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Ryan Blaney

b. 1993

American racing driver

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About Ryan Blaney

Born 1993. Ryan Blaney is an American racing automobile driver.

Ryan Michael Blaney (born December 31, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. He is the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Champion.

A third-generation racecar driver, Blaney is the son of former NASCAR Cup Series driver Dave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track racer Lou Blaney. Growing up, Blaney had a very successful early racing career in quarter midget racing, Bandolero racing, and late model racing, which included Blaney winning his first quarter midget race at the age of nine, and in 2009, at the age of fifteen, competing in the Pro All Star Series late model division, finishing second in the final points standings while also winning the series' Rookie of the Year award.

Blaney began his NASCAR career, driving in select few races in both the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series in 2011-2012 for Tommy Baldwin Racing and Penske Racing. In his first full-time NASCAR season in the Truck Series in 2013, driving for Brad Keselowski Racing, Blaney finished 6th in points while also winning the Rookie of the Year Award. The following year, Blaney finished second in the final point standings, narrowly losing the Truck Series title to Matt Crafton by twenty points. Blaney made his Cup Series debut in 2014, driving a few select races for Penske. He signed with Wood Brothers Racing in 2015, driving a limited schedule in the famed No. 21 car, and remained with the Wood Brothers for an additional two years, driving his first full-time Cup Series schedule from 2016–2017. In 2017, Blaney captured his first career Cup Series win at Pocono Raceway and finished ninth in the final point standings.

In 2018, Blaney joined Team Penske full-time, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse. Since joining Penske, Blaney has never finished outside the top-ten in the final championship standings in the Cup Series, which includes Blaney winning the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series championship, and nearly winning back-to-back titles the following year in 2024, when he finished runner up in the final point standings to his Penske racing teammate Joey Logano. Blaney is the winner of the 2022 NASCAR All-Star Race, and has currently amassed a total of 20 Cup Series victories, including a crown jewel victory in the 2023 Coca-Cola 600.

Racing career

Early racing career

A third-generation racer and son of then-Cup Series driver Dave Blaney, Moving up to Legends cars at the age of twelve, Blaney won the Lowe's Motor Speedway Summer Shootout and the Young Lions Winter Heat Points Championship, as well as three divisions of the Carolina Fall Nationals in quarter midgets. He also won the Concord Speedway Young Lions Winter Heat Points Championship in Bandoleros.

At the age of twelve, Blaney debuted in late model racing at Orange County Speedway, while in 2009, at the age of fifteen, he began competing in the Pro All Stars Series (PASS)-sanctioned South Super Late Model Series, finishing second in points and winning the series' Rookie of the Year award; he finished third in the PASS national points as well. In addition, he won the Eastern Grand Nationals in Huntsville, Alabama and the Gasoline Alley National Championship quarter midget event in Indianapolis, Indiana. Returning to the PASS South Super Late Model Series in 2011, Blaney won two races in the series, at Dillon Motor Speedway and Ace Speedway, winning the series championship.

For 2012, Blaney returned to the PASS Super Late Model Series in the Carswell Motorsports No. 98 car.

NASCAR

K&N Pro Series and ARCA (2011–2013) In 2011, Blaney made his debuts in the ARCA Racing Series and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and East in 2011, scoring top ten finishes in every start in the three series;

For 2012, Blaney, who had won praise from Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick for his driving skills, returned to the K&N Pro Series East, running six races for family-owned DB Racing, driving the No. 10 car.

Xfinity and Trucks (2012–2015) In addition, Blaney signed with Tommy Baldwin Racing to compete in six NASCAR Nationwide Series races, driving the No. 36 SealWrap-sponsored Chevrolet, starting at Richmond International Raceway in April.

