tryouts, idk how deep he's about to get, but he had 4-5 offers for cara that would of put him racing for a title year 1. Fast track deals on the table. Bloomer was the #1 FA lile 5yrs they kept coming. Believe he told em he had to leave he couldn't miss the Dream or 100 and never went back
RIP Scott.
Jimmy Spencer's long lost twin?
What was the controversy is the 90s they mentioned?
Always thought he was sketchy...this confirms it. AMAZING racer for sure and just love the man. Sketchy != WRONG.
Dale Jr. Had Scott Bloomquist on. I guess sometime in the 90's he tried buying a Busch car to race. Nascar found out and told him they wouldn't let him drive it but if he went and got a regular Nascar driver they would allow the car to be raced. Said he also won a race at a track that was ran by Nascar but they rigged the scale and he was disqualified. Pretty interesting.
He didn't say they _rigged_ the scale, he said the scale really wasn't built for the accuracy and repeatability of measurements that the track was trying to use it for.
Scott should give his attorney Charlie Terry a lot of credit
Dude should hang out with the owner of the Raiders.
I’d love to see Bloomquist run in the World 100 with a tribute car. The car, The Flintstone F1yer. All-time favorite car, all-time favorite driver. Of course, it doesn’t match Scott’s personality.
Put him in a car Junior and I believe you are no problems winning I've been following Scott a long time the whole time I've Ben racing
Wow I didn’t make it to a minute that guys gravel voice!
Whiney