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[bobvogtjr30]

I believe Kevin rumleys dad is the owner of the #6 car as well so he's been around racing pretty much his whole life. Dave Scott won Sat night at stateline passing both of the Blair's! Those cars definitely work but not sure how much info they are sharing tho, Mike knight has been struggling with his most of the year

[Dirtlatemodelangrybird]

The greatest of all time is not bloomer. It was black jack Boggs! If he would of kept his mind right and was still alive he would still be winning big races across the country! Bloomer is the best now and recent history.

[The Legend]

Boggs was good .... But he's wasn't Bloomquist

[Drtracer27]

Somebody I am sure will correct me if I am wrong but the 6 car is owned by the Rumley's. So it would only make sense that their primary concern would be making that car fast. Are either of the Rumley's on the Longhorn payroll, or are they simply running a house car from Longhorn.

[The Legend]

I understand Kevin is on the longhorn payroll , the old man is an engine guy

[jo73]

Well. I did think the 6 car was the Longhorn house car that the Labonte's owned. I had no idea the Rumley folks owned that ride. These guys really don't need to share information with anybody. The world 100 should be interesting.

[The Legend]

A long horn without rumleys help is as useful as a 14 inch schmed that doesn't get hard

[racechaser9]

There is a good article on Kevin Rumley at uponthewheel.net    

[Drtracer27]

Pearson was in the Longhorn ride but they dropped that program a year or two ago to concentrate on building chassis. The Rumley's have owned cars for years with various drivers behind the wheel.

[lmlightning]

The greatest of all time could have been Jeff Purvis, 3 time World 100 winner, had he stuck to Late Models.   But he left for a career in Nascar, and then suffered what was basically a career ending head injury in 2002.

[raceover5]

Didnt labonte get out of dirt and stopped building chassis? Is it true mark richards hired kevin to work for rocket now? I have seen pictures posted with both of them in talks at tracks.

[Fwig]

Purvis was an excellent wheel man, and taking nothing away from his skills, but had a "NASCAR" budget on the dirt at the time. Jim Dunn is the only guy I knew that could compare to Bloomer. Of course this is JMO, but he could pull in to a track race, blow a motor change it or rebuild it himself in time for the feature. Start last and win it. 

 

All seriousness, Dunn and Bloomer are very comparable.   

[The Legend]

Just jim dunns major wins other than the dtwc .... Bloomquist has been on top since the 80's and he's still on top

[BaconBits]

The only current late model driver that could compare to Bloomer's long ride on top of the late model world is Billy Moyer. I'd still give Bloomquist the edge, though.

[Tommy]

Bloomquist is the best ever. Moyer is good but I do not think he ever beat bloomquist in a points chase. Purvis was the best before bloomquist, Moran and Moyer and all three of those guys looked at purvis as the guy to beat then they became the guys to beat.

[LM RACING]

Anyone on here that disputes Scott Bloomquist as the best ever is just trying to start shit or border line ......

[jo73]

In today's chassis Bloomquist is and has been 1 of the best. But, you look at O'Neal s season last year, he was fast and winning a lot. Francis in the same chassis could not find the same speed. Today's cars are so equal that the smallest find can propel you to the front immediately.

Dunn, Boggs, Purvis. In there time each was equally as good. Wearing, Husted, Watt. Some have said Wearing would have been 1 of the best. HELLO. HE WAS. In his time.

Blackie Watt, drove Hemi Joe's modified. I'm not sure how many wins they racked up but he was almost unbeatable. Blackie was also equally as fast in his late model, not as dominant, because he had wearing and others to deal with.

At one point Blackie attempted a come back. A new ROCKET chassis under him. It was not pretty. Old man TIME had passed him bye. The new chassis and Blackie where on totally different pages.

Point being. Each driver that has been mentioned was good in there time. Again, these cars are so closely matched that you wonder where or how much they can still change ?

I think what makes Bloomquist so good is his seat of the pants feel. He knows what to change and what that feel is going to do. Does anyone know if he has a engineering background or ??

[The Legend]

He has the very best car and throttle control of anyone who has ever sat in one of these cars period . He's the definition of a pure " wheel man ". And on top of that he makes them work. You guys talk about " in their Time " Scott started winning on leaf spring cars with generic dual tube pro shocks and he's now still winning in his self designed space ships in the engineering data acquisition era . The dude has been on top since the 80's

[The Legend]

Every dude who comes along and has a good run is automatically the next fuking Bloomquist .... Dudes like kid pole smoker , Ryan Gustin , T Mac , saterlee , etc etc yet they all hit a plateau and either stay there or drop off. Scott Bloomquist is a once in a lifetime talent .... Anyone can drive a late mode that's dialed in but it takes a stud to
Win when he doesn't have the fastest car and Scott didn't have the fastest car at the 2015 dream or the 2015 pittsburgher . Davensnort is wild as fuk slightly calmer than Jared Landers the dude was jumping the cushion twice a lap and pulling away that's how fuking fast his car was . Davensnort is an above average driver but not the next Bloomquist by any stretch of a wet dream. There's one Bloomquist and I suggest going to as many races where he's at as possible while he's still racing because there will
Most likely
Never be another Bloomquist

[ramsey31]

My dad was friends with Bloomquist, and lived a couple miles from them.  I was to Bloomers house one time, and atleast at that time, he didn't have anything special in his shop that was out of the norm. No high tech computers or testing equipment.    Looked pretty basic to me.  That would have been pre-his own chassis however.

 

The helicopter pad on the other hand....didn't look so basic.

 

When I was there I asked him how he got so good.   I think I was 11-12.  He said, "My father was a pilot, and he wanted to know every part of the plane and how it worked with the others, so he could use everything in that plane to his advantage."     He did/does the same thing with cars.   He does not merely sit behind the wheel and steer like a Cole Trickle.   He actually knows how every part in that car relates to the other, and how to change that equation if the outcome is not what he wants.

Edited by ramsey31, 09 September 2015 - 08:16 AM.