In July 2012, Blaney announced that he had signed a contract to drive for Team Penske a minimum of three races in the 2012 Nationwide Series season, starting at Iowa Speedway in August. He also ran selected races in the Camping World Truck Series for Brad Keselowski Racing, finishing sixth in his debut in the series at Bristol Motor Speedway. Blaney won his first career Truck Series race on September 15, 2012, at Iowa Speedway; at the time, he was the youngest winner in Truck Series history at eighteen years, eight months, and fifteen days. The previous record was twenty years and eighteen days set by Kyle Busch in 2005. thumb Blaney returned to the Camping World Truck Series in 2013, driving the full schedule for Brad Keselowski Racing and competing for the series' Rookie of the Year award. Blaney won his first career pole in the series at Kentucky Speedway in June, then won his second career Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway in August. Blaney also competed in the Nationwide Series at Iowa Speedway in June, substituting for Joey Logano after a rainout created a schedule conflict; Blaney finished ninth in the event. Blaney competed in a second Nationwide Series race in 2013, at Kentucky Speedway on September 21, and led 96 of the race's 200 laps to win his first career race in the series, beating Austin Dillon and Matt Crafton. Blaney was the only race winner in the 2013 Nationwide season to not have any Sprint Cup experience.

In January 2014, Blaney announced that, in addition to a full Camping World Truck Series schedule with BKR, he would be running fifteen Nationwide Series and two Sprint Cup Series races for Team Penske during the year.

Blaney drove the No. 29 truck full-time for Brad Keselowski Racing. He had many Top 10s but failed to win in the spring. However, his year's turning point was at Dover in late May 2014, when he came up short to Kyle Busch, who beat him by 0.5 (one car length) seconds for the win. After the race, Blaney was one of the drivers who said that because Kyle was winning a lot in the truck series, the Cup series drivers should no longer race in any division besides the Cup Series.

Blaney won his second career Nationwide race in August 2014 at Bristol Motor Speedway, beating Kyle Busch in a green-white-checkered finish. The next week, Blaney won his first Truck race of 2014 spectacularly at Ron Fellows' own Canadian Tire Motorsports Park raceway, edging German Quiroga by 0.49 seconds in a photo-finish.

In 2015, Blaney began his Xfinity Series schedule in Las Vegas in the Boyd Gaming 300. After leading two laps, he was briefly in contention for the win. After spinning out fellow driver Erik Jones late in the race, Blaney restarted the final restart in eighth place. Despite this, he drove from eighth to second in the final 21 laps. Though he caught up to race leader Austin Dillon with three laps to go, Blaney was unable to force his way by Dillon. Blaney finished second to Dillon by a three-car-length winning difference. He nearly won at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the Xfinity race, finishing second to Kyle Busch after being passed on the final lap. He won at Iowa and nearly won at Road America in his debut on the track. He again won at the Kentucky standalone race in September, beating Ty Dillon on a late-race restart. Blaney got his second top-ten of his career in the Sprint Cup at Kansas for the Hollywood Casino 400, finishing seventh.

Cup Series (2014–present) Team Penske (2014)

2014: Limited exposure In January 2014, it was announced that Team Penske was going to re-open a third car, the No. 12, for Blaney to make two starts in during the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup season. Blaney performed well, picking up his first Top 10 at Talladega in the GEICO 500, running as high as second and finishing fourth. He didn't qualify for three races due to rainouts. He picked up a seventh-place finish in the fall at Kansas and ended the year with fifteen starts in total.

2016: Rookie year and first full-time season

Blaney began competing full-time in the Cup Series in 2016 with the Wood Brothers despite the team being excluded from NASCAR's new Charter system implemented before the 2016 Cup Series season. He got his third top-ten of his career at Las Vegas, finishing sixth. Before the race at Auto Club Speedway, Blaney and close friend Bubba Wallace drove together from Phoenix to Fontana and stole the headlines one evening when they took over NASCAR's Snapchat account and filmed themselves mimicking drivers such as Carl Edwards, Danica Patrick, and Paul Menard. Blaney picked up more top tens at Phoenix, Talladega, Dover, and Pocono for a successful first half of the season with his best finish being a fifth at Kansas. At Chicagoland, Blaney ran well all day, and for the final restart, he gambled and stayed out, and got the race lead. However, on the restart, Martin Truex Jr. overtook him easily due to having fresher tires and held on to get the win, with Blaney finishing fourth. He put up a fight for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award, but lost to Chase Elliott.

