Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Dave Blaney thought his NASCAR Sprint Series racing was done for the year when he quit his association with Prism Motorsports before the Michigan race Aug. 15, but the crankshaft gods had other plans.
The Hartford native didn’t skip a beat as he joined two racing teams to finish out the remaining 12 dates on the 2010 schedule.
“I guess I just got to the point where I thought I wasn’t going anywhere,” Blaney said on Tuesday, a few weeks after parting ways with Prism. “It finally wore me down. I was going to be OK being done and not going back to any races this year, but then drivers started moving around a little and a couple seats opened up. So, I’ll finish out most of the year and see what happens.”
Just when Blaney thought he’d use the down time watching the racing career of his son, Ryan, Dave got a call from Tommy Baldwin of Tommy Baldwin Racing.
“We tried to run Bristol [Aug. 21], but didn’t make the race, but, between Baldwin and the 38 of Front Row Motorsports — those two cars — I’ll probably run the majority of the races left.”
As Blaney spoke, he was en route to Statesville, N.C. to finalize his plans with the Front Row team that will run Dave in six races.
He’ll run five or six others in Baldwin’s 36.
Read the story in Wednesday’s Vindicator.