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What separates him from the rest? Shocks, set up, driving ability......?
Been going to eldora for years, and his car turns the best of anyone we have seen.
Like Josh says... love him or hate him, the guy is simply one of the very best to ever hit the track. The tire rules really play to a better drivers hand. Billy Moyer even stated that in his DoD recap interview. There isnt anything Bloomquist hasnt seen and just experience can go a long way.
What separates him from the rest? Shocks, set up, driving ability......?
Been going to eldora for years, and his car turns the best of anyone we have seen.
His driving talents are unrivaled, and over the years, his understanding of the cars themselves is on that level too.
Everything you guys said applies and I'd add that, instead of falling into the trap a lot of racers and people in general fall into, that if a little of something is good then a whole lot should be awesome. Instead of trying to over do it in any one category he has always striven for a balanced drive-able car. Even in the early years of the, "on the hook" setups you almost never saw his car toting the LF. He keeps his cars pretty simple and basic, if you look underneath you won't see a myriad of brackets with untold number of possible settings, just the minimum to stay in the sweet spot and not adjust himself out. His cars tend to be build more rugged and less prone to part failures, you can't win if you don't finish. This is why he also hasn't won as much at Eastbay as some others, he isn't a throw it and stomp it sort of throttle jockey, he's a driver. Keeps the car straight, lets the chassis do the work, saves his tires and clobbers you in the end. I think this is why he never tried GRT when they were hot, they were the opposite of his strategy, holes everywhere and flimsy aluminum bracketry, not what he would do. That's what I've observed in my time and learned from a friend that helped assemble his cars at Warrior and Barry Wright.
History doesn't always repeat, but it does often rhyme.
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