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Ryan Blaney
Blaney at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in 2024
BornRyan Michael Blaney
(1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 (age 30)
Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Achievements2023 NASCAR Cup Series Champion
2023 Coca-Cola 600 Winner
2022 NASCAR All-Star Race Winner
2018 Can-Am Duel Winner
10th driver in history to win a NASCAR race in all 3 national series at the same track (Iowa)
2011 PASS South Super Late Model Series Champion
2010 CRA Southern Six-Pack Champion
2009 Eastern Grand Nationals Champion
Awards2009 PASS South Super Late Model Series Rookie of the Year
2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
334 races run over 11 years
Car no., teamNo. 12 (Team Penske)
2024 position2nd
Best finish1st (2023)
First race2014 5-hour Energy 400 (Kansas)
Last race2024 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race (Phoenix)
First win2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last win2024 Xfinity 500 (Martinsville)
Wins Top tens Poles
13 146 10
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
70 races run over 8 years
2019 position83rd
Best finish22nd (2015)
First race2012 Virginia 529 College Savings 250 (Richmond)
Last race2019 Sport Clips Haircuts VFW 200 (Darlington)
First win2013 Kentucky 300 (Kentucky)
Last win2018 My Bariatrics Solutions 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
7 57 3
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series career
58 races run over 4 years
2015 position81st
Best finish2nd (2014)
First race2012 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Last race2015 WinStar World Casino & Resort 350 (Texas)
First win2012 American Ethanol 200 (Iowa)
Last win2015 UNOH 200 (Bristol)
Wins Top tens Poles
4 40 5
ARCA Menards Series career
5 races run over 2 years
Best finish39th (2013)
First race2011 Winchester ARCA 200 presented by Federated Auto Parts (Winchester)
Last race2013 Ansell ActivArmr 150 (Chicagoland)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 5 3
ARCA Menards Series East career
7 races run over 2 years
Best finish23rd (2012)
First race2011 Blue Ox 100 (Richmond)
Last race2012 American Real TV 150 (Dover)
Wins Top tens Poles
0 4 0
ARCA Menards Series West career
2 races run over 2 years
Best finish61st (2017)
First race2011 Casino Arizona 125 (Phoenix)
Last race2017 Carneros 200 (Sonoma)
First win2011 Casino Arizona 125 (Phoenix)
Wins Top tens Poles
1 1 0
Statistics current as of August 11, 2024.

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.[1] He is the son of former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track racer Lou Blaney.

Racing career

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Early racing career

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Blaney's 2011 ARCA car at IRP

A third-generation racer and son of then-Cup Series driver Dave Blaney,[2] Blaney started his racing career in quarter midget racing, winning his first race at age 9;[3][4] he also competed, and won, in Bandolero cars at a young age.[5] Moving up to Legends cars at age 12, Blaney won the Lowe's Motor Speedway Young Lions Winter Heat Point Championship, as well as in three divisions of the Carolina Fall Nationals in quarter midgets.[3]

At age 12, Blaney debuted in late model racing at Orange County Speedway, while in 2009, at age 16, 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.[3]

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.[3] Blaney also competed in the Champion Racing Association (CRA)-sanctioned Southern Six Pack series, winning the series championship for 2010.[4] 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.[3][6]

For 2012, Blaney returned to the PASS Super Late Model Series in the Carswell Motorsports No. 98 car.[7]

NASCAR

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K&N Pro Series and ARCA (2011–2013)

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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;[6] 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.[8]

For 2012, Blaney, who had won praise from Tony Stewart and Kevin Harvick for his driving skills,[9] returned to the K&N Pro Series East, running six races for family-owned DB Racing, driving the No. 10 car.[10]

Xfinity and Trucks (2012–2015)

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In addition, Blaney signed with Tommy Baldwin Racing to compete in six NASCAR Nationwide Series races, driving the No. 36 SealWrap-sponsored Chevrolet,[2][11] starting at Richmond International Raceway in April.[5] Blaney qualified in the Top 10 in his debut at Richmond International Raceway, and finished seventh in the race.[12]

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.[13] He also ran selected races in the Camping World Truck Series for Brad Keselowski Racing,[14] finishing sixth in his debut in the series at Bristol Motor Speedway.[15] 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.[16][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.[18] Blaney won his first career pole in the series at Kentucky Speedway in June,[19] then won his second career Truck Series race at Pocono Raceway in August.[20] 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.[21] 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.[22] Blaney was the only race winner in the 2013 Nationwide season to not have any Sprint Cup experience.[23]

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.[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, 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 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 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. 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 10 of his career in Sprint Cup at Kansas for the Hollywood Casino 400 finishing seventh.

Cup Series (2014–present)

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Team Penske (2014)
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2014: Limited exposure
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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.[24] He made his debut at Kansas Speedway, finishing 27th. His second start came at Talladega in the fall, where he notched a 22nd-place finish.

