How much of a difference is there when mending fences with a teammate and a non-teammate? Wished we wouldnt have done that, but we did that, and well own that we probably prematurely put that caution out., Im gonna frame that window net, put it over my mantle. Ryan @Blaney#NASCAR // #AllStarRace pic.twitter.com/P4tpQDHTBw, NASCAR on NBC (@NASCARonNBC) May 23, 2022, #NASCAR | @Blaney wins the #AllStarRace #Ford @TXMotorSpeedway pic.twitter.com/wWBt4vqxcN, Ford Performance (@FordPerformance) May 23, 2022, Thank you @MenardsRacing @FordPerformance @Team_Penske @DrinkBODYARMOR pic.twitter.com/2Endwrj8NN, Sign up for the For The Win newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. Born in Ohio on New Years Eve 1993, he grew up in North Carolina after his father, Dave, relocated in 1999 to race NASCAR. Learn more about child care in public policy, access advocacy resources, and receive updates on ways to engage in the effort to change the child care landscape. It was Denny Hamlin, who finished second: Never should have been a yellow in the first place. This year, its the 14th points-paying race. William Byron won his second straight NASCAR Cup Series race, taking advantage of a pair of late cautions to give Hendrick Motorsports a victory in overtime at Phoenix Raceway. Learning under his dad no doubt provided the younger Blaney a competitive advantage. There's a new No. That allowed Austin Dillon, who started the day 19th in points, to essentially steal a playoff spot. TALLADEGA, Ala. After his winless streak stretched to a 56th consecutive points race, Ryan Blaney was asked Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway if he wonders After taking the checkered flag at Talladega last week, Kyle Busch shared a piece of NASCAR oral wisdom regarding the nature of late-season driver rank changes. Here are the top moments! Your California Privacy Rights / Privacy Policy. It was an aggressive move that capped a drama-filled race. That would have been a rise of seven positions, but even ninth to fifth is an appreciable change in rank from Charlotte to the end of the regular season. First, lets make it clear that Im fact-checking Buschs statement, not Busch himself. Editors Note: This continues the series of season reviews for the 2021 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs drivers. Follow him on Twitter and Instagram @bobpockrass. Im glad we dont have too many more of these. What things can we look for and try to do. 12 Ford sustained enough damage that he couldnt keep pace with the pack the rest of the day. Grabbing a spot when you can. It was like an old-school drafting chess match, and then it turns into choosing your lane, Kurt Busch said. Did back-to-back winner William Byron or Kevin Harvick supplant Ross Chastain at the top? And NASCAR deserves some blame for the way it all went down at the end of the race. The NASCAR Cup Series' March schedule continued Sunday with the Ambetter Health 400 in Georgia. Buschs win at Talladega last week, his first at the 2.66-mile track in 15 years, gave the team a boost. William Byron and Chevrolet are the teams to beat in NASCAR. Incidentally, Buschs two engine failures last year both happened in the playoffs. Was it enough to unseat teammate William Byron atop the rankings? DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Austin Dillon avoided a massive wreck in the rain to win at Daytona International Speedway and snag a playoff spot in the Cup Series regular-season finale Sunday. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Ryan Im using graphs and I know that panics some people. He grew up watching his dad, Dave Blaney, race sprint cars and NASCAR, as NBC Sports reports. Kyle Busch sits in eighth place as of Talladega, 52 points out of first. WebRyan Liam Delaney (born 6 September 1996) is an Irish footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Morecambe. When it comes to winless streaks, Ryan Blaney is the new Kevin Harvick. Jonathan Hassler will take over as crew chief for Ryan Blaney in 2022, filling out the team's lineup of Cup crew chiefs. Larsons rise was facilitated in part by Buschs struggles. But then spinning Ty Dillon Austins little brother sideswiped Harvick and knocked him into the wreckage. He says he would have stayed out like Blaney did, but rules are rules. He won the 2010 CRA Southern Six-Pack Championship, following which he won the 2011 PASS Championship. But Blaneys chances were seemingly crippled when he got caught in the first crash of the day. START: Actor, director, author and podcaster Kevin Smith will give the command to start engines at 12:01 p.m. The green flag is scheduled to wave at 12:10 p.m. PRERACE: Cup garage opens at 9 a.m. Driver introductions at 11:30 a.m. Dan Schafer, pastor of Calvary Assembly of God in Heightstown, New Jersey, will give the Invocation at 11:53 p.m. JAGMAC will perform the national anthem at 11:54 p.m. And just like a typical old-school plate race at Daytona or Talladega Superspeedway, everyone but