Scott Bloomquist Recalls Hitting Rock Bottom

Scott Bloomquist Recalls Hitting Rock Bottom | The Dale Jr. Download

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Жыл бұрын

Scott Bloomquist’s time at the top has not been without controversy and the interview touches on his various legal issues and suspensions over the years. Scott is open on the subject and explains to Dale Earnhardt Jr. and co-host Mike Davis how his appearance and success have led others to assume the worst about him. The infamy that came with the arrests boosted Scott’s reputation and ultimately led to him becoming a colossal figure in the sport.
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@sheldongilbert808 Жыл бұрын

One of the best interviews you've had on the show. When Bloomer pulled in,Usually late, you new you were gonna be racing for 2nd place. NO HOTLAPS ,HE STILL WON

@reginaldhall6871 Жыл бұрын

Ronnie Johnson was another that showed up at the last possible minute

@BogattheMoon Жыл бұрын

@@reginaldhall6871 his dad Joe Lee owned the track mentioned. He was the first winner of the World 600 at Charlotte.

@armorkat-autoworks Жыл бұрын

Dick Trickle did the same thing, arrive at the last minute and win the Feature.

@reginaldhall6871 Жыл бұрын

@@BogattheMoon Someone mentioned that the Cleveland was closed & demolished. I had no idea. I went to my 1st Hav-a-Tampa race there & Bloomquist won it. I live about 10 miles from the Dega track & he won everytime I seen him run at the short track.

@BogattheMoon Жыл бұрын

@@reginaldhall6871 yeah man, that one hurt. My sister lives in Southside, outside of Gadsden. I need to hit Talladega Dirt Track.

@chrisellis4072 2 ай бұрын

Scott once told me on the front straightaway at the Topless 100 " Half of them love me, half of them hate me, but they are all hear to see me" and he laughed. He was exactly right! I was the flagman for two of his Topless wins. He is on the Mt Rushmore of Late Model racing!

@shanecasper7354 Жыл бұрын

Watched this guy show up late to Virginia motor speedway, pull the car out set the air in the tires, fuel the car and warm the engine while pushing the car to tech.. than go right out and destroy the track record on his very first lap... then came off the track and spent the next 45 minutes talking to fans in the pits.. dudes such a nice guy. He's an incredible late-model set up guy.. as good as he in the car he's even better at the tech setup of these cars..

@calcolbert3443 29 күн бұрын

My same thoughts

@randyellis8966 Жыл бұрын

Always a good show when Scott pulled in. Loved seeing him, Moyer, Wendell Wallace, Freddy Smith, all those guys in the 80's early 90's.

@jodywells7519 Жыл бұрын

The man! The legend! The goat ! Black Sunshine!

@jamiedoughty6703 Жыл бұрын

Scott Bloomquist has always been my favorite dirt late model driver. Always great to his fans. It would be interesting if he wrote a book!

@lancedeiters5490 Жыл бұрын

I was at rockingham speedway testing busch car with rcr, and scott was testing with a small team, they were having power steering problems scott told them to take the belt off, and he tested all day at the rock with no power steering, and ran pretty damn good for car he was in, so yeah hes a bad ass and got my respect that day

@robertchapin3683 Жыл бұрын

I have a great memory with Scott Bloomquist. My grandson and I were walking around at Lucas Oil in Wheatland MO and I noticed you sitting in the spectator lounge. I told him to wave and Scott invited him over and he invited him to sit at the table with them. It made his day! I think he was 8 at the time.

@ronaldgolmon1771 Жыл бұрын

I watched Scott race live probably half a dozen times. The man is a late model genius. Watched him and eckert run side by side for over 20 laps. Never touched or done anything dirty to each other. Great driver.

@carlchaney7957 Жыл бұрын

The best I ever seen on dirt

@robertmagnuson8068 Жыл бұрын

One of the all time great race car drivers

@stephenbreen7570 Жыл бұрын

Nascar is in desperate need of badasses like this. So tired of the cookie cutter kids that run now.

