Ryan Blaney is having a fantastic 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season, but he still seems to be flying under the radar even after his victory in Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona. Blaney, the 2023 Cup Series champion, has seven DNFs this year. That’s enough to keep most teams below the top-10 in the standings. But when Lady Luck has smiled on Blaney this season, he’s been fast. In the 19 races that Blaney has finished, he has 10 top-five finishes and 14 top-10 results, including wins at Nashville and Daytona. He managed to finish second in the regular season standings and enters the postseason fourth on the playoff grid. Blaney will enter the playoffs on the heels of six consecutive top-10 finishes. “I think it speaks volumes to how good we have been when we’ve finished races,” Blaney said during his post-race news conference on Saturday. “Obviously, you don’t want to have that many DNFs on the card, and I’d say half those DNFs we had a good chance of winning the race or at least running top 5. It justRead More
Ryan Blaney in championship form as NASCAR playoffs loom
