66 Dave Blaney
POLES
0
WINS
0
RANK
41
POINTS
1167
BEHIND
-5081
Dave Blaney has been in the Cup series since 1999, running full time for Bill Davis Racing for four of those seasons. He has a top points finish of 19th. He joins the new Prism Motorsports team in 2009.
Career Highlights
- 1995 World of Outlaws Sprint Car champion; runner-up in ’96 and ’97
- Named Sprint Car Driver of the Year in 1995
- 1984 USAC Silver Crown champion
Driver Details
- Ht: 68 Wt: 170
- Born: 10/24/1962
- Hometown: Hartford, Ohio
Related Links
| 2009 NASCAR Sprint Cup Season Summary | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starts | Poles | Rank | Wins | Top 5 | Top 10 | Points | Winnings |
| 29 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1167 | 2,277,186 |
Year-by-Year Sprint Cup Series Recap
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2008 Finished 30th in the series points … Had two top-10 finishes, including running ninth twice.
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2007 Finished 31st in series points, the highest finishing position of all Toyota drivers … Earned one top-five and four top-10 finishes … Earned a top finish of third at Talladega Superspeedway in October.
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2006 Finished 26th in series points … Earned one top-five and two top-10 finishes in team's final season without manufacturer support … Earned a top finish of fourth at Richmond International Raceway in September.
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2005 Finished 26th in series points with two top-10 finishes running full season for Richard Childress Racing. ... Best qualifying efforts of outside pole and fifth came at Bristol. ... Also qualified fifth fastest for the fall Atlanta event.
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2004 Finished 38th in series points. ... Made 16 starts for four different teams. ... Finished 15th at the Daytona 500. ... Had a strong showing in Atlanta and Texas where he finished 11th driving for Bill Davis Racing. ... Best start of the season was 10th at Charlotte in October. ... Drove the No. 30 Chevrolet for eight races starting in Pocono for team owner Richard Childress.
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2003 Finished 28th in series points. ... Captured first career pole at Rockingham in February. ... Started season strongly with his first pole and a third-place run at Darlington. ... After Darlington, had just one top 10 the remainder of the season (July 27 at Pocono). ... Finished with four top 10s.
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2002 Finished 19th in series points. ... First season with Jasper Motorsports No. 77 Ford. ... Had five top-10 finishes. ... Best finish was seventh at Phoenix. ... Matched career-best start (3rd) at Richmond in September. ... Crew chief Ryan Pemberton left at season's end to work with Jerry Nadeau and MB2 Motorsports. ... Announced that Robert Barker, former teammate and crew chief at Bill Davis Racing, would join Blaney for 2003.
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2001 Finished 22nd in series points. ... Competed in second full season for Davis. ... Had six top-10 finishes, including career-best sixth-place finishes at Texas, Michigan and Homestead. ... Qualified career-best third at Atlanta in November, led 70 laps before mechanical problems ruined that strong run.
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2000 Finished 31st in series points. ... Finished season on a high note with a fourth-place qualifying run at Atlanta, a season-best. ... Finished third in Raybestos Rookie of the Year standings. ... Scored two top-10 finishes in the last three races. ... Had first top five locked up in Atlanta until late-race incident knocked him down to 18th. ... Missed only one race all season (Rockingham's spring event).
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1999 Finished 51st in series points. ... Drove in five races for Davis. ... Best start (fourth) and finish (23rd) came at Homestead.
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1992 Ran in just one race (Rockingham, Oct. 25, 1992) and didn't finish.