@reginaldhall6871 Жыл бұрын

Chastain is pretty entertaining to watch. And not just because of his wild wall ride. If anyone reminds me of the old Nascar drivers it's him. He like a wild combination of Jimmy Spenser & Ernie Ervin but he gets better results

@donnielove4456 Жыл бұрын

@@reginaldhall6871 l agree

@stevennewman8276 Жыл бұрын

U aint never lied! Larsons a bmf but he's not an against tha grain hell raiser. Im not too big of fan these days cause if u dont have a last name,ur not in. They keep that click tight

@nickmartin1692 Жыл бұрын

Played in the high limits room at the casino in Murphy nc with Scott all night. Was a fan of him my entire life and he made me even more of one after hanging out with me playing 100$ slots. Awesome dude

@keithsaunders2532 Жыл бұрын

"Black Sunshine" ROCKS

@DeaDEye.21 Жыл бұрын

Bloomquist 🤟 I was fortunate Enough too do some metal Polishing for him. Hungout couple months. All I gotta say is don't judge a book by its cover. He taught me so much about just life in general and that Anything is Possible. He was in wheelchair and still was racing. Was at the Gobbler 100 that he won and it was Amazing,He Rose too the Occasion for His Crew. It was Legendary

@michaelloran1787 Жыл бұрын

I can remember the talk in the pits at the tracks in Tennessee. Everything from he sold coke to buy his first car to he was smuggling in his hauler. I can remember all the time I was around him he was nothing but the best around and always a good guy. Definitely the best I ever seen in a dirt late model.

@jasonbanks533 Жыл бұрын

First time I got to see Scott race live was April 2011 at Bedford speedway . His pit was straight across from my seat. He ran hot laps, pulled in and they unloaded the backup car… they pulled both engines and put the backup cars engine in the car he ran hot laps in… started it with maybe 10min before time trials and set a new track record at that time. First sub 19sec lap ever and dominated the feature. Been a fan ever since!

@codyadams5182 Жыл бұрын

in the late 90's I would go with the "Headman " Mike Head to the southern Allstars races , It was always a treat when Scott showed up to race. A true legend of dirt racing

@whalehands4779 Жыл бұрын

I've had friends who always talked about meeting him up at Eldora and saying he was the most polite nice guy they've met. He was always a favorite of mine to root for at Atomic speedway(KC raceway).

@MrAndyNich Жыл бұрын

Truth. I'm 42 and have asked him for autographs my whole life ar Eldora and he is the nicest guy.

@ghettostreamlabs5724 Жыл бұрын

I've met him twice down in Mississippi and he was super nice both times.

@ronniespring8888 Жыл бұрын

I’ve met him many times and it’s true. Always talked with us if he could

@awg6397 Жыл бұрын

I was in the pits at Batesville Speedway on practice night one year for the topless 100. I was standing along the fence taking a pic of one of the cars and Bloomer came driving by. I wasnt paying attention because I was trying to get the pic, but that clown revved on it as he got up to me...scared the bejeezus out of me. I know damn well he was laughing like hell at that

@billiebobthemechanic Жыл бұрын

That dude is on another level. That is what has made him so successful is his brain is always thinking and he obviously only focuses on one thing at a time. So while all the BS of the world is happening around him he has the ability to turn that all off and think about making his race car faster and getting the maximum grip. And yes I’ve seen him arrive after heat races and qualifying have started and have to start at the back of the B features to come all the way through to win just to start at the back of an A feature to come all the way through and win.

@HoofHearted801 Жыл бұрын

Dale, you and Mike do a great job of bringing out the best in a person during an interview. In this case there is lots to work with and Scott seems like a wonderful person. My kinda' guy!

@jamieruscin846 3 ай бұрын

Bloomers a stand up guy. Meet him 5 years ago. Respect!!!

@philliplangley9302 Жыл бұрын

These types of interviews are very interesting. Keep up the great work.

@itzmikeomg2755 Жыл бұрын

I was around dirt racing back in the 80s and 90s, people were trying to get Bloomquist every way they could because they couldn't beat him. Saw him get sent to the back of the pack more than once for BS "violations" and he`d still end up winning, that is how dominate he was at that time.

@JohnThomas-tb5kd 8 ай бұрын

Promoters new how to have a great show.

@Jamesbass1968 Ай бұрын

This guy is a natural badass. Great interview!!

@rono1506 Жыл бұрын

Scott bloomquest is one of the coolest people I've ever met I had the opportunity to meet him while I was working not at a racetrack but he was the coolest racer I had met in a long time really cool guy

@clewis2526 5 ай бұрын

My ex-wife went with her new bf to PPMS one year and she goes to the autograph session and she's just in love with Jimmy Owens but she saw Bloomquist and says "my ex husband is a huge fan of your's but I don't like you." And he still signed the autograph. Dude is awesome

@markwitkowski6418 Жыл бұрын

Scott Bloomquist is my new hero,what a guy".No Weak Links,Take No Prisoners". What a nice,smart,everyday type of regular guy,with a GREAT life story.

