Ryan Blaney Falls Short of the Victory and Title Contention at Martinsville
Team Penske's Ryan Blaney was one of the two dominant drivers of Sunday's Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. He led 177 laps, the second-most of all drivers, but they all came during the third and final stage. The No. 12 Ford driver spent the first two stages of the race methodically working his way to the front as he started the race from 31st after a slow lap in qualifying. From there, Blaney dominated the race outside of one brief sequence of pit stops until lap 457, when William Byron chased Blaney and took the lead. Blaney tried to get back to the lead during the race's final restart on lap 490, but was not fast enough to pass Byron and settled for second. Unfortunately for Blaney, second place was not enough to advance to the championship race in the playoffs; he needed to win.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
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