2017: Breakout season

In 2017, fellow single-car team Go Fas Racing announced that they would loan their charter to the No. 21 Wood Brothers team, guaranteeing Blaney a spot in every race of the 2017 season. During the Daytona 500, Blaney, despite being caught up in an early wreck, charged from fifth on the final lap to place second to Kurt Busch. Blaney had a better race in April at Texas Motor Speedway, qualifying second to Kevin Harvick. He then passed Harvick early in the race to lead the next 148 laps and win the first two stages. However, a late-race pit stop error cost Blaney the race. He recovered from his mishap and finished twelfth. At Kansas, Blaney won his first career Cup Series pole. The race was primarily a duel between him and Martin Truex Jr.. After battling Truex for three restarts, Truex pulled away to win the race while Blaney finished fourth.

In June, he won his first career Cup race at the Axalta presents the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway. After passing Kyle Busch with ten laps to go, he held off Harvick to claim the victory, qualifying him for the playoffs. On July 26, Blaney announced he would move to Team Penske's new No. 12 car for the 2018 season. At the end of the regular season, Blaney entered the playoffs ninth in points, courtesy of his win at Pocono and three stage wins.

During his playoff run, Blaney made it into the Round of 8, highlighted by a third-place finish in the Round of 12 race at Kansas, despite having to start last after his car failed post-qualifying inspection. Blaney then scored consecutive top-ten finishes at Martinsville and Texas, but despite winning the pole for the Round of 8 finale at Phoenix, he faded outside of the top ten by the end of stage one. He rebounded to secure eighth by the end of stage two, but could not improve his standing on the track, ultimately finishing the race in seventeenth and being eliminated from the playoffs. Blaney wound up finishing 29th in the season finale at Homestead–Miami, securing a ninth-place finish in the final Cup Series standings with his one win, four top fives, fourteen top tens, four stage wins, and two poles. His ninth-place points finish was also the highest for a driver for the Wood Brothers since Morgan Shepherd finished sixth in the final Cup standings in 1994.

Team Penske (2018–present)

2018: Tough luck at Daytona and Roval win

For his tenure at Team Penske, it was announced that he John Menard Jr. and Menards, which sponsors the team's IndyCar operations, were signed to a primary sponsorship deal. He also brought over personal sponsorship from BodyArmor sports drink. Blaney won his Can-Am Duel and was a favorite to win the Daytona 500. He led the most laps on the day, spending 114 laps, over half the race, leading the pack. He finished seventh after contact with Kurt Busch late in the race forced him to pit for repairs.

Blaney won the pole at Las Vegas, won a stage at Martinsville, and appeared to have the car to beat early on at Bristol, but was involved in a large crash near the end of stage one. Blaney once again fell short at Kansas and blew an engine in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte. Blaney won another pole at Pocono and finished in the top ten; He did the same the following week at Michigan. Returning to Daytona in July was not kind to Blaney, as he could not replicate his success from the 500, being caught up in The Big One and finishing in last place.

A run of good finishes to round out the summer stretch, none lower than fifteenth, put Blaney in the playoffs despite going winless in the regular season, as he managed to put together a strong coalition of five top-fives, twelve top-tens, and five stage wins. Blaney ran solidly at Las Vegas and Richmond, putting him barely over the cutoff line going into the Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Roval. While running in third on the last lap, leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson wrecked each other going into the final chicane. Blaney passed both to score his first win of the season and his first win with Team Penske. The win advanced him to the Round of 12, where he was eliminated after the fall Kansas race and finished the season tenth in points.

2019: Consistent winning form

Blaney remained consistent within the top-ten in points in 2019. At Watkins Glen, he spun Jimmie Johnson out of contention, leading to an argument between the two after the race. The animosity between them lasted until Michigan a week later. At the Charlotte Roval, Blaney finished eighth to advance to the Round of 12. Blaney won the Talladega fall race in a photo finish of 0.007 seconds over Ryan Newman and advanced into the Round of 8, despite an early spin onto pit road. Despite finishing third at Phoenix, he was eliminated in the Round of 8.