race winner Ryan Blaney was second-guessing their moves in the closing laps. 12 Team Penske Ford My mission: Find out if this hypothesis is true. But that doesnt mean that we dont go to work and try and figure it out and make it better for both of us.. Its just part of it.. Hal Slifer, host of Chagigah on Emerson Colleges WERS in Boston, has announced the creation of the Jewish Broadcasters Network. Published: 405 days ago. Blaney didn't have the speed to lead laps, but he'd use the overtime restart to grab multiple spots. Blaney finished second in the United Rentals 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway Sunday afternoon. Stage 2 ends at Lap 250. Following testing in January, drivers will put NASCAR's modified aerodynamic package into action this weekend in Phoenix. It could be said that Ryan Blaney has race-car driving in his blood. NASCAR announced that the Dover Cup race has been postponed to Monday because of rain. STAGES: Stage 1 ends at Lap 120. Tyler Reddick made a jump after his first win of the season, while William Byron ascended to the top spot in the rankings. One of the drivers featured in the series is Ryan Blaney. 1 this week, with Ross Chastain swapping spots with Kyle Busch in the rankings following Las Vegas. By the time he reached Daytona, Elliott had built up enough of a points lead that even DNF-ing the final race of the regular season didnt knock him out of first place. The weather is better for Cup drivers to race Monday at Dover Motor Speedway after rain postponed the event Sunday. What a waste. Christopher Bell's win at Bristol propelled him into the top three of this week's rankings alongside a pair of Hendrick teammates. While Blaney made the winning call from fourth to restart (no one took the bottom, and I said thank you), Byron lost the lead fending off a challenge to the outside from Hamlin. Only 21 points separate sixth through 12th place. His graph for 2022 shows what that looks like. I think a lot of that is going to come into play this weekend and next weekend, so I am optimistic and hopeful that we will have some really strong runs at Dover and Kansas. Ride along with Ryan Blaney in the biggest race of the year, the 2022 Daytona 500 in this live in-car camera presented by Sunoco. The No. Martin Truex Jr. was the biggest loser. How quickly rank changes depends on how close the points are. Ryan Blaney started to race for NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series in 2012. Elliott is far from unique. Some drivers dont move more than one or two places after that. Erik Jones got loose at the front of the field, causing a traffic jam at 190 mph that sent several cars spinning across the track. I have not had a lot of restrictor plate wins and have been lucky enough to get those wins. Here are the highlights! WebRyan Blaney in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series. Driver intros will take place at 11:30 a.m. 5 Chevrolet driver, who is winless at Daytona and Talladega, also was a little less enamored than Busch with the momentum-based racing. Translation: There were some more laps to decide this thing. LAST YEAR:Chase Elliott won last years race. 12 Team Penske Ford Mustang Crew chief: Jonathan Hassler Final 2022 ranking: Eighth Key stats: 0 wins, 12 top fives, 17 top 10s, 3 Ryan Blaneys NASCAR Consistency Is Fueled by Core Work and Mario Kart The top driver is stronger, more focused, and racing toward his first championship. and provided the kind of Game 7 moment NASCAR wanted when it moved the regular-season finale to unpredictable Daytona in 2020. Club There is a new No. Radio Ink. Child Care Aware of America is a not-for-profit organization recognized as tax-exempt under the internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) and the organizations Federal Identification Number (EIN) is 94-3060756. Races. Welcome to FTW Explains, a guide to catching up on and better understanding stuff going on in the world. The NASCAR Cup Series' April schedule continued Sunday with the NOCO 400 at Martinsville Speedway. NASCAR officials waved the yellow flag, which meant the race wasnt over since it had to end on a green flag, per All-Star Race rules. For a second, it looked like 2014 series champion Kevin Harvick was going to make it through the mess and grab the lead as the caution flag flew. Dr. Diandra: Fact-checking Kyle Buschs statement about late-season rank no one took the bottom, and I said thank you, MORE: Hendrick Motorsports president says no changes in driver policy. Blaneys winless streak is the second longest of any driver in the Cup Series at 54 races. Ryan Blaney comes from a family of race car drivers. Stay informed, connected, and inspired in an ever-changing ECE landscape. WebGet the latest NASCAR news on driver Ryan Blaney. Busch ranked third at Charlotte in 2022 although he was sixth just two races before. 1 for a second straight week, but there is some reshuffling in Bob Pockrass' rankings. 