@lilolme69 Жыл бұрын

I'm with ya!

@tbone67gthenderson78 Жыл бұрын

I met Scott at Jax raceway in the 80s and 90s Hava Tampa series we had a great time in Blg Black F -350 awesome memories 😎

@chadsgarage2826 Жыл бұрын

I almost fainted when you said cleveland speedway. I live in Cleveland and grew up watching amd racing there. They tore it down a few years ago. We miss it dearly. Thanks for bringing that up.

@wyatberp3611 Жыл бұрын

Fainted? 🤣😂🤣😂

@dirtthunder1638 Жыл бұрын

I hope Jr. interviews Darrell Alderman some day! Boomer is such a one of a kind, can't get enough!

@michaelvrckoff6966 Жыл бұрын

Seen Scott race before all of this and even worked on his cars here in Australia and man I've never seen anyone except Jack Hewitt drive the way he did with such control and aggression at the same time

@multitoolish Жыл бұрын

This guy is the best to ever race latte models on dirt! I've seen him take plenty of other racers to school. No one was keeping up when he had it hooking up. What s guy!

@bdr3125 Жыл бұрын

I watch the episodes on peacock every week, why has this episode not been added yet because I'm extremely interested in seeing it,I know I can listen to it on the podcast but I like to see the actual people talking and seeing their expressions and demeanor just makes it so much more interesting,and why don't they show the hole podcast on peacock either, just curious???,thanks for all the content and everything you guys do,I really enjoy it all

@cbmitchell Жыл бұрын

What a great story 👊

@theoriginalrabbithole Жыл бұрын

The download is great but this is too..."historic"?...to not see in it's entirety. I mean c'mon, it's Dale Jr. interviewing The Bloomer! As far as racing podcast go? This is about as epic as it gets. 🏁

@rodstanley881 Жыл бұрын

I have had the pleasure of meeting Scott and talking after the races great guy really nice we talked for probably an hour

@tnheritage6218 Жыл бұрын

I raced Go Karts with him once or twice, he subbed for a friend that got hurt in a wreck but from where I live at, Bloomer is one of the best !!

@tennbones Жыл бұрын

Scott thanks for your honesty and strength. I've seen Scott race in Tennessee and what a treat! Dale, good interview bro.

@kentstephens4770 Жыл бұрын

When it came to dirt racing, Scott was the one to watch. He put on a show.

@Halfstep2024 Ай бұрын

He still does

@chiefthompson2702 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the mentioning of our late great Cleveland TN speedway 😢!! 💯✊🏽

@VernLeRoy1962 Жыл бұрын

Thx Dale, this was really Very Cool for me!! in 1983 I was at the speedway in Chula Vista, California. Scott Won, a lap ahead !!

@wysetech2000 Жыл бұрын

I never had the chance to see Scott race in person but I have watched tons of videos that he ran in. He's one badass driver and not the guy that people said he is.

@ALNunnery Жыл бұрын

I live In Cleveland Tennessee.. I went to Cleveland Speedway everytime Bloomquist was there.....Heck Yeah... Cleveland Speedway is Long Gone Now Y'all

@jamiecrawford8133 Жыл бұрын

Wasn't that Cleveland track paved for a while?

@tommybounds3220 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video

@jeffkey29 10 ай бұрын

Awesome interview

@letsssgooo4618 Жыл бұрын

Just insane that I’ve seen this guy as a kid at a small local track on a Friday night with only like 5k going to the winner. Always was the fastest. Had the coolest looking car back then, most insane holler. Just awesome.

@bryonkidder6199 Жыл бұрын

You can't brag about the game until you're out of the game...lol Bloomquist is still an American Hero!

@woofersd2383 Жыл бұрын

Amazing Man.

@jeffturner2428 Жыл бұрын

The Sheriff he is speaking of was my late father

@Rattlecanjeff Жыл бұрын

So…what was the LE side of the story?

@keith8507 Жыл бұрын

Folks have always said Bloomquist was a dope dealer, I have no firsthand knowledge but some reputable old timers will tell you that

@jasonjames5076 Жыл бұрын

Dale Jr is my brother

@David-if6ih 10 ай бұрын

He was no dope dealer. He just pissed off another crooked cop

@blaqjosh6349 9 ай бұрын

I'm Dale

@Noname30000 Жыл бұрын

Happy Birthday to mister Scott bloomquist! 59years young

@nathancaffey3742 Жыл бұрын

I've been a fan of bloomer from when I was in my teens. Hoping to maybe meet him one day

@TheCrewChief374 Жыл бұрын

What Scott went through during that time in the 90s is not anything I really thought about or kept up with at the time. Especially since I had already been following his and Billy Moyer Sr. career years before that took place. Because my two favorite late model drivers were Bloomquist and Moyer.