2020: Early playoff exit Blaney's No. 12 car at Michigan International Speedway in 2020 On the final lap of the 2020 Daytona 500, Blaney gave a push to leader Ryan Newman, sending him into the outside wall and into a violent crash. Blaney lost the race to Denny Hamlin in the second-closest finish in Daytona 500 history. Blaney later stated that the incident had taken a tough toll on him mentally, and that speaking with Newman on the phone after his release from the hospital was a key factor in helping him come to peace with it. Blaney crashed out at Phoenix, and have mediocre runs at both Darlington races before two back-to-back third places in the doubleheader races at Charlotte paved the way for a consistent streak. He dominated early at Bristol, leading 60 laps, before a wreck with Ty Dillon resulted in a last place finish. For the next four weeks, Blaney recorded three straight top-fives, capping it off with a win at the GEICO 500, defeating Ricky Stenhouse Jr. by 0.007, his second photo-finish win at Talladega.

He had transmission issues at Kentucky, forcing him to drive through the turns one-handed because his car kept jumping out of fourth gear. Nonetheless, he held the lead for a small part of the final lap but hit a drain on the apron, finishing sixth. Blaney led the most laps at Texas and finished fourth at Michigan, putting up a strong coalition of runs going into the playoffs.

Blaney made the playoffs with his win at Talladega, but was eliminated in the Round of 16 due to mediocre finishes at Richmond and the Bristol Night Race. Blaney put up a strong fight at the end of the season despite his elimination, with three top-fives and two-top tens in the last five races of the season, with a highest of second at Martinsville. Blaney finished the season ninth in points.

2021: First multi-win season

During the 2021 season, Blaney won at Atlanta and Michigan, scoring his fifth and sixth career wins in the series, respectively. The Atlanta win was emotional for Blaney as it came twenty years after his dad almost won the same race, only to lose because of a broken wheel. For the first time in his career, Blaney had back-to-back wins after he won the last race of the regular season at Daytona International Speedway the following week. Both wins gave him his sixth and seventh career wins. After only winning four races in the five seasons before 2021, Blaney captured three wins in the Cup Series regular season. He went into the 2021 Cup playoffs as the second-seeded driver with three wins on the season behind Kyle Larson, who had five wins. Blaney made it to the Round of 8 before being eliminated after Martinsville. He finished the season seventh in the points standings. He also won the 2022 NASCAR All-Star Race. Despite being involved in a multi-car crash on lap 31 of the regular season finale at the Daytona night race, Blaney rallied to finish fifteenth to clinch the sixteenth and final playoff spot of the season, beating Martin Truex Jr. by three points. Blaney was eliminated following the Round of 8 after finishing third at Martinsville. Despite being winless, he finished the season eighth in the points standings.

2023: Championship season Blaney's No. 12 car at Sonoma Raceway in 2023.Blaney started the 2023 season with an eighth place finish at the 2023 Daytona 500 despite getting caught in a wreck early. Blaney found himself within striking distance of the win at Phoenix a few weeks later but finished second after a late restart. At Bristol in April, Blaney would be his Cup teammate, Joey Logano's spotter for the Weather Guard Truck Race on Dirt. Logano won his Heat Race and the Main Event. He led the most laps at the GEICO 500 at Talladega, but finished second to Kyle Busch on an overtime restart after a bad block from Bubba Wallace. He finally broke his 59-race drought by winning the 2023 Coca-Cola 600, doing such in a dominating fashion by leading the most laps and winning a stage. A sixth place finish the next week at Gateway put Blaney on top of the points standings.

A poor performance the next week at Sonoma was followed by a scary moment at Nashville; Blaney had a violent impact into the inside wall of turn one, leaving him suffering with concussion-like symptoms. He later went on to say that he felt it was the hardest impact he has felt in his entire racing career. Blaney urged NASCAR to install a SAFER barrier on the wall that he impacted, a sentiment that was echoed by NASCAR's Vice President of Competition Elton Sawyer. Two weeks later at Atlanta, Blaney won stage one and finished second in stage two. He was one of several drivers attempting to stay in the lead until a caution for rain came out, but wound up finishing ninth. The remainder of the summer stretch was mediocre for Blaney with two more ninth-place finishes at Michigan and Watkins Glen being his only top-tens. In the regular-season finale at Daytona, Blaney charged to the front late in the second stage but was involved in a hard crash from the lead after Ty Gibbs was turned by Christopher Bell, causing The Big One.

