Ryan Blaney

Ryan Michael Blaney (born December 31, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He currently competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang for Team Penske and part-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 12 Mustang for Team Penske. He is the son of NASCAR driver Dave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track legend Lou Blaney.

Ryan Blaney
Blaney at Daytona International Speedway in 2020
Born	Ryan Michael Blaney (1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	165 lb (75 kg)
Achievements	2010 CRA Southern Six-Pack Champion 2011 PASS Champion 2018 Can-Am Duel Winner 2020 GEICO 500 Winner
Awards	2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
185 races run over 7 years
Car no., team	No. 12 (Team Penske)
2019 position	7th
Best finish	7th (2019)
First race	2014 5-hour Energy 400 (Kansas)
Last race	2020 Go Bowling 235 (Daytona)
First win	2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last win	2020 GEICO 500 (Talladega)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 69 6
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
70 races run over 7 years
Car no., team	No. 12 (Team Penske)
2019 position	83rd
Best finish	22nd (2015)
First race	2012 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race	2019 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington)
First win	2013 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky)
Last win	2018 My Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles 7 57 3
NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series career
58 races run over 4 years
2015 position	81st
Best finish	2nd (2014)
First race	2012 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Last race	2015 WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 (Texas)
First win	2012 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa)
Last win	2015 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles 4 40 5
Statistics current as of August 16, 2020.

Racing career

Early career

Blaney's 2011 ARCA car at IRP

A third-generation racer and son of then-Cup Series driver Dave Blaney,[1] Blaney started his racing career in quarter midget racing, winning his first race at age 9;[2][3] he also competed, and won, in Bandolero cars at a young age.[4] Moving up to Legends cars at age 12, Blaney won the Lowe's Motor Speedway Young Lion's Winter Heat Point Championship, as well as in three divisions of the Carolina Fall Nationals in quarter midgets.[2]

At age 14, Blaney debuted in late model racing at Orange County Speedway, while in 2009, at age 15, 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 quarter midget event in Huntsville, Alabama.[2]

Blaney's 2011 PASS car at North Wilkesboro

Continuing to compete in the PASS South Super Late Model Series in 2010, Blaney scored his first career win in the series at Dillon Motor Speedway, adding wins at Greenville-Pickens Speedway and Newport Speedway on his way to a second consecutive second-place finish in the PASS South championship standings.[2] Blaney also competed in the Champion Racing Association (CRA)-sanctioned Southern Six Pack series, winning the series championship for 2010.[3] 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.[2][5] He also made his debuts in the ARCA Racing Series and NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and East in 2011, scoring top ten finishes in every start in the three series;[5] he won his first career NASCAR race in the K&N Pro Series West season finale at Phoenix International Raceway winning by over two seconds in his only series start.[6]

For 2012, Blaney, who had won praise from Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick for his driving skills,[7] returned to the K&N Pro Series East, running six races for family-owned DB Racing, driving the No. 10,[8] as well as to the PASS Super Late Model Series in the Carswell Motorsports No. 98.[9]

NASCAR

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,[1][10] starting at Richmond International Raceway in April.[4] Blaney qualified in the Top 10 in his debut at Richmond International Raceway, and finished seventh in the race.[11]

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.[12] He also ran selected races in the Camping World Truck Series for Brad Keselowski Racing,[13] finishing sixth in his debut in the series at Bristol Motor Speedway.[14] 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 18 years, eight months, and 15 days. The previous record was 20 years and 18 days set by Kyle Busch in 2005.[15][N 1]

Blaney's 2013 truck at Rockingham

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.[17] Blaney won his first career pole in the series at Kentucky Speedway in June,[18] then won his second career Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway in August.[19] 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.[20] 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.[21] Blaney was the only race winner in the 2013 Nationwide season to not have any Sprint Cup experience.[22]

In January 2014, Blaney announced that in addition to a full Camping World Truck Series schedule with BKR, he would be running 15 Nationwide Series and two Sprint Cup Series races for Team Penske during the year.[23] He made his debut at Kansas Speedway, finishing 27th. In August, it was announced that Blaney would be running in the Nationwide Series for Penske in 2015, and would also run twenty Sprint Cup Series races for Wood Brothers Racing in the No. 21 Ford during the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.[24]

Blaney drove the No. 29 truck full-time for Brad Keselowski Racing. He had many Top 10 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, that the Cup series drivers should no longer race in any division besides the Cup series.

Blaney's 2015 Xfinity car at Road America

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 in spectacular fashion 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 at 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.

In the Cup Series, Blaney performed well for a rookie in the No. 21 for the Wood Brothers team. He picked up his first Top 10 at Talladega in the GEICO 500, running as high as second and finishing 4th. He didn't qualify for three races due to rainouts. 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 at 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 10 of his career in Sprint Cup at Kansas for the Hollywood Casino 400 finishing seventh.