12 Ford Mustang in the NASCAR Cup Series continues to race with Penske and the third-generation racer. Looking for fee assistance or respite care? Because points reset after the regular season, Ill limit the data to the first 26 races. Last year, the gap between first and 10th place was 103 points after 10 races. View Tulsa Shootout results below. (This stream will start as soon as engines fire. His need to refresh almost stemmed less from the searing late-afternoon Florida heat that replaced the clouds and rain from earlier Sunday at Daytona International Building on a relationship first forged 10 years ago, Team Penske announced Wednesday that it has signed Ryan Blaney to a long-term contract extension, keeping the The bottom graph shows how many points Elliott earned in each race. But he couldnt hang on after the restart. I have to go watch the tape. April 27, 2023. Ride along with Ryan Blaney in the biggest race of the year, the 2022 Daytona 500 in this live in-car camera presented by Sunoco. That's while Blaney's granddad also raced sprint cars and even co-owned his own speedway in Ohio. Because stupid stuff does happen. Kyle Larson remains No. Blaney would start eighth on the grid and race among the Top 10 all afternoon in the Arizona desert. Elliott finished 10th at the Daytona 500 and 26th at Fontana, putting him in 19th place after two races. Kyle Busch, a two-time winner 10 races into the NASCAR Cup Series season, said communication is good between his team and that of teammate Austin Dillon at Richard Childress Racing. You have to get linked up in the restart zone, which makes your lane go, and then its all about how they stay with you in the middle of 1 and 2, because theres still enough grip to peek to the outside, but it just depends on what they want to do. Austin Dillon and Ryan Blaney secured the final two playoff spots in NASCAR's regular-season finale at Daytona on Sunday. Just as drivers rely on SMT data (also graphs), you will understand racing much faster with graphs than with tables of numbers. 2 wrongs dont make a right. Cost myself a win but just didnt want to get in there and make too bold of a move and make a mistake and wreck and lose a bunch of points and positions. The top graph shows Elliotts rank each week. ET Monday. Kevin Harvick finished 33rd in Atlanta after an accident involving Ross Chastain, but it didn't hurt him in this week's rankings. Fourteen drivers had previously locked up playoff spots by winning races in 2022: Christopher Bell, Alex Bowman, Chase Briscoe, Kyle Busch, William Byron, Ross Chastain, Cindric, Chase Elliott, Hamlin, Harvick, Kyle Larson, Joey Logano, Reddick and Suarez. Kyle Busch broke through for his first win in a superspeedway points race in 15 years on a chaotic day at Talladega. The White House today announced more than 50 executive directives aimed at improving access to and quality of child care and long-term care in the United States. Honestly I probably just had points on my mind too much, Larson said. The top three of Byron, Hamlin and Larson all chose the outside. Kyle Busch will lead the field to the green flag after qualifying was canceled Saturday by rain. Austin Dillon, Ryan Blaney grab last playoff spots at rain-soaked Daytona Associated Press 0:00 0:36 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. Austin Dillon avoided a massive wreck His ranking fell from a high of second to eighth at regular seasons end. They put Blaney in the situation he was in. Bank of America Roval 400, Charlotte Motor Bailing on your buddy. Changing ranks is harder later in the season because each race counts for an increasingly smaller part of the average. It was his first Top-5 finish of the season. But if you really want to understand NASCAR for fantasy leagues, betting, or your own enjoyment graphs are your best friends. Ryan Blaney has won at both Talladega Superspeedway and Daytona International Speedway, even with different crew chiefs. Which driver among Hendrick Motorsports teammates William Byron, Alex Bowman and Kyle Larson tops this week's rankings? You can see it all go down at the 13-minute mark here: Well, it was, because Blaney opened his window netting as he got ready to celebrate his win. Large changes in rank require improvement to the car or a series of mechanical failures, for example. Here are the top moments! Dillons victory in the No. William Byron won in Phoenix for back-to-back Cup wins, while Kevin Harvick isn't second-guessing a late strategy decision. Ross Chastain finished third. Driver: Ryan Blaney Car: No. Although many drivers dont change rank much after Charlotte, that doesnt guarantee that they cant change positions. You kind of just race on the restarts and race at the end. Pole-sitter Kyle Busch is scheduled to lead the field to the green flag at 12:10 p.m. And per NBC Sports: A senior NASCAR official conceded that series officials prematurely put that (final) caution out just before Ryan Blaney crossed the finish line, creating a bizarre finish that would have been more controversial had Blaney