Whereas the 2023 NASCAR Cup Collection champion is locked into the playoffs, the yr has nonetheless been an up-and-down one for Ryan Blaney.
On Lap 58, the depth was choosing up as the sector raced towards the tip of Stage 1. Christopher Bell ended up dropping management, spinning sideways.
A handful of vehicles have been collected together with Bubba Wallace, AJ Allmendinger and Austin Dillon, however Blaney thought he was going to be okay. Nevertheless, he received clipped on his approach by and took the toughest hit of anybody because the No. 12 Staff Penske Ford slammed the surface wall.
He’ll end fortieth — final place. After being launched from the infield care heart, Blaney mentioned of the incident: “I could not see a lot. They sort of began spinning and coming down. I attempted to get to the apron and by the point I received there, sort of received blocked.
“Yeah, such as you (the reporter) mentioned, the story of our yr. Simply getting caught up in different individuals’s rubbish. Simply once we get it going fairly good and discover some momentum, we do not appear to have issues go our approach.”
Ryan Blaney, Austin Dillon, AJ Allmendinger, Christopher Bell crash
Picture by: Sean Gardner / Getty Photos
The wreck pressured the race to opening stage of the race to finish beneath warning. And whereas Blaney by no means returned to the race, Bell did, albeit greater than 70 laps down.
Just a few laps later, NASCAR truly needed to red-flag the race after a far greater incident broke out on the backstretch, accumulating 23 vehicles.
Blaney additionally failed to complete the races at Phoenix, Las Vegas, Homestead, Talladega, and Charlotte. Final yr, he had seven DNFs all through the complete season and he is practically matched that, midway by means of 2025.
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