Full-time Cup (2016–present)

Wood Brothers Racing (2016–2017)

Blaney during practice for the 2016 Pure Michigan 400

Blaney began competing full-time in the Cup Series in 2016 with the Wood Brothers despite that the Wood Brothers were excluded from NASCAR's new Charter system implemented before the 2016 Cup series season.[25] He got his third Top 10 of his career in Sprint Cup, finishing 6th in the Kobalt 400 at Las Vegas. Blaney picked up more top tens at Phoenix, Talladega, Kansas, Dover, and Pocono for a so-far successful half of the season with his best finish being a 5th at Kansas. Before the race at Auto Club Speedway, Blaney and close friend Darrell Wallace Jr. drove together from Phoenix to Fontana and stole the headlines one evening when they took over NASCAR's Snapchat and filmed themselves mimicking drivers such as Carl Edwards. 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. would get past him easily due to having fresher tires and would go on to get the win and Blaney would finish 4th.

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 5th on the final lap to place second to Kurt Busch. Ryan Blaney had a better race in April at Texas Motor Speedway. He qualified second to Kevin Harvick. He then passed Harvick early in the race to lead the next 148 laps. However, a late-race pit stop error cost Blaney the race. He recovered from his mishap and finished 12th. 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 3 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 10 laps to go, he held off Kevin Harvick to claim the victory, qualifying him for the playoffs.[26] On July 26, Blaney announced he would be moving to Team Penske's No. 12 car for the 2018 season; Paul Menard was signed to take over the No. 21 car.[27] At the end of the regular season, Blaney entered the playoffs as the ninth seed, courtesy of his win at Pocono and three stage wins.[28] During his playoff run, Blaney made it all the way into the Round of 8, highlighted by a third-place finish in the Round of 12 finale at Kansas, despite having to start last and at the rear of the field after his car failed post-qualifying inspection.[29] 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 17th and being eliminated from the playoffs.[30] Blaney wound up finishing 29th in the season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, securing a ninth-place finish in the final Cup Series standings with his one win, four top fives, 14 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)

Blaney after winning the 2018 Bank of America Roval 400

For his tenure at Team Penske, it was announced that Penske would enter a primary sponsorship deal with John Menard Jr. and Menards, which sponsors the team's IndyCar operations. Blaney made the Playoffs with five top-fives and 12 top-10s in the regular season. He scored his first win with Team Penske in the Bank of America Roval 400 at the Charlotte Roval after leaders Martin Truex Jr. and Jimmie Johnson wrecked going into the chicane. The win advanced him to the Round of 12 Playoffs.[31] Blaney was eliminated from the Round of 12 after the fall Kansas race and finished the season 10th in points.

Blaney remained consistent within the top 10 in points in 2019. At Watkins Glen, he spun Jimmie Johnson out of contention, leading to an argument between the two after the race.[32] The animosity between them lasted until Michigan a week later.[33] At the Charlotte Roval, Blaney finished eighth to advance to the Round of 12.[34] 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.[35] Despite finishing third at Phoenix, he was eliminated in the Round of 8.[36]

Blaney lost the 2020 Daytona 500 to Denny Hamlin in the second closest finish in Daytona 500 history. At the GEICO 500, he recorded his fourth Cup win, defeating Ricky Stenhouse Jr. by 0.007. He had transmission issues at the 2020 Quaker State 400, 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 6th.

In media

Blaney participating in the driver-only broadcast at the 2018 Xfinity Talladega race

In 2017, Blaney voiced Ryan "Inside" Laney in the Pixar film Cars 3.[37]

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 podcast.[38]

In June 2017, Blaney became a member of Fox NASCAR's 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.[39] 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.[40] The driver-only broadcast format returned for the 2018 Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway as Blaney returned to his pit duties.[41]

Blaney had a cameo appearance as a delivery boy in the 2017 film Logan Lucky.[42]

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.[43]

Personal life

Blaney is the only son and middle child of Lisa and Dave Blaney. He has two sisters: Emma and Erin. Emma is married to driver Cale Conley & Erin is currently dating NASCAR Cup Series Driver William Byron[44]. Blaney is of Irish descent. He is a close friend of fellow drivers and competitors Bubba Wallace and Chase Elliott, and an avid Star Wars fan.[45]

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.[46]