@DeaDEye.21 Жыл бұрын

They tried all they could do too Cancel him. It BackFired

@TheCrewChief374 Жыл бұрын

@@DeaDEye.21 Yes, which I am glad I did not have to hear much of it until afterwards.

@justinmorgan3955 Жыл бұрын

Growing up in northeast TN and racing at Bristol I feel very close to this and remember it. Always loved both of you. @Dale Jr. We have a van at work that belonged to your uncle. It was the family and crew shuttle from the 90's. It has all kinds of Earnhardt stickers and writing on it. It has a mossy oak headliner. I'm going to have to restore it in the next couple of years and wanna keep all the original Earnhardt stickers and signatures on it.

@sbmcvp4525 Жыл бұрын

Looking forward to listening to this Podcast. Always new he was a bad ass, but never knew what a COOL "down to earth " bad ass he is.

@rodstanley881 Жыл бұрын

People should look at Scott’s stats when he shows up to a race track for the first time absolutely phenomenal I think he wins is like 80%

@dustincagle7771 Жыл бұрын

The Goat

@bevnracin Жыл бұрын

That was interesting !

@pauljones4188 Жыл бұрын

Scott is a BADASS! He is the last true outlaw!

@fewworddotrick Жыл бұрын

Like many people I've always had that suspicion in the back of my mind like he was tied to some murky stuff and like he admitted, people are drawn to believe things that make an idol larger than life. But at the end of the day I've always thought you don't know what you don't know, and the fact is that he's a great driver and a down to earth person- and that's where I'm gonna leave my opinion at. Truly a character- in a good way.

@Ever443 Жыл бұрын

This interview is the reason NASCAR didnt want Bloomer to race in NASCAR, and did everything to keep him from racing, ypical

@kyleolson279 Жыл бұрын

When NASCAR was going mainstream in the 90s they definitely didn't want a guy coming in that had been arrested for selling drugs. There's very good chance Scott would have been very successful in the right situation.

@Ever443 Жыл бұрын

@@kyleolson279 I Dont doubt that a bit

@terrygarvin1980 Жыл бұрын

@@kyleolson279 obviously

@DewkChronic Жыл бұрын

they need to make that movie.

@rickarra1833 Жыл бұрын

Scott is one cool dude. When he said how you find out who your friends are when you're down. Divorce showed me that. Sucks to find out who the crap people are

@ro-06 Жыл бұрын

Great interview jr. Never heard of this guy. Probably because I from northeast.

@jeffreybowling5852 Жыл бұрын

Wish he would have got into the early Jeff Purvis/ Scott Bloomquist Dirt stuff before Jeff moved on for Asphalt. Been cool stories.

@steveashworth6707 Жыл бұрын

I never new the real truth until now!. That's Black Sunshine for ya!.

@Dirtmodmaniac Жыл бұрын

Met him at Fonda speedway!! Nice guy !

@MrTom1468 Жыл бұрын

He is a character

@johnkirk1163 Жыл бұрын

Dale when are you and Scott going UFO hunting??

@MRosati5000 Жыл бұрын

With Scott you will find.

@trentbryant2373 Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣

@heathperry2635 Жыл бұрын

Use to love going to bulls gap and watching him roll in like a boss and usually win like the boss!!

@dennisjackson2466 Ай бұрын

The goat of late-model racing and a character too boot

@ALNunnery Жыл бұрын

Hello Hey Hi and Howdy Dale ..Hello Hey Hi and Howdy Scott Bloomquist Cleveland Tenn waivin a Hand ✋️ Y'all ..Peace ✌️Love ❤️ and 18 Wheelz to All. watch Bloomquist and the Hav a Tampa series every time

@cmsimo999 Жыл бұрын

Lol I was wondering if he’d be asked about the cocaine stuff eventually

@jw-zl3zp Жыл бұрын

Iv meant Scott several times Great guy.

@jamiewilliamson5295 Жыл бұрын

Great racer, one of the best ever. Weird dude, one of the weirdest ever.

