Dave Blaney thought his NASCAR Sprint Series racing was done for the year when he quit his association with Prism Motorsports [#66/#55 Toyota’s] before the Michigan race Aug. 15, but the crankshaft gods had other plans. Blaney didnt 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 wasnt going anywhere,’Â 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, Ill finish out most of the year and see what happens.’Â Just when Blaney thought hed 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 didnt make the race, but, between Baldwin and the 38 [or 34 & 37] of Front Row Motorsports ‘Â those two cars ‘Â Ill probably run the majority of the races left.’Â 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. Hell run five or six others in Baldwins #36. ‘Ill jump back and forth between the two teams,’Â Blaney said of his latest arrangement. While FRM races every week (no start-and-park gimmick), Baldwins will be a mix. ‘I might get to race [full distance] the majority of them [the 12]. I dont know for sure, but looks like Ill, at least, have something else to go run. That may lead to something down the road or maybe not.’Â The Front Row seat opened on Aug. 13 when Kevin Conway and the #34 lost its ExtenZe Racing sponsorship. ‘It sounds like Im going to run six races and Tony Raines will run the other six,’Â Blaney said of his schedule split with Front Row. With Baldwin, Blaney assumes the seat vacated when Baldwin lost Casey Mears, who jumped in the #13 car that Max Papis was in. ‘I got a couple chances to jump in here and there,’Â Blaney said. Of Blaneys newest teams, Front Row is the better funded, running three cars fulltime. ‘Most weeks, either Long John Silvers or Taco Bell is on the #38,’Â Blaney said. Sponsors for Baldwin arent as steady. Front Rows other two teams are the 34 of Travis Kvapil and the #37 of Dave Gilliland.(Vindicator), no word which races for which team yet.(8-25-2010)