Motorsports career results

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	NCSC	Pts	Ref
2014	Team Penske	12	Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	MAR	TEX	DAR	RCH	TAL	KAN 27	CLT	DOV	POC	MCH	SON	KEN	DAY	NHA	IND	POC	GLN										TAL 22	MAR	TEX	PHO	HOM	60th	0^1	[47]
	Wood Brothers Racing	21	Ford																							MCH QL^†	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	NHA	DOV	KAN	CLT
2015				DAY 39	ATL	LVS 19	PHO	CAL	MAR	TEX 42	BRI	RCH	TAL 4	KAN	CLT 42	DOV	POC	MCH 24	SON	DAY DNQ	KEN DNQ	NHA 23	IND 12	POC	GLN	MCH 24	BRI 22	DAR 30	RCH	CHI DNQ	NHA	DOV	CLT 14	KAN 7	TAL 43	MAR	TEX 43	PHO	HOM 17	52nd	0^1	[48]
2016				DAY 19	ATL 25	LVS 6	PHO 10	CAL 35	MAR 19	TEX 29	BRI 11	RCH 28	TAL 9	KAN 5	DOV 8	CLT 20	POC 10	MCH 17	SON 23	DAY 14	KEN 35	NHA 11	IND 36	POC 11	GLN 19	BRI 35	MCH 4	DAR 13	RCH 39	CHI 4	NHA 12	DOV 38	CLT 31	KAN 14	TAL 11	MAR 19	TEX 12	PHO 8	HOM 26	20th	812	[49]
2017				DAY 2	ATL 18	LVS 7	PHO 23	CAL 9	MAR 25	TEX 12*	BRI 33	RCH 36	TAL 39	KAN 4	CLT 24	DOV 32	POC 1	MCH 25	SON 9	DAY 26	KEN 10	NHA 19	IND 23	POC 30	GLN 8	MCH 15	BRI 10	DAR 31	RCH 18	CHI 11	NHA 9	DOV 23	CLT 8	TAL 18	KAN 3	MAR 8	TEX 6	PHO 17	HOM 29	9th	2305	[50]
2018	Team Penske	12	Ford	DAY 7*	ATL 12	LVS 5	PHO 16	CAL 8	MAR 3	TEX 5	BRI 35	RCH 22	TAL 18	DOV 8	KAN 37	CLT 36	POC 6	MCH 8	SON 34	CHI 18	DAY 40	KEN 2	NHA 7	POC 12	GLN 12	MCH 5	BRI 7*	DAR 15	IND 11	LVS 5	RCH 19	CLT 1	DOV 11	TAL 29	KAN 7	MAR 20	TEX 2	PHO 34	HOM 17	10th	2298	[51]
2019				DAY 31	ATL 22	LVS 22	PHO 3	CAL 5	MAR 4	TEX 37	BRI 4*	RCH 25	TAL 15	DOV 15	KAN 32	CLT 13	POC 12	MCH 9	SON 3	CHI 6	DAY 36	KEN 13	NHA 4	POC 10	GLN 5	MCH 24	BRI 10	DAR 13	IND 7	LVS 5	RCH 17	CLT 8	DOV 35	TAL 1*	KAN 21	MAR 5	TEX 8	PHO 3	HOM 11	7th	2339	[52]
2020				DAY 2	LVS 11	CAL 19	PHO 37	DAR 16	DAR 21	CLT 3	CLT 3	BRI 40	ATL 4	MAR 2	HOM 3	TAL 1*	POC 12	POC 22	IND 32	KEN 6	TEX 7*	KAN 20	NHA 20	MCH 4	MCH 38	DAY 31	DOV	DOV	DAY	DAR	RCH	BRI	LVS	TAL	CLT	KAN	TEX	MAR	PHO	-*	-*	[53]
^† – 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

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	NXSC	Pts	Ref
2012	Tommy Baldwin Racing	36	Chevy	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH 7	TAL	DAR 43	IOW	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA	KEN 15	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND 27				BRI 7	ATL					CLT 14					112th	0^1	[54]
	Penske Racing	22	Dodge																				IOW 10	GLN	CGV			RCH 9	CHI	KEN 9	DOV 13		KAN 11	TEX 2	PHO	HOM 8
2013			Ford	DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI	CAL	TEX	RCH	TAL	DAR	CLT	DOV	IOW 9	MCH	ROA	KEN	DAY	NHA	CHI	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ATL	RCH	CHI	KEN 1*	DOV	KAN	CLT	TEX			95th	0^1	[55]
		48																																	PHO 10	HOM
2014	Team Penske	22		DAY	PHO	LVS	BRI 4	CAL	TEX 8	DAR	RCH 9	TAL 21	IOW 2	CLT	DOV	MCH	ROA				CHI 9	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI 1	ATL	RCH 4	CHI 4	KEN	DOV	KAN 3					81st	0^1	[56]
		12																KEN 5	DAY	NHA													CLT 4	TEX 3	PHO	HOM 4
2015		22		DAY	ATL	LVS 2	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	IOW 5	CLT 10	DOV 34	MCH	CHI 2	DAY	KEN	NHA	IND 2	IOW 1*	GLN	MOH	BRI 22	ROA 2	DAR	RCH	CHI 35	KEN 1*	DOV 4	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 5	22nd	461	[57]
2016				DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL 20	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV											MOH 3	BRI	ROA	DAR 7	RCH	CHI	KEN 3	DOV 4	CLT	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM 4	97th	0^1	[58]
		12												CLT 16	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY	KEN 8	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN
2017		22		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO 2	CAL	TEX 2	BRI 2	RCH 5	TAL		DOV 2	POC	MCH	IOW	DAY											CHI 26	KEN	DOV 1*	CLT 3	KAN 3	TEX 2	PHO 2*	HOM	89th	0^1	[59]
		12											CLT 1*						KEN 2	NHA	IND	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	RCH
2018		22		DAY	ATL	LVS 4	PHO	CAL	TEX 1*	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY 4	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR	IND 3	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	87th	0^1	[60]
2019		12		DAY	ATL	LVS	PHO	CAL	TEX	BRI	RCH	TAL	DOV	CLT	POC	MCH	IOW	CHI	DAY	KEN	NHA	IOW	GLN 4	MOH	BRI	ROA	DAR 3	IND	LVS	RCH	CLT	DOV	KAN	TEX	PHO	HOM	83rd	0^1	[61]

