Ryan Blaney Recovers From Pit-Road Struggles to Score Career-Best Darlington Finish
Team Penske's Ryan Blaney finished third in the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway. Blaney began the race from the seventh position, but showed he had a fast car suitable for longer green flag runs. As the first stage progressed, Blaney went from seventh to third at the end of the first stage, earning eight stage points. Between stages, however, Blaney's pit crew did not get one of his tire's lug nuts tight and relied on teammate Austin Cindric's pit crew to fix the issue. As a result, Blaney started the second stage from the rear of the field and spent the stage recovering from his pit road mistake. Blaney fell short of scoring more stage points as he finished stage two in 12th. In the final stage, Blaney kept his car out of trouble and took advantage of his car's long-run speed to return to the top 10 and passed cars until he reached third by the end of the race. This is Blaney's best career finish in his Cup career at Darlington, and he is now second in the regular-season standings after six races this season.
Source: NASCAR.com
Source: NASCAR.com
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