not won Sundays All-Star Race after the overtime restart. He got the finish he deserved, and I didnt do a good enough job to get the finish that we needed out of that one (Dillon was third, Busch 32nd). The NASCAR Cup Series' April schedule kicked off Sunday with the Toyota Owners 400 in Virginia. Dr. Diandra: Fact-checking Kyle Buschs statement about late-season rank changes, Kyle Busch: Team communication working well at RCR, Friday 5: Changes lead Cup drivers to moonlight in other forms of racing, Dale Earnhardt Jr. latest added to NASCARs list of 75 Greatest Drivers, Dr. Diandra: Dont dismiss Trackhouse Racing or anyone else after only 10 races, Alex Bowman fractures vertebra in sprint car crash; out 3-4 weeks, NASCAR Power Rankings: Kyle Busch moves into top spot. Final Rank. Better rankings are toward the top of the graph. 86 mins: Denmark advance into Australia's half and pen them in. ET Monday to begin the 400-lap race on the 1-mile concrete oval. Catch up on past episodes of Race For The Championship on Peacock. Saturday, Ryan Blaney heads back to Texas Motor Speedway for the first time since claiming the $1 million prize in the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series All-Star Race. Three blown up motors in a row will hurt that. Larson was ninth coming out of the Coca Cola 600 in 2022 but rose all the way to second by the penultimate regular-season race. The driver of their No. Ryan Blaney won Sundays All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway but it wasnt without some serious controversy. Axalta Presents the Pocono 400, Pocono Raceway, June 11, 2017. Although many drivers do obey our hypothesis, Kyle Larson is one of a number who dont. Blaney started the day third in points and had the best chance of landing one of the two postseason spots up for grabs. Rank doesnt have the same meaning once the playoffs start. 2023 USA TODAY, a division of Gannett Satellite Information Network, LLC. If he hadnt wrecked at the last race of the regular season, he might have finished the regular season in second place. Ryan Blaney won Sundays All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway but it wasnt without some serious controversy. CCAoA is dedicated to serving our country's military and DoD families. High Finish. Ryan Blaneys team loses crew chief, crew members to penalty After Charlotte, Busch was disqualified at Pocono and crashed at Michigan. Bound not to repeat that outcome 371 days later, Ryan Blaney was reminded before the final restart to take extra care that one of Roger Penskes cars won The Great As the reigning NASCAR champion, Joey Logano had no reason to panic when Team Penske had a slower than expected start to the new season. FORECAST: Weather Underground Mostly cloudy with a high of 59 degrees and no chance of rain at the start of the race. Are You Ready to Open a Child Care Business? All of Ryan Blaneys NASCAR Cup Series wins. Cup Series drivers spill the beans. It would seem that way to me! And thats a safety issue that, per the rules, can force a driver to get it fixed properly. I feel like all the restarts, here and Kansas, places youre reliant on a push, the top lane can stay organized and get the momentum built up, and at the end, everybody is so desperate, it kind of breaks up, and the shorter distance (on the inside lane) wins out.. TV/RADIO: FS1 will broadcast the race at 12 p.m. Performance Racing Networks radio coverage begins at 11 a.m. and also will stream at goprn.com. Only 18 cars stayed on track once the green flag dropped and only 10 finished on the lead lap. Lets start with Busch, who zoomed from eighth to fourth after the final restart with eight laps remaining but still was flummoxed about finishing behind Blaney with the Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolets of William Byron and Kyle Larson. pic.twitter.com/5OVeD1pd84, Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) May 23, 2022. You just take what you can get.. Rainier Ehrhardt | Getty Images for NASCAR 2011: Ryan Blaney won the lone K&N Pro Series West race (now ARCA Menards Series West) he started in 2011, the Casino Full results from night three of the Tulsa Shootout in Oklahoma featuring stars of NASCAR Its Friday night and the show rolls into night 3 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. But Blaney thought the race was over, given that he was super close to the finish line when the yellow was waved despite the fact that Stenhouse was behind him. Every single day, Blaney said with a pained smile. The race director looked up and Im not sure what he saw but he immediately put (the caution) out. NASCAR's GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway is this weekend. You just try to stay optimistic, Blaney said. https://ftw.usatoday.com/lists/nascar-all-star-race-ryan-blaney-controversy-window-net-explained, Blaney must be happy with this one after all that, Ranking every NFL team's 2023 draft class from 32 (sorry, 49ers) to 1 (whoa, Colts), 13 Winners (Bill Belichick!) Just a super bad situation for everybody.. NASCAR seemed intent on fixing its rain mistake by waiting for a window of sunshine, Its not something you can predict when its going to start raining, said Scott Miller, NASCARs senior vice president of competition. Quality Practices for Early Care and Education, OngoingTraining and Continuing Education, What President Bidens Executive Order Means for Child Care. Last year at the same time, Busch was in fourth place, 56 points out of first. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. placed second. Larson, who finished third after leading a race-high 70 of 200 laps, also was lamenting some of his own mistakes, which he blamed on worrying too much about retaining his regular-season points lead over fifth-place finisher Denny Hamlin. 87 mins: Delaney gets away down the left, but gets his cross all wrong, blasting it high and into nobody. I could go on the short run, but not the long run. Regardless, were entering that time frame. You dont really get to race here. We continue to talk about our stuff and how we can get better, Busch said Saturday at Dover. But Blaney wasnt sent to the pits, and upon restarting, he won again: You bet! Some Quick Facts About To make up for it they let him break a rule. 2354. Please check your email for a confirmation. And he learned from a young age that the sport of racing, like all sports, isn't always fair. Stay up to date with Ryan Blaney news, rumors, updates, analysis, social feeds, and more at FOX Sports. -. 2. Inclement weather was a factor all weekend. It was like an old-school superspeedway draft feel at a 2-mile track, Kurt Busch said. Tulsa Shootout: Menu Larsons season was up and down from the start. The mad scramble after the green flag waved saw Blaney get around Kyle Larson to claim an impressive runner-up finish. Blaney finished seven spots behind Truex in the race but three points ahead in the standings. Im sure the fans felt it and then they watched us all pile in there.. All rights reserved. Strong runs (and wins) kept him in first for the rest of the regular season, despite his midpoint Kansas-Charlotte-Gateway stumbles. Busch is right that, more often than not, rankings do tend to find their level after the first dozen or so races. He would grab sixth- and eighth-place finishes in the first two stages and be set with good track position for the stretch run. Thunderstorms delayed the Xfinity Series race Friday night and pushed the Cup race from Saturday to Sunday morning. Blaney W, NASCAR L, Denny Hamlin (@dennyhamlin) May 23, 2022, An irate Denny Hamlin says NASCAR should have black-flagged Ryan Blaney for the window net. 1 in the rankings. Yeah, I mean, like ARCA Daytona race where were just single file, Larson replied with a smile when asked if it seemed like a Daytona-style drafting. Blaneys No. Busch will start on the pole and Dillon in the last starting spot in Sundays Cup Series race at Dover Motor Speedway after qualifying was cancelled Saturday. I think we have one to two more of these (550 horsepower) package races left. Through 10 races, Busch has two wins, three top fives and five top 10s. It also created a controversial finish should NASCAR have halted the race earlier? That created a second open spot at Daytona, where 15 guys entered the day with postseason hopes. 0. The Weather Underground forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 60 degrees. TALLADEGA, Ala. After his winless streak stretched to a 56th consecutive points race, Ryan Blaney was asked Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway if he wonders what more he has to do to win again in Cup. Dillon passed Austin Cindric for the lead with three laps to go after a 3-hour, 20-minute red flag for inclement weather. We all watched and we saw (Stenhouses) car and mentioned the car against the wall, riding the wall down the back straightaway, Miller told reporters after the race. Kurt Busch also had earned a postseason berth, but he withdrew earlier this week while pulling out of his sixth consecutive race with concussion-like symptoms. What a waste. Rapid changes in rankings tells you that the points were very close. It was like an old-school superspeedway draft feel at a 2-mile track, Kurt Busch said. Were here to help. 2. Kyle Larson earned his first win of the season at Richmond. I have been good a lot and have won a lot of races (but) not at restrictor plate tracks, Busch said. The No. That is just the nature of that beast of restrictor plate racing.. Statistics for Ryan Blaney in 2022. Calling it a plate race in disguise, Busch said he wanted a do-over after watching Blaney time all the right moves after shooting into the lead from second on a push from Kyle Busch in the nonpreferred inside lane. Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), Monday Cup race at Dover: Start time, TV info, weather. Obviously, we have our ups and downs, and I would say that we have struggled at times for sure, Martinsville being the worst.