Purvis

[chupp n bloomer fan]

Scott use to try to show up every where Jeff was. He said if your gonna race race the best thats out there. Jeff made a smart move to go to asphalt. It was better money

Yep. I remember that Dobber. Exactly what he said. He wanted to race the best, and obviously he felt Purvis was it.

[dirt junkie]

Thanks for posting this dirt dobber. I'm a Tennessee native, live 30 minutes from Clarksville, where Purvis is from. Didn't start following DLM's till 10 years ago, and have been hooked every since by the way, I've always had a interest in his accomplishments. Wish he was still in the game

[dirtdobber45]

Thanks for posting this dirt dobber. I'm a Tennessee native, live 30 minutes from Clarksville, where Purvis is from. Didn't start following DLM's till 10 years ago, and have been hooked every since by the way, I've always had a interest in his accomplishments. Wish he was still in the game

Im on the other end of TN (near Bristol) and I can remember Purvis and Scott showing up at Kingsport and the Gap and putting on some dam good shows... memories

[CIRF]

Ironically enough, the track where we watched Jeff Purvis the most often during his dirt late model days was Volusia during February Speedweeks. It seemed as if Purvis and Jack Boggs owned that place back in the mid to late 1980's. I don't remember Jeff running the Summernationals very often, if at all. He may have but not at the tracks we went to for the SN tour.

Jeff was very tough to beat on the big tracks in an ARCA car. We were lucky enough to watch him win at Daytona twice and Michigan 3 times. He won at Pocono in an ARCA car, too. I always hoped he'd show up at the Springfield and Du Quoin ARCA races but he never did. I gotta' believe he'd have been a terror on those dirt miles!

[TS FAN]

IMO, the best I have ever seen.

Ditto, absolutely.

[kidrock]

Jeff Purvis was the best dirt late model driver ever. He just moved onto to Nascar so, some don't have a clue how good in a dirt late model he was.

[Pennsboro23]

Jeff Purvis was the best dirt late model driver ever. He just moved onto to Nascar so, some don't have a clue how good in a dirt late model he was.

Once again, nobody is denying the talent he had. He might have been the best driver to ever get in a late model, talent wise. But at the end of the day, he is not considered to be the best because he doesn't have the accomplishments in late model racing like others do. I'm not doubting that he wouldn't have, had he stayed in dirt racing. It's like saying Barry Sanders was the best running back of all time, he had more talent than anyone but he didn't stick around long enough to eclipse the statistics that Scott and Billy have.

[Clayton_Wetter]

The best there is, the best there was and the best there ever will be!!! Bloomer and Moyer are without a question in the conversation and debatable but.... It's like all these young kids saying this person that and whatever is better then Jordan! Jordans untouchable on and off the court!

That is a fringe opinion by some fans that think he was the best. Actually, there is nothing to back it up. If he had stuck around and made a career out of it then there would be something to compare. I've seen him beat the best and get beaten by the best, including Bloomquist beating him at the World Hundred with one arm in a cast.

[zyoung25]

Freddy laid the smack down on them with a cast on too!

Maybe a cast is needed every now and then.

[jr29]

I remember Jeff winning a Busch race at Pikes Peak when he was in the RCR car. If memory serves he had 1/2 or 3/4 track on the field when the checkers flew.

[Bloomerdirtking]

I can still remeber when Neil Bonnett asked him to try out one if his car’s and give the now defunct All-Pro series. Being from the north we had the ASA. Those were some killer shows the ASA/All-Pro put on back in the day. It was awesome seeing Bobby Allison, Neil Bonett and Jeff Purvis take on asphalt short tracks best. That is what sent him Nascar racing.

[Kyle7117]

I had the privilege to see them both race. They both are one of the best. IMO In Jeff's first 5 starts in the world 100 he had 3 wins and 2 -2nd place finishes . Scott has 4 wins in 25 + starts .

[kidrock]

Once again, nobody is denying the talent he had. He might have been the best driver to ever get in a late model, talent wise. But at the end of the day, he is not considered to be the best because he doesn't have the accomplishments in late model racing like others do. I'm not doubting that he wouldn't have, had he stayed in dirt racing. It's like saying Barry Sanders was the best running back of all time, he had more talent than anyone but he didn't stick around long enough to eclipse the statistics that Scott and Billy have.

Believe me I totally get what your saying and I have no problem with people saying Bloomer or Moyer are the best ever because, yes they have more on their resume but, in my opinion Jeff Purvis was the best ever in a dirt late model. He just didn't stay around long enough to build a resume for people to see it.

[CIRF]

Once again, nobody is denying the talent he had. He might have been the best driver to ever get in a late model, talent wise. But at the end of the day, he is not considered to be the best because he doesn't have the accomplishments in late model racing like others do. I'm not doubting that he wouldn't have, had he stayed in dirt racing. It's like saying Barry Sanders was the best running back of all time, he had more talent than anyone but he didn't stick around long enough to eclipse the statistics that Scott and Billy have.

Barry Sanders is not a viable analogy. Sanders could not better himself from the NFL. Purvis could, and did, advance his career to a higher level from dirt late models into a couple of racing series' where, at that time, it was tougher to win. The reason he got the opportunity to advance up the ladder beyond dirt late models is because he was so much better than everyone else. Believe this, if someone had offered the opportunity to bloomy and Moyer that was offered to Purvis there is little doubt that they would have done exactly what Purvis did. But neither earned the opportunity. That is the difference.

That is a fringe opinion by some fans that think he was the best. Actually, there is nothing to back it up. If he had stuck around and made a career out of it then there would be something to compare. I've seen him beat the best and get beaten by the best, including Bloomquist beating him at the World Hundred with one arm in a cast.

Clay, the exact reason Purvis didn't stick around in dirt late models is because he was so much better than everyone else.

I had the privilege to see them both race. They both are one of the best. IMO In Jeff's first 5 starts in the world 100 he had 3 wins and 2 -2nd place finishes . Scott has 4 wins in 25 + starts .

And there you have it. That record speaks for itself. Nuff said.

[grt74]

Barry Sanders is not a viable analogy. Sanders could not better himself from the NFL. Purvis could, and did, advance his career to a higher level from dirt late models into a couple of racing series' where, at that time, it was tougher to win. The reason he got the opportunity to advance up the ladder beyond dirt late models is because he was so much better than everyone else. Believe this, if someone had offered the opportunity to bloomy and Moyer that was offered to Purvis there is little doubt that they would have done exactly what Purvis did. But neither earned the opportunity. That is the difference.

Clay, the exact reason Purvis didn't stick around in dirt late models is because he was so much better than everyone else.

And there you have it. That record speaks for itself. Nuff said.

dam fellas, that had to hurt, lmao
and thats the truth, truth