Team Name
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Position |
Points |
Earnings |
Wins |
Top 5 |
Top 10 |
Points
Behind
Leader |
 Blankenship Racing 23
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3151 |
$28720 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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02/14/2008
Volusia Speedway Park (37th Annual DIRTcar Nationals)
A-Main
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9 |
132 |
$1200 |
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02/16/2008
Volusia Speedway Park (37th Annual DIRTcar Nationals)
A-main
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14 |
122 |
$900 |
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03/29/2008
Pike County Speedway (March Through Dixie 100)
A-Main
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18 |
114 |
$1540 |
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04/05/2008
Farmer City Raceway (100 laps)
A-Main
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15 |
120 |
$1600 |
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04/11/2008
Virginia Motor Speedway
A-Main
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18 |
114 |
$750 |
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04/15/2008
Lernerville Speedway
A-Main
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17 |
116 |
$770 |
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04/19/2008
The Dirt Track at Lowes Motor Speedway (Circle K Colossal 100)
A-Main
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8 |
75 |
$4000 |
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05/03/2008
Lebanon I-44 Speedway
A-Main
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16 |
118 |
$800 |
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05/04/2008
Monett Speedway
A-Main
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22 |
106 |
$600 |
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05/16/2008
Attica Raceway Park
A-Main
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15 |
120 |
$850 |
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05/18/2008
Lincoln Speedway
A-Main
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12 |
126 |
$800 |
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05/29/2008
Delaware International Speedway
A-Main
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16 |
118 |
$800 |
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06/17/2008
Port Royal Speedway (Great Northern Tour)
A-Main
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7 |
136 |
$1200 |
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06/19/2008
Ohsweken Speedway (Great Northern Tour)
A-Main
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11 |
128 |
$1050 |
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06/21/2008
Autodrome Drummond (Great Northern Tour)
A-Main
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12 |
126 |
$1000 |
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06/22/2008
Cornwall Motor Speedway (Great Northern Tour)
A-Main
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8 |
134 |
$1300 |
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06/24/2008
Canandaigua Speedway (Great Northern Tour)
A-Main
|
15 |
120 |
$710 |
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06/25/2008
Big Diamond Raceway (Great Northern Tour)
A-Main
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7 |
136 |
$1200 |
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07/09/2008
Deer Creek Speedway (Wild West Tour) - Gopher 50
A-Main
|
16 |
118 |
$800 |
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07/11/2008
River Cities Speedway (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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14 |
122 |
$900 |
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07/12/2008
Estevan Motor Speedway (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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10 |
130 |
$1200 |
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07/13/2008
Williston Basin Speedway (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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15 |
120 |
$850 |
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07/16/2008
Gillette Thunder Speedway (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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14 |
122 |
$900 |
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07/18/2008
Brown County Speedway (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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11 |
128 |
$1050 |
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07/20/2008
Belleville High Banks (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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11 |
128 |
$1050 |
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07/21/2008
Boone County Raceway (Wild West Tour)
A-Main
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14 |
122 |
$900 |
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Overall
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10 |
3151 |
$28720 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
438 |
Highlights
John Blankenship
Hometown: Williamson, WV
Birthday: July 3, 1981
Marital Status: Single
Children: None
Car: No. 23 Busch Beer/Walker CAT/Hilton Head National Rocket
Car Owner: Team 23, Inc.
Website: www.blankenshipracing.com
2006 WoO Season Review: The learning process on the tough tour continued for Blankenship, who spent much of the campaign in a battle for 11th in the points standings with Eddie Carrier Jr., Eric Jacobsen and Garrett Durrett. His half-dozen top-10 finishes were the best among that group – all of them coming in succession during an especially strong stretch in late spring/early summer.
Blankenship started his six-race top-10 streak on May 31 at Grand Forks, N.Dak., finishing sixth. He followed that with top-10s at Deer Creek, Minn.; Western Kentucky Speedway; East Alabama Motor Speedway; and New York’s Stateline Speedway and Cayuga County Fair Speedway.
Not surprisingly, Blankenship’s best WoO LMS performance of 2006 came at Stateline, a track in Busti, N.Y., that for reasons he can’t explain has become like a second home to him. In 2005 Blankenship captured what remains his only WoO LMS feature win at Stateline, and in ’06 he nearly duplicated that feat. Blankenship was able to slide in front of leader Dick Barton midway through the 50-lap race, but lapped traffic dulled his momentum and allowed Barton, a local legend, to stay in the top spot and race to victory. Blankenship had to settle for second place – his best finish of the season.
Blankenship ended the season ranked 12th in the point standings.
2006 WoO LMS Stats:
Events: 30
Starts: 26
Wins: 0
Top 5: 1
Top 10: 6
Fast Times: 0
Heat Wins: 1
Dash Wins: 0
B-Main Wins: 3
Earnings: $54,940
WoO LMS History: Has been a regular for all three seasons of the tour’s DIRT-era (2004-2006)… Traveled the series in 2004 under the tutelage of Scott Bloomquist, who won the championship that season. Blankenship even loaned Bloomquist his backup car to qualify in an event at Milan, Tenn., after Bloomquist’s tow rig caught fire en route to the track… Posted one top-five and five top-10 finishes in ’04. Placed 13th in the point standings and second to Tim McCreadie in the Rookie of the Year battle… Won first career WoO LMS feature on July 2, 2005, at New York’s Stateline Speedway – one day before turning 24… Registered four top-five and nine top-10 runs on way to career-high 11th-place finish in 2005 standings…
Other Racing History: A relative newcomer to dirt Late Model racing, Blankenship began his career in 2003… While racing locally, scored first career win in ’03 and finished among top 10 in more than 75 percent of his starts, with a third of those runs in the top five… Won a feature in June 2004 at Volunteer Speedway in Bulls Gap, Tenn… Captured the Bobby Oney Memorial in June 2006 at Ohio’s K-C Raceway…
Interesting Facts: Was born in Thomasville, Ga… As a hobby, enjoys playing with radio control cars, helicopters and airplanes…