Who’s on you’re Mount Rushmore of DLM drivers

[clayenstein]

Mine is Bloomquist, Moyer, Purvis, Moore

[TerryM]

Bloomquist, Moyer and Moran are the obvious picks. It gets pretty tough to choose one after that.

[RaceEngineer]

Kenny Brightbill, Ralph Earnhardt, Tiny Lund, Ramo Stott

[WisWildManFan]

Bloomer, Moyer, bloomer, and bloomer again

[BigDaddy84]

Zero, Moyer, purvis, freddy.

[CIRF]

Pre-generic dirt late model era:

Don White
Johnny Beauchamp
Verlin Eaker
Darrell Dake

Post-generic dirt late model era:

Jeff Purvis
Charlie Swartz
Billy Moyer Jr.
snort Bloomquist

[formercrewguy]

Kenny Brightbill, Ralph Earnhardt, Tiny Lund, Ramo Stott

Hahahahaha….Ramo.

[ride height]

Purvis. Moyer. Voodoo. The 4th person is real tough to decide.

[Krooser]

Don White, Pete Parker, Ed Sanger, Jim Hurtibise, MJ McBride...

[Thedoctor]

Bloomer and Moyer. The rest will always be debatable

[4Barrel]

Black Jack Boggs, Scott Bloomquist, CJ Rayburn, and Charlie Swartz.

[Zonks32x]

1980-2010
Bloomer
Moyer
Boggs
Swartz
(Hard not to put Purvis here too)

2010-.....
JD
Sheppard
Pierce
Richards
(For now)

ALL TIME
Bloomer and Moyer
Then the debate...

[MUD MAESTRO]

Pre-generic dirt late model era:

Don White
Johnny Beauchamp
Verlin Eaker
Darrell Dake

Post-generic dirt late model era:

Jeff Purvis
Charlie Swartz
Billy Moyer Jr.
snort Bloomquist

Johnny Beauchamp.....should have won the 1959 Daytona 500. The team claimed Lee Petty was a few laps down and the photo finish meaningless. At that time the wives kept track of the drivers laps, so who knows. Johnny was also an IMCA champion and track champ at Peoria in 1966. Considering the HOfamers he raced against at Peoria during that time, He was one of the best.

[dirtcrazy4u]

Bloomer can't sniff purvis's socks. Purvis was a better all around racer period. Eddie Sanger changed most view points on the big block chevy. Thee combo of ed howe, Rodney combs and mark richards changed late model chassis forever. Larry Moore and Freddie smith. One would clear you out of his way and the other would be the frst one too

[CIRF]

Johnny Beauchamp.....should have won the 1959 Daytona 500. The team claimed Lee Petty was a few laps down and the photo finish meaningless. At that time the wives kept track of the drivers laps, so who knows. Johnny was also an IMCA champion and track champ at Peoria in 1966. Considering the HOfamers he raced against at Peoria during that time, He was one of the best.

Johnny passed away in 1983 and those close to him said he went to his grave believing he won the 1959 Daytona 500. In those days the teams had to supply their own scorers. Elizabeth Petty (The King's mother) was scoring for Lee Petty that day and Johnny was northern driver from Atlantic, Iowa so draw your own conclusions.

My dad spoke of seeing Beauchamp race at Peoria and Sterling Speedbowl Park in Sterling, Illinois and said Johnny was the only guy that could beat Don Bohlander on a regular basis. Johnny won the Peoria points championship driving the #55 1955 Chevy in 1966. The sponsor was Kartville which was right next to the Speedway on Farmington Road. According to my Dad Beauchamp didn't win as often up at Sterling. He had to beat guys like Darrell Dake, John Connelly and Verlin Eaker up there and those Iowa boys were plenty tough.

Not much debate about the top three of the generic late model era. Moyer, snort and Purvis are indisputable. After those three it's a matter of opinion.