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	NCWTC	Pts	Ref
2012	Brad Keselowski Racing	19	Ram	DAY	MAR	CAR	KAN	CLT	DOV	TEX	KEN	IOW	CHI	POC	MCH	BRI 6											26th	258^†	[62]
		29															ATL 11	IOW 1	KEN 11	LVS	TAL 6	MAR 8	TEX 30	PHO 5	HOM 28
2013			Ford	DAY 8	MAR 16	CAR 8	KAN 3	CLT 25	DOV 3	TEX 8	KEN 5	IOW 26	ELD 15	POC 1*	MCH 32	BRI 3	MSP 16	IOW 10	CHI 3	LVS 20	TAL 21	MAR 5	TEX 15	PHO 7	HOM 2*		6th	726	[63]
2014				DAY 6	MAR 4	KAN 22	CLT 22	DOV 2	TEX 4	GTW 7	KEN 3	IOW 2	ELD 3	POC 5	MCH 21	BRI 13	MSP 1*	CHI 12	NHA 10	LVS 6	TAL 5	MAR 5	TEX 9	PHO 4	HOM 5		2nd	812	[64]
2015				DAY	ATL	MAR	KAN	CLT	DOV 7	TEX	GTW	IOW	KEN 3	ELD	POC	MCH 2	BRI 1	MSP	CHI	NHA	LVS	TAL	MAR	TEX 3	PHO	HOM	81st	0^1	[65]

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	NKNPSEC	Pts	Ref
2011	Dave Blaney	10	Toyota	GRE	SBO	RCH 8	IOW 10	BGS	GRE	LGY	NHA	COL	GRE	NHA	DOV			38th	276	[66]
2012				BRI 2	GRE	RCH 22	IOW 2	BGS	GRE	LGY	CNB	COL	IOW 24	NHA	DOV 25	GRE	CAR	23rd	146	[67]

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	NKNPSWC	Pts	Ref
2011	Dave Blaney	11	Toyota	PHO	AAS	MMP	IOW	LVS	SON	IRW	EVG	PIR	CNS	MRP	SRP	AAS	PHO 1*	63rd	185	[68]
2017	Troy Cline	88	Ford	TUS	KCR	IRW	IRW	SPO	OSS	CNS	SON 26	IOW	EVG	DCS	MER	AAS	KCR	61st	18	[69]

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	NWMTC	Pts	Ref
2012	Allan Heinke	98	Chevy	TMP	STA	MND	STA	WFD	NHA 33	STA	TMP	BRI	TMP	RIV	TMP	STA	TMP	52nd	11	[70]

^* Season still in progress
¹ 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	ARSC	Pts	Ref
2011	Venturini Motorsports	25	Chevy	DAY	TAL	SLM	TOL	NJE	CHI	POC	MCH	WIN 6*	BLN	IOW											50th	460	[71]
		15													IRP 2	POC	ISF	MAD	DSF	SLM	KAN	TOL
2013	Cunningham Motorsports	22	Dodge	DAY	MOB	SLM	TAL	TOL	ELK	POC	MCH 2*	ROA 5	WIN	CHI 3*	NJE	POC	BLN	ISF	MAD	DSF	IOW	SLM	KEN	KAN	39th	690	[72]

References

Notes

1. The current youngest NASCAR national touring series winner is Cole Custer, who won at New Hampshire Motor Speedway in September 2014 at 16 years, seven months, and 28 days.[16]

Citations

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External links

• Official website
• Official profile at Bodyarmor SuperDrink
• Ryan Blaney driver statistics at Racing-Reference

Achievements
Preceded by Ty Dillon	NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year 2013	Succeeded by Ben Kennedy