Ryan Blaney will race for his first Cup title on Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, where the highest-finishing driver between Blaney, William Byron, Kyle Larson and Christopher Bell will be crowned champion.
Ryan Blaney, front left, celebrates after winning a NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023, in Talladega, Ala. as he was mired in a 59-race losing streak and all his buddies he’d grown up racing against were thriving in the Cup Series.
“There’s been some bumps in the road, for sure. Maybe not being as, like, dominant as you want to be, right?” Blaney said. “Some of the other guys that are around your age who kind of came in at the same time, you want to be the best of that crop. We haven’t, right? We haven’t had the successes as like a Larson, Chase, those people.
It put Blaney back in the game and he finished second at Homestead-Miami Speedway to control his own championship destiny at Martinsville. He didn’t need the victory to lock himself into the finale, but in winning on the Virginia short track, Blaney joined Larson as the only two drivers with multiple playoff wins this season.
Of the final four drivers, the 2021 champion Larson is the only one with a Cup title. He’s back in the finale for the second time in three years alongside Hendrick teammate Byron, who led the Cup Series this year with six wins to earn his first shot at the title.
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