@joshpatrum7887 Жыл бұрын

I worked for Scott Recently,He's down ta Earth Guy ,💯🏁A few of us call him Dad because he does care about people and His Friends ☠️☯️👑🏁Hey I wanna Dirty Mo shirt haha 🤘

@davidvanzant2019 Жыл бұрын

Yessir I leaned who my friends was

@rjsmoyer1 Жыл бұрын

Please keep doing these dirt guys!!!

@whoknows3347 Жыл бұрын

How many race teams started with funding...that wasn't legit...dig into....that would be a good show....local racers?

@whoknows3347 Жыл бұрын

It's the big teams that stand out....

@chrisedgemon4943 Жыл бұрын

I live 20mins from his local track it was called atomic motor speedway and it was always said that he sold coke

@mikeglinski9439 Жыл бұрын

I had the joy of meeting him at a track in Northern Indiana as I was an official. Great guy. BTW-someone please tell him to quit drinking Propel if that's what he had, 2Much SALT IN THOSE DRINKS

@libertarianman69 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me there was a certain chassis that was used accidentally at a race here in Indiana and that particular car was in a bad wreck I think hit the wall and it was packed with cocaine. It left a trail as the record left. It was well known for a while but I'm not going to mention who it was because the man driving the car didn't know anything about it nor did the owner it was an accident and shipping somehow nor will I name the chassis but I would say a few people on here has heard about it.

@consciouscoma85 Жыл бұрын

Bloomquist the true outlaw! seen him many times at Volusia.

@markreynolds7343 Жыл бұрын

I always enjoyed watching him race, but I still pulled for Billy Moyer. It was exciting though to watch when both of them were on that night.

@Driftboy912 Жыл бұрын

Scott bloomquist is my favorite dirt track racer in the world he is one of the most talented racers I’ve ever seen on dirt

@Charles-jf8nz Жыл бұрын

I owe Mr. Bloomquist a huge apology. I've never liked the guy just based on what I had heard about his charge's. I'm man enough to admit my faults and Mr. Bloomquist I do apologize and have become a fan.

@sixwillwin Жыл бұрын

DE jr thought Scott stopped racing for 8 years??? He must not really follow dirt late models

@chakagenghiskhan4057 Жыл бұрын

Sounds like Jr's research staff is more on cocaine, than allegedly Scott was.

@BogattheMoon Жыл бұрын

@@chakagenghiskhan4057 lol 💀☠

@benrat Жыл бұрын

or maybe he was busy racing?

@oleboy4332 Жыл бұрын

Jr is seriously an amazing interviewer. Great job!

@vinmad6669 Жыл бұрын

Love it Jr ------- by far BEST racing podcast .... Thank you Peace and love --- stay safe

@ElliottNest39 Жыл бұрын

“The most rest of my life…”

@screwytube Жыл бұрын

Perception. We all have lived it if you got your feet to the fire. The truth shall set you free.

@marksmith2087 Жыл бұрын

Me and my Late Father's favorite dirt driver I would always call him the Dale Earnhardt of dirt.

@letsssgooo4618 Жыл бұрын

The cocaine arrest killed all the nascar hype around him. Damn was it awesome whenever you saw him pull up at your local dirt track. You knew he was gonna dominate.

@frostysgrill Жыл бұрын

BO, LUKE and SCOTT Dukes of Hazard

@JohnThomas-tb5kd 8 ай бұрын

Like Jr I always only heard the worst version of the “drug dealing”. But Scott was a badass on the track. The discussion was always, who will finish second?

@philricke8372 Жыл бұрын

He got arrested just 30 miles away from my town on hwy 18. Pretty cool to know Bloomer was hustling just down the road from me when I was around 16 years old. 😆

@WastdTrashPanda Жыл бұрын

I remember hitting rock bottom, she told me that it hurt.

@stevennewman8276 Жыл бұрын

I didnt hear he smuggled i just heard he did coke a long time ago & u know what,who cares! As long as nobodys under the influence while racing. Truth is,a LARGE portion of the folks at a dirt track,drag strip,mud race,dirt drags,etc have played with em or still doin em whether it b weed,pills,etc...thats just real talk. Not glorifing it. Just stating that the folks pointn fingers have skeletons in theyr closet too so dont listen to the noise

@letsssgooo4618 Жыл бұрын

Where is the entire interview?

@christophercooper146 8 ай бұрын

Grew up watch bloomer we would travel all over to see him. I’m from Tennessee live about 10 minutes from THE Smoky mountain Speedway. Bloomer was the sh$$…