During the playoffs, Blaney advanced through the first round after solid runs at Darlington and Kansas, earning stage points in both. Blaney was caught up in an accident with twelve laps to go at Texas, putting his hopes of advancing to the Round of 8 in jeopardy. Blaney won his way into the next round at Talladega, in a photo finish with Kevin Harvick, the margin of victory being 0.012 seconds. He finished sixth at Las Vegas, but was disqualified after post-race inspection discovered a left-front damper that did not meet specifications; as a result, Blaney dropped to last-place and the bottom of the Round of 8 cutoff line. NASCAR later rescinded the penalty and restored Blaney's points after an issue was found with the damper template. A second-place finish at Homestead–Miami would propel Blaney to ten points above the playoff cutline entering Martinsville, the first time in his career he would enter the penultimate race of a season above the cutline. He traded the lead back and forth with Denny Hamlin for most of the race, but won stage two and held off a late-charging Aric Almirola to get his third win of the season and lock himself into the Championship 4.

The season finale at Phoenix was a fierce competition between Blaney, Bell, William Byron, and Kyle Larson. Blaney ran in the top ten for the majority of the race, but an early brake failure for Bell allowed Blaney to get a big run on the Hendrick teammates. On Lap 277, Blaney slammed into the rear end of leader Ross Chastain to go three wide for the race lead, but a spin by Kyle Busch bunched up the field for a final restart with 30 laps to go. Larson and Blaney ran side-by-side, dueling for position for nearly eleven laps before Blaney passed Larson for second place with twenty laps to go. He hung on to finish second, clinching the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship.

2024: Championship defense

Blaney started the 2024 season with a 30th-place DNF at the Daytona 500. At Atlanta, he was leading the last lap but ultimately finished in second and came 0.003 seconds short of beating Daniel Suárez in a three-wide photo finish between him, Suárez, and Kyle Busch. Blaney once again fell short of a victory at Gateway after running out of fuel on the last lap; his teammate Austin Cindric ended up winning the race. On June 16, He scored his first win of the season at the inaugural Iowa race. A month later, he won at Pocono, just over seven years after his first Cup Series win at the same track. During the playoffs, Blaney advanced to the Round of 8, where after a narrow loss to Tyler Reddick at Homestead–Miami, he would win at Martinsville to make the Championship 4 for a second year in a row. Blaney ran up front for the bulk of the season finale race at Phoenix, though would be unable to outrun his Team Penske teammate Joey Logano, who would go on to win the 2024 Cup Series Championship.

2025: Championship contention

Blaney started the 2025 season with a seventh-place finish at the Daytona 500. He scored his first win of the season at Nashville. He ended the regular season with a win at the Daytona summer race, edging out Daniel Suárez by 0.031 seconds. During the playoffs, he won at New Hampshire. Despite being eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8, Blaney finished the season with a win at Phoenix and sixth in the points standings.

2026: Summer consistency

Blaney started the 2026 season with a 27th-place DNF at the Daytona 500. Three weeks later, he scored his first win of the season at Phoenix. Blaney would later win the pole at Bristol. Blaney signed a contract extension with Team Penske on May 6. He went on an 8-race top-10 streak beginning at Charlotte and including a win at Atlanta. The streak came to an end with an 11th place finish at North Wilkesborro. He earned his second-straight win at New Hampshire.

In media

At the beginning of the 2017 season, Blaney began a NASCAR-supported podcast featuring former Miss Sprint Cup and current Motor Racing Network personality Kim Coon and NASCAR.com analyst Chuck Bush, called the Glass Case of Emotion. The podcast ended at the conclusion of the 2023 season.

In June 2017, Blaney became a member of Fox NASCAR Cup driver-only broadcast team for the Xfinity Series race at Pocono Raceway, working as a pit reporter alongside Erik Jones and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. He also interviewed race-winner Brad Keselowski; the next day, the roles were reversed as he won his first Cup race with Keselowski, still in his firesuit, interviewing him. The driver-only broadcast format returned for the 2018 Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway as Blaney returned to his pit duties. Since 2021, Blaney has served as a commentator in the booth for the driver-only broadcast, as well as a rotating driver analyst in the booth for regular Xfinity and ARCA Menard Series broadcasts.

