Anyone got Bloomquist stories?

[TDRacin®]

That's awesome. How old were you?

I was 21 years old! 1992 I hooked up with Bobby Allen when Larry Moore drove for him. I went to a chit load of STARS races that year and we won seven races, more than anyone and I was lucky enough to be at each one. Larry finished 2nd to Donnie Moran at the World 100 after leading the first part of the race. He would have become the first four time winner. Toward the end of the year we had a pretty good point battle going until Larry got disqualified at my home track (Winchester, VA) for hitting a guy with a steering wheel after getting wrecked in his heat. When it was happening, I ran out onto the track to pull Larry off of him. The next race at the DTWC, Larry pulled me aside and said, "Boy, the next time that happens, don't pull me off, help me beat the chit out of him!" Or something to that effect. lol Such a fun time! Larry was a lot of fun and a pretty smart dude!

[MRM]

I always found it amusing that grown men would tell Bloomquist to get a haircut. I think it's after a Lucas race at Boyd's where he finished second and some guy in the stands yelled at him to get a haircut. He just looked into the stands with his "I don't give a flip" look. What compels a grown man to tell another man to get a haircut?

[Henry Every]

Well it use to a symbol of maturity, tuck in your shirt, wear a belt, cut your hair, etc. But those are attributes conformists hold as important, outward displays that you conform to the norm. I remember when Bloomquist was first becoming a force, his name was getting known. The team I was with in the 80's & 90's ran mostly Dixie, Rome, 7 Flags(West Atlanta), Senoia was asphalt at the time. Well I forget which Dixie/HAT shootout it was, it was one of the first years but it was said that Bloomquist was gonna make an appearance. Its always fascinated me how much people enjoy believing rumors, well a couple of days ahead of the event the car owner(my friends dad) told us all one night that he'd heard from a friend of a friend that while making a delivery near Dixie Speedway the evening before that this informant(who was reported not to be a race fan and meant to give the story more credence) well he heard loud engine noises coming from the track and scaled the fence to investigate. He then saw a black car with a #18 on the side making laps, mid week. Supposedly said #18 driver was getting paid to come to races and given private practice time to insure a good performance. I was only 18, but I told him straight out that I didn't believe that and laughed, but he believed it. Race time comes and Bloomquist is there, he's the talk of the pits, at the drivers meeting he jumped up on the pit wall so everybody could get a good look at the long haired dude. It was also rumored he was high on cocaine while driving and that was another factor in his winning so much. LOL. Unfortunately he started on front row of heat and a local driver chopped Bloomquist going into turn 1 and broke Scott's suspension and ending his night because the B main was out of the question as the track was 1 groove down low. Good times, Scott played the villain very well and got into many heads along the way. Later I worked with Buck Simmons and he understood the mind game as well, played it like an instrument. Racing use to be more fun.

[Tyy7777]

I always found it amusing that grown men would tell Bloomquist to get a haircut. I think it's after a Lucas race at Boyd's where he finished second and some guy in the stands yelled at him to get a haircut. He just looked into the stands with his "I don't give a flip" look. What compels a grown man to tell another man to get a haircut?

Little do those grown men know they are actually just fueling the fire.

[Tyy7777]

Well it use to a symbol of maturity, tuck in your shirt, wear a belt, cut your hair, etc. But those are attributes conformists hold as important, outward displays that you conform to the norm. I remember when Bloomquist was first becoming a force, his name was getting known. The team I was with in the 80's & 90's ran mostly Dixie, Rome, 7 Flags(West Atlanta), Senoia was asphalt at the time. Well I forget which Dixie/HAT shootout it was, it was one of the first years but it was said that Bloomquist was gonna make an appearance. Its always fascinated me how much people enjoy believing rumors, well a couple of days ahead of the event the car owner(my friends dad) told us all one night that he'd heard from a friend of a friend that while making a delivery near Dixie Speedway the evening before that this informant(who was reported not to be a race fan and meant to give the story more credence) well he heard loud engine noises coming from the track and scaled the fence to investigate. He then saw a black car with a #18 on the side making laps, mid week. Supposedly said #18 driver was getting paid to come to races and given private practice time to insure a good performance. I was only 18, but I told him straight out that I didn't believe that and laughed, but he believed it. Race time comes and Bloomquist is there, he's the talk of the pits, at the drivers meeting he jumped up on the pit wall so everybody could get a good look at the long haired dude. It was also rumored he was high on cocaine while driving and that was another factor in his winning so much. LOL. Unfortunately he started on front row of heat and a local driver chopped Bloomquist going into turn 1 and broke Scott's suspension and ending his night because the B main was out of the question as the track was 1 groove down low. Good times, Scott played the villain very well and got into many heads along the way. Later I worked with Buck Simmons and he understood the mind game as well, played it like an instrument. Racing use to be more fun.

Until I got involved in racing I never realized just how much bull(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word)(not a nice word) got spread around so easily haha