Ryan Blaney Bails from Hail Mary Strategy Attempt but Recovers to Finish Seventh
Source: Racing Reference

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July 28, 2025
In a race where none of the Team Penske drivers qualified particularly well, Penske tried some wild strategies to gain track position as Austin Cindric, Joey Logano, and Josh Berry stayed out of the pits during the Brickyard 400's first caution yesterday although Ryan Blaney did not. Blaney's team had something else up his sleeve as he went well off-sequence in the race's final stage in an attempt to make it on fuel to the end after earlier stretching his fuel to win Stage 2. Although there was some speculation he might be able to do this, Blaney's team aborted this strategy early, but he did benefit from the crash on the first overtime restart and several other drivers running out of fuel during the second one, which helped him maintain his seventh-place points position. While it does nothing to erase his bad luck from earlier in the season, it's conceivable he could again make up for it in the playoffs.--Sean Wrona - RotoBaller
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