In Dave’s last season as an Outlaws regular, he teamed with co-owner Keith Hylton to field the Amoco/U.S. Print/Vivarin-sponsored entry in 1997. In his 15th consecutive year of qualifying for the Saturday night finale, he finally won the Knoxville Nationals. He finished second in the standings. He also won the Gold Cup Race of Champions at California’s Silver Dollar Speedway and Eldora’s Historical Big One but had to settle for second in the WoO championship.
Dave Blaney made the full-time move to NASCAR in 1998, while Dale Blaney took over the wheel of his brother’s sprint car. Woodruff stayed on and Dale Blaney topped the $100,000-to-win Historical Big One and was rookie of the year with the World of Outlaws.
Dale Blaney left the No. 93 team in early 1999 but returned following the death of replacement driver Kevin Gobrecht that fall. In 2000, Dale Blaney captured the Kings Royal and finished seventh in WoO points, while Dave Blaney completed his first NASCAR Cup Series season.
Lou Blaney was inducted into the Northeast Dirt Modified Hall of Fame that year. But after countless seasons of combat on the race track, his toughest battle was ahead of him. The following year, he was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. He sold Blaney Lumber and purchased Sharon Speedway in 2002, partnering with son Dave, Jim Weller and Bill and Ron Kirilla.
Dale Blaney worked in the day-to-day operation of the track, while also competing with the All Stars, where he won Ohio Sprint Speedweek titles in 2003, ’04 and ’06.
Meanwhile, Dave Blaney had moved from Bill Davis Racing to Jasper Motorsports and in 2003 he earned three top-10 finishes, including his career-best third-place effort at Darlington (S.C.) Raceway. He ride-hopped in 2004, driving limited schedules for Bill Davis Racing, Richard Childress Racing and Roush Racing. In 2005, Dave Blaney ran the full NASCAR Cup Series schedule for RCR. The next year, he started his second stint driving for Bill Davis Racing and earned a NASCAR Xfinity Series victory at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
In 2007, the team switched to Toyotas and Dave Blaney earned the manufacturer its first pole at New Hampshire Motor Speedway.
Dale Blaney won his third All Star championship in 2008 after earning nine wins, driving for George Fisher. Dave earned two top-10 Cup Series finishes that season prior to Bill Davis Racing closing operations. Meanwhile, Dave’s 14-year-old son, Ryan, graduated from Legend Cars to late models.
On Jan. 25, 2009, Lou Blaney lost his eight-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was posthumously inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2013. He has also been inducted to the Sharon Speedway, Tri-City Speedway and Lernerville Speedway Halls of Fame. Each year since his passing Sharon Speedway has run the Lou Blaney Memorial race in his honor. Both of his sons have won that race.
Dave Blaney was hired as a start-and-park driver for Prism Motorsports in 2009, while Ryan Blaney won rookie-of-the-year honors with the Pro All Star Series at age 15.
In 2010, Dave Blaney drove for Front Row Motorsports and began racing sprint cars again. Ryan Blaney won three late model features and Dale Blaney won the World of Outlaws-sanctioned Brad Doty Classic at Ohio’s Limaland Motorsports Park.
In 2011, Dave Blaney drove for Tommy Baldwin Racing and finished third at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway. Ryan Blaney won two features on his way to the PASS South Super Late Model Series title, while also debuting in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series, earning a win in the K&N Pro Series West season finale at Phoenix Int’l Raceway.
Ryan Blaney ran six NASCAR Xfinity Series races for Tommy Baldwin Racing in 2012, debuting with a seventh-place finish at Richmond (Va.) Raceway. In July, he signed to drive in select races for Team Penske in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and Brad Keselowski Racing in the NASCAR Truck Series. He recorded his first career Truck Series victory at Iowa Speedway in September. He was 18.
In 2013, Dale Blaney surpassed Kenny Jacobs’ 98 career All Star Circuit of Champions victories, becoming the series’ winningest driver while earning his fourth series championship. Dave Blaney drove his final season for Tommy Baldwin.
On March 30, Dale Blaney claimed an All Star win at Attica while Dave Blaney won a sprint car feature at Pennsylvania’s Port Royal Speedway.
Ryan Blaney won races in the NASCAR Truck Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series.
Dale Blaney earned 16 All Stars victories, the Ohio Speedweek title and his fifth All Star championship in 2014. Dave Blaney was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame and drove select Cup Series events for Randy Humphrey Racing and two for Baldwin but concentrated primarily on sprint cars, winning the Lou Blaney Memorial. Ryan Blaney won a NASCAR Truck Series race at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park and a Xfinity Series race at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway, while also making his Cup Series debut in a Team Penske entry.
In 2015, Dale drove for CH Motorsports/Tod Quiring with Charlie Fisher serving as crew chief. He won the WoO-sanctioned Don Martin Memorial Silver Cup and 12 All Star features on his way to his sixth All Star title. Ryan Blaney won Xfinity Series races at Iowa Speedway and Kentucky Speedway.
Dale Blaney was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2016, while Ryan Blaney began competing full time in the NASCAR Cup Series with the legendary Wood Brothers Racing team.
Ryan Blaney earned his first Cup Series pole at Kansas Speedway and his first series victory at Pocono Raceway. He finished ninth in points.
In 2018, Ryan Blaney moved to Team Penske full time and won on the ROVAL at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Dave Blaney won his second Lou Blaney Memorial and finished fifth in All Star points. On April 7, 2018, Ryan Blaney won an Xfinity Series race at Texas Motor Speedway and his dad topped a Port Royal Speedway sprint car feature.
Ryan Blaney, now 25, won his third Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race on Monday at Talladega Superspeedway and 55-year-old Dale Blaney finished second in the ASCoC point championship after winning the the Lou Blaney Memorial and a sixth Ohio Sprint Speedweek title. Through August, Dale Blaney had 137 career All Star victories and another 11 with the World of Outlaws.
Dave Blaney, 56, scaled back to a part-time sprint car schedule this season, piloting his own car. He won a 410 sprint car event at Sharon Speedway in June.
Dave Blaney had accumulated 497 starts in NASCAR’s three national touring divisions, sat eighth on the World of Outlaws all-time feature winners list with 94 victories and had earned 49 All Star sprint car victories.