| Born on October 24th in 1962 at Hartford, Ohio, | | | | Phoenix. He managed to grab three top ten wins in |
| David Blaney is one of the more famous NASCAR | | | | 2003 but did not do as well during the rest of the |
| drivers on the sprint tracks. He chalks down his | | | | season. While in the Busch Series, Blaney managed to |
| favorite childhood memory to watching his dad race | | | | finish the whole race even while suffering from |
| with his brother. It used to enthrall the young Blaneys | | | | suspension failure. His car would have problems in the |
| when they saw how their father handled his car and | | | | next season's race where he finished 35th even |
| the way he used to win. | | | | though he started at 13 and was leading three laps. |
| Blaney was first racing in the World of Outlaws in | | | | Although the years after that were a bit rough on |
| 1992 and he won the 1995 championship. Being the | | | | Blaney and his team, they did go on to win the two |
| talent that he is, he went on to win the 1997 | | | | top ten finishes in 2005. However in 2007, Blaney |
| Knoxville Nationals which in the world of sprint car | | | | won the first ever Budweiser Pole Award for Toyota |
| racing, is THE premier event. Blaney then made his | | | | at the New Hampshire International Speedway and |
| way into NASCAR championships in 1999 but he | | | | that was also the second in his career. That win plus |
| managed to keep his sprint car team going while | | | | his 32nd driver points and his 35th owner points |
| looking out for his brother Dale in the competition. | | | | position made Blaney's team the number one in |
| He debuted at the Busch Series in 1998 and went | | | | Toyota. 2007 also gave Blaney the chance to earn a |
| home with three sixth-place finishes and a pole | | | | one top-five, five top-ten season finishes and a third |
| position during the very same season. Blaney first | | | | place finish at the UAW Ford 500 at Talladega which |
| made an appearance in the NASCAR Winston Cup in | | | | was not only Toyota's best finish but Blaney's career |
| 1999 with a 31st spot finish. He ran five races and | | | | best as well. Because Blaney was in the top 35 in |
| finished up at the 23rd spot at Homestead later that | | | | owner points, the starting spot in the first five races |
| season. He was also doing impressively well during the | | | | in 2008 will have his name written all over the track. |
| Busch Series in the same year with four pole wins | | | | As for the Busch Series, Barley clocked in his best |
| and a seventh place for the final points standing. It | | | | finish at Dover in 2005 with a 12th place finish and |
| was the same season that he was able to finish | | | | debuted with a new team at Lowe's Motor |
| twice second. The next year he came back full time | | | | Speedway the following year with a 15th position |
| and brought home two top tens and was second | | | | finish. He did however win his first Busch Series later |
| runner up for the NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of | | | | on the same year. Blaney has also taken part in the |
| the Year in the same season. | | | | Craftsman Truck Series which saw his debut in 2004 |
| Blaney, who isn't a fan of slow drivers in the left lane, | | | | where he finished at 6th place. He has gone on to |
| nearly held the victory cup in his hands in 2001 was | | | | make a second start at the 2007 ford 200 at |
| left with a 7th spot finish in the 2002 season at | | | | Homestead-Miami Speedway with a tenth place finish. |