Blaney has made numerous guest-starring/cameo appearances in TV and film throughout his career. In 2017, Blaney voiced Ryan "Inside" Laney in the Pixar film Cars 3. That same year Blaney also had a cameo appearance as a delivery boy in the film Logan Lucky. In 2018, Blaney guest-starred in the TV show Taken in season 2 episode 12 "Imperium", as Special Agent Nathan Wood; the episode aired on April 20, 2018. Blaney also guest-starred as Shane Powell in an episode of the CBS reboot Magnum P.I., and as Overdrive, a villainous racing driver, in the Spider-Man episode "Bring on the Bad Guys".

In 2021, Blaney was one of three drivers featured as cover stars for the NASCAR 21: Ignition video game. He also appeared on the NASCAR 25 cover, and helped curate the soundtrack for the game.

Blaney was a featured driver in the 2022 USA Network series Race for the Championship, following the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the 2024 Netflix documentary series NASCAR: Full Speed, which followed the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.

Personal life Blaney is the only son and middle child of Lisa and Dave Blaney, with two sisters, Emma and Erin. He is of Irish descent and is close friends with fellow drivers Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, William Byron and Chase Elliott. Blaney is also an avid Star Wars and Trailer Park Boys fan.

Blaney has multiple tattoos, including a Star Wars inspired piece on his right leg, a sprint car on his left side, and the #10 in red on the left side of his chest in tribute to the number he ran most often growing up.

Blaney is married to model Gianna Tulio; the couple has a son.

