Donnie Morans racing career after the million

[84wedge]

How did Donnie do after winning all that money? Was he better, worse, about the same? Did he retire soon after? I'm wondering how the win tonight will change the winners racing life.

[Rajflyboy]

I think he said the Million changed their lifestyle forever

[TerryM]

They had five kids under the age of 10. He continued to race, but he put far more emphasis on family. He had a HOF career before he turned 30. Everything after that was icing. I’ve been saying it for a long time — Donnie Moran is the third best DLM driver I’ve ever seen, behind only Moyer and Bloomquist. He’s still my all time favorite.

[EvelB7]

Donnie was a major player long before he won the million (just as JD). Money never seemed an issue, he was always a gentleman and humble as he continues to be. I don't believe you will see JD change who he is either, successful people know how to handle success....

[dirtcrazy4u]

Some of you may have never seen some guy called Jeff Purvis. He didn't have the accident Ole bloomie may not be on that pedestal people put him on.

[BigDaddy84]

Jeff Purvis, bloomquist and Moyer are my top 3 of all time. Purvis would have been considered the goat if he had stayed in dirt track racing.

[Bradley]

Some of you may have never seen some guy called Jeff Purvis. He didn't have the accident Ole bloomie may not be on that pedestal people put him on.

Jeff Purvis is the guy Bloomer passed to win his first world 100 ! One thing for sure if it wasn't for ole Bloomer, Purvis would have 1 more world 100 win on his resume. Yes I liked Purvis, but some of you act like Bloomer couldn't win anything as long as Jeff was running dirt.

[ride height]

Purvis….my all time racing hero. What a talent.

[Rajflyboy]

I wish I had seen Purvis race back in the day👍

[EvelB7]

My first World was when Purvis won his first, but Moran was right in the hunt way back then. Purvis wanted to go NASCAR, great guy and hate that his career was cut short.

[MasterSbilt_Racer]

He was starting to slip when he won the million. Honestly, it was a bit of a surprise that he won.

[BloomerHarvickFan]

Some of you may have never seen some guy called Jeff Purvis. He didn't have the accident Ole bloomie may not be on that pedestal people put him on.

I thought Purvis' accident was AFTER he stopped running dirt.

[Big Daddy 37]

He was starting to slip when he won the million. Honestly, it was a bit of a surprise that he won.

Wow....How smart.

[Phatdaddy]

My first World 100 was '89. I was excited to see Purvis, Bloomer, Moore, etc.. Moran blew them all away. Then he did it again in '92. Complete domination.

[zyoung25]

I thought Purvis' accident was AFTER he stopped running dirt.

He had a highway accident after that one too. I dont know all of the details, but I'm thinking his hauler blew a tire and he hit car head on while they were on the way to crate race at TST. It injured him, his son, and his wife pretty bad. It was a pretty serious accident.

That was all after his crash at Nazareth.