Greatest sprint car racer not named Kinser or Swindell?

Let's kick off some activity in the forums, who is or was the greatest sprint car racer not named Kinser or Swindell?

Other than my grandfather who raced in Ohio and PA in the 40'sand 50's but never got much, if any, name recognition, I would have to go for Jac Haudenschild.

Jac may not be the first name to come to mind, but he's always in the hunt. I know some of the newer guys are very good but only time will tell whether they have the staying power of Haud.

Of course if you really want to go back in sprint history you could make a good case for Pop Dreyer...he was an amazing man that I wish I'd had the chance to meet.

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Permalink Reply by Pete Banchoff on January 17, 2010 at 6:28pm
I always liked the "Buckeye Bullet" Dave Blaney. Although he went cup racing, I will always remember him at the wheel of the blue #10 Casey Luna Ford WoO car. What a ride!!

Pete
Permalink Reply by Robbie Solesbee on January 17, 2010 at 6:41pm
Donny Schatz or Joey Saldana
Permalink Reply by Jim Bennett on January 18, 2010 at 12:18am
Blaney was always fun to watch especially at Sharon Speedway (which he owns, btw)...another Ohio driver who was great was Rusty McClure. I sponsored his grandson, Jerry, a few years back, so maybe I'm a bit prejudiced, but I always thought with a few breaks Rusty could have set the world on fire.
Permalink Reply by Pete Banchoff on January 18, 2010 at 10:08am
Jim, speaking of Ohio, there is Rollie Beale. I got to meet him at the Jackson Motor Speedway (Michigan) reunion in 2008. He was hard to beat in a Sprint car or old Supermodified.
Permalink Reply by Jim Bennett on January 19, 2010 at 5:57pm
That's funny. I was just looking at a 1:18 scale diecast replica of his Champ Car on ebay... I think Ohio drivers have a real incentive to be great since they are in the shadow of the PA Posse.
Permalink Reply by Duane Goins on January 30, 2010 at 12:24am
Jan Opperman

Doug Wolfgang.

dmg
Permalink Reply by johnny mallonee on February 11, 2010 at 1:20pm
How about the Welds--they broke many a ground back in the day in midgets and sprints

Permalink Reply by David Elrod on May 21, 2010 at 3:35am
Jan Opperman
Permalink Reply by Jerry Binner on August 4, 2010 at 8:30pm
Once you take out Kinser, Swindell & Wolfgang, there's about a 25-way tie for 4th...!

Some good ones (some regional, some National) would be Brad Doty, Keith Kauffman, Rick ferkel, Bobby Allen, Ron Shuman, Leland McSpadden, Bobby Davis Jr., and Brent Kaeding.

Sorry... you asked for 1, but I couldn't stop there. You're all lucky I stopped when I did, or this could have been a real long post...!
Permalink Reply by Bobby Sparks on December 7, 2010 at 11:34pm
Boy one name is hard to pin point. You would have to add the names Jack Hewitt, Steve Smith, Gary Bettenhausen.

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