Motorsports career results

Racing career summary

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2014 Team Penske 12 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL MAR TEX DAR RCH TAL KAN27 CLT DOV POC MCH SON KEN DAY NHA IND POC GLN TAL22 MAR TEX PHO HOM 60th 01 Wood Brothers Racing 21 Ford MCHQL† BRI ATL RCH CHI NHA DOV KAN CLT 2015 DAY39 ATL LVS19 PHO CAL MAR TEX42 BRI RCH TAL4 KAN CLT42 DOV POC MCH24 SON DAYDNQ KENDNQ NHA23 IND12 POC GLN MCH24 BRI22 DAR30 RCH CHIDNQ NHA DOV CLT14 KAN7 TAL43 MAR TEX43 PHO HOM17 52nd 01 2016 DAY19 ATL25 LVS6 PHO10 CAL35 MAR19 TEX29 BRI11 RCH28 TAL9 KAN5 DOV8 CLT20 POC10 MCH17 SON23 DAY14 KEN35 NHA11 IND36 POC11 GLN19 BRI35 MCH4 DAR13 RCH39 CHI4 NHA12 DOV38 CLT31 KAN14 TAL11 MAR19 TEX12 PHO8 HOM26 20th 812 2017 DAY2 ATL18 LVS7 PHO23 CAL9 MAR25 TEX12* BRI33 RCH36 TAL39 KAN4 CLT24 DOV32 POC1 MCH25 SON9 DAY26 KEN10 NHA19 IND23 POC30 GLN8 MCH15 BRI10 DAR31 RCH18 CHI11 NHA9 DOV23 CLT8 TAL18 KAN3 MAR8 TEX6 PHO17 HOM29 9th 2305 2018 Team Penske 12 Ford DAY7* ATL12 LVS5 PHO16 CAL8 MAR3 TEX5 BRI35 RCH22 TAL18 DOV8 KAN37 CLT36 POC6 MCH8 SON34 CHI18 DAY40 KEN2 NHA7 POC12 GLN12 MCH5 BRI7* DAR15 IND11 LVS5 RCH19 ROV1 DOV11 TAL29 KAN7 MAR20 TEX2 PHO34 HOM17 10th 2298 2019 DAY31 ATL22 LVS22 PHO3 CAL5 MAR4 TEX37 BRI4* RCH25 TAL15 DOV15 KAN32 CLT13 POC12 MCH9 SON3 CHI6 DAY36 KEN13 NHA4 POC10 GLN5 MCH24 BRI10 DAR13 IND7 LVS5 RCH17 ROV8 DOV35 TAL1* KAN21 MAR5 TEX8 PHO3 HOM11 7th 2339 2020 DAY2 LVS11 CAL19 PHO37 DAR16 DAR21 CLT3 CLT3 BRI40 ATL4 MAR2 HOM3 TAL1* POC12 POC22 IND32 KEN6 TEX7* KAN20 NHA20 MCH4 MCH38 DRC31 DOV14 DOV12 DAY6 DAR24 RCH19 BRI13 LVS7 TAL25 ROV5 KAN7 TEX4 MAR2 PHO6 9th 2336 2021 DAY30 DRC15 HOM29 LVS5 PHO10 ATL1 BRD8 MAR11 RCH11 TAL9 KAN21 DAR8 DOV12 COA17 CLT13 SON10 NSH37 POC5 POC6 ROA20 ATL5 NHA5 GLN14 IRC2 MCH1 DAY1 DAR22 RCH10 BRI4 LVS5 TAL15 ROV9 TEX6 KAN37 MAR11 PHO4 7th 2350 2022 DAY4 CAL18 LVS36 PHO4* ATL17 COA6 RCH7* MAR4 BRD5 TAL11 DOV26 DAR17 KAN12 CLT29 GTW4 SON6 NSH3 ROA11 ATL5 NHA18 POC33 IRC26 MCH5 RCH10 GLN24 DAY15 DAR13 KAN9 BRI30 TEX4 TAL2 ROV26 LVS28 HOM17 MAR3 PHO2 8th 2354 2023 DAY8 CAL26 LVS13 PHO2 ATL7 COA21 RCH26 BRD23 MAR7 TAL2* DOV3 KAN16 DAR9 CLT1* GTW6 SON31 NSH36 CSC33 ATL9 NHA22 POC30 RCH14 MCH9 IRC13 GLN9 DAY36 DAR9 KAN12 BRI22 TEX28 TAL1 ROV12 LVS6 HOM2 MAR1 PHO2 1st 5035 2024 DAY30 ATL2 LVS3 PHO5 BRI16 COA12 RCH19 MAR5 TEX33 TAL20 DOV7 KAN12 DAR36 CLT39 GTW24 SON7 IOW1* NHA25 NSH6 CSC10 POC1* IND3 RCH11 MCH18 DAY29 DAR37 ATL3 GLN38 BRI6 KAN4 TAL39 ROV10 LVS32 HOM2 MAR1 PHO2 2nd 5035 2025 DAY7 ATL4 COA19 PHO28 LVS35 HOM36* MAR11 DAR5 BRI5 TAL37 TEX3 KAN3 CLT38 NSH1* MCH32 MXC14 POC3 ATL40 CSC12 SON36 DOV8 IND7 IOW4 GLN6 RCH3 DAY1* DAR18 GTW4 BRI4 NHA1 KAN24 ROV13 LVS38 TAL23 MAR2 PHO1 6th 2373 2026 DAY27 ATL10 COA8 PHO1 LVS16 DAR3 MAR6 BRI2 KAN24 TAL37 TEX10 GLN11 CLT7 NSH8 MCH8 POC10 COR9* SON6 CHI7 ATL1* NWS11 IND26 IOW3* RCH13 NHA1* DAY33 DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* † – Qualified for Trevor Bayne

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2015 Wood Brothers Racing Ford 12 39 2016 7 19 2017 36 2 2018 Team Penske Ford 3 7* 2019 14 31 2020 27 2 2021 14 30 2022 7 4 2023 7 8 2024 32 30 2025 16 7 2026 5 27

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2012 Tommy Baldwin Racing 36 Chevy DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH7 TAL DAR43 IOW CLT DOV MCH ROA KEN15 DAY NHA CHI IND27 BRI7 ATL CLT14 112th 01 Penske Racing 22 Dodge IOW10 GLN CGV RCH9 CHI KEN9 DOV13 KAN11 TEX2 PHO HOM8 2013 Ford DAY PHO LVS BRI CAL TEX RCH TAL DAR CLT DOV IOW9 MCH ROA KEN DAY NHA CHI IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ATL RCH CHI KEN1* DOV KAN CLT TEX 95th 01 48 PHO10 HOM 2014 Team Penske 22 DAY PHO LVS BRI4 CAL TEX8 DAR RCH9 TAL21 IOW2 CLT DOV MCH ROA CHI9 IND IOW GLN MOH BRI1 ATL RCH4 CHI4 KEN DOV KAN3 81st 01 12 KEN5 DAY NHA CLT4 TEX3 PHO HOM4 2015 22 DAY ATL LVS2 PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL IOW5 CLT10 DOV34 MCH CHI2 DAY KEN NHA IND2 IOW1* GLN MOH BRI22 ROA2 DAR RCH CHI35 KEN1* DOV4 CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM5 22nd 461 2016 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL20 TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV MOH3 BRI ROA DAR7 RCH CHI KEN3 DOV4 CLT KAN TEX PHO HOM4 97th 01 12 CLT16 POC MCH IOW DAY KEN8 NHA IND IOW GLN 2017 22 DAY ATL LVS PHO2 CAL TEX2 BRI2 RCH5 TAL DOV2 POC MCH IOW DAY CHI26 KEN DOV1* CLT3 KAN3 TEX2 PHO2* HOM 89th 01 12 CLT1* KEN2 NHA IND IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR RCH 2018 22 DAY ATL LVS4 PHO CAL TEX1* BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY4 KEN NHA IOW GLN MOH BRI ROA DAR IND3 LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 87th 01 2019 12 DAY ATL LVS PHO CAL TEX BRI RCH TAL DOV CLT POC MCH IOW CHI DAY KEN NHA IOW GLN4 MOH BRI ROA DAR3 IND LVS RCH ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 83rd 01

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2012 Brad Keselowski Racing 19 Ram DAY MAR CAR KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW CHI POC MCH BRI6 26th 258† 29 ATL11 IOW1 KEN11 LVS TAL6 MAR8 TEX30 PHO5 HOM28 2013 Ford DAY8 MAR16 CAR8 KAN3 CLT25 DOV3 TEX8 KEN5 IOW26 ELD15 POC1* MCH32 BRI3 MSP16 IOW10 CHI3 LVS20 TAL21 MAR5 TEX15 PHO7 HOM2* 6th 726 2014 DAY6 MAR4 KAN22 CLT22 DOV2 TEX4 GTW7 KEN3 IOW2 ELD3 POC5 MCH21 BRI13 MSP1* CHI12 NHA10 LVS6 TAL5 MAR5 TEX9 PHO4 HOM5 2nd 812 2015 DAY ATL MAR KAN CLT DOV7 TEX GTW IOW KEN3 ELD POC MCH2 BRI1 MSP CHI NHA LVS TAL MAR TEX3 PHO HOM 81st 01

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points In 2012, Blaney switched from Nationwide to Truck Series points at Atlanta Motor Speedway in August.

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Ref 2011 Venturini Motorsports 25 Chevy DAY TAL SLM TOL NJE CHI POC MCH WIN6* BLN IOW 50th 460 15 IRP2 POC ISF MAD DSF SLM KAN TOL 2013 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH2* ROA5 WIN CHI3* NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 39th 690

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2011 Dave Blaney 10 Toyota GRE SBO RCH8 IOW10 BGS JFC LGY NHA COL GRE NHA DOV 38th 276 2012 BRI2 GRE RCH22 IOW2 BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW24 NHA DOV25 GRE CAR 23rd 146

K&N Pro Series West NASCAR K&N Pro Series West results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2011 Dave Blaney 11 Toyota PHO AAS MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS MRP SPO AAS PHO1* 63rd 185 2017 Troy Cline 88 Ford TUS KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON26 IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR 61st 18

Whelen Modified Tour NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour results Year Car owner No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2012 Allan Heinke 98 Chevy TMP STA MND STA WFD NHA33 STA TMP BRI TMP RIV NHA STA TMP 52nd 11

Superstar Racing Experience (key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner. Superstar Racing Experience results Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Pts Ref 2022 12 FIF SBO STA NSV I55 SHA7 18th 14

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