Wood Brothers Racing (2015–2017)
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2015: Part-time conquest
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In August 2014, it was announced that Blaney was to run twenty Sprint Cup Series races for Wood Brothers Racing in the No. 21 Ford during the 2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.[25] 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 15 starts in total.

2016: Rookie year and first full-time season
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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 the team being excluded from NASCAR's new Charter system implemented before the 2016 Cup Series season.[26] He got his third Top 10 of his career at Las Vegas, finishing 6th. 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.[27] 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 4th. He put up a fight for the Sunoco Rookie of the Year award, but lost to Chase Elliott.[28]

2017: Breakout season
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Blaney celebrating after winning the 2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400

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. 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 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 Harvick to claim the victory, qualifying him for the playoffs.[29] On July 26, Blaney announced he would move to Team Penske's new No. 12 car for the 2018 season.[30] At the end of the regular season, Blaney entered the playoffs ninth in points, courtesy of his win at Pocono and three stage wins.[31]

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.[32] 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.[33] 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, 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)
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2018: Tough luck at Daytona and Roval win
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Blaney after winning the 2018 Bank of America Roval 400

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.[34] 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.[35]

Blaney won the pole at Las Vegas, and win 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.[36] 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.[37]

A run of good finishes to round out the summer stretch, none lower than 15th, 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, 12 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.[38][39]

2019: Consistent winning form
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Blaney racing at Texas Motor Speedway in 2019

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.[40] The animosity between them lasted until Michigan a week later.[41] At the Charlotte Roval, Blaney finished eighth to advance to the Round of 12.[42] 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.[43] Despite finishing third at Phoenix, he was eliminated in the Round of 8.[44]

2020: Early playoff exit
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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 to helping him become at peace with it.[45] 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.[46] He dominated early at Bristol, leading 60 laps, before a wreck with Ty Dillon resulted in a last place finish.[47] 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.[48]

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.[49] 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
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Blaney in the No. 12 at Darlington Raceway in 2021

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 20 years after his dad almost won the same race, only to lose because of a broken wheel.[50][51] 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.[52] Blaney made it to the Round of 8 before being eliminated after Martinsville. He finished the season seventh in the points standings.[53]

2022: Winless
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Blaney in the No. 12 at Martinsville Speedway in 2022

Blaney started the 2022 season with a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500. Despite scoring no wins in the first 13 races, he stayed consistent with four top-fives and six top-10 finishes. He would lead the most laps at Talladega and be in position for a race win, but would fall short after being involved in the Big One on the last lap.[54] He also won the 2022 NASCAR All-Star Race.[55] 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 15th to clinch the 16th 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.[56] Despite being winless, he finished the season eighth in the points standings.[57]

2023: Championship season
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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.[58] 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.[59] A sixth-place finish the next week at Gateway put Blaney on top of the points standings.[60]

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 1, leaving him suffering with concussion-like symptoms.[61] He later went on to say that he felt it was the hardest impact he has felt in his entire racing career.[62] 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.[63] 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.[64] 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.[65]

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 12 laps to go at Texas, putting his hopes of advancing to the Round of 8 in jeopardy.[66] 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.[67] 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.[68] NASCAR later rescinded the penalty and restored Blaney's points after an issue was found with the damper template.[69] A second place finish at Homestead 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.[70]

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 20 laps to go. He hung on to finish second, clinching the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship.[71][72]

2024: Championship defense
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Blaney started the 2024 season with a 30th place DNF at the 2024 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.[73] 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.[74] A month later, he won at Pocono, just over seven years after his first Cup Series win at the same track.[75] During the playoffs, Blaney advanced to the Round of 8, where after a narrow loss to Tyler Reddick at Homestead, he would win at Martinsville to make the Championship 4 for a second year in a row.[76] 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

In media

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

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.[77] The podcast ended at the conclusion of the 2023 season.[78]

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.[79] 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.[80] The driver-only broadcast format returned for the 2018 Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway as Blaney returned to his pit duties.[81] 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. [82][83]

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.[84] That same year Blaney also had a cameo appearance as a delivery boy in the film Logan Lucky.[85] 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.[86] Blaney also guest-starred as Shane Powell in an episode of the CBS reboot Magnum P.I.[87] In 2019, Blaney had a cameo appearance as himself in the Netflix's television series The Crew alongside Austin Dillon and Cole Custer.[88]

In 2021, Blaney was one of three drivers featured as cover stars for the NASCAR 21: Ignition video game.[89]

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.[90][91]

Personal life

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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.[92] Blaney is of Irish descent. He is a close friend of fellow drivers and competitors Bubba Wallace, Erik Jones, and Chase Elliott, and an avid Star Wars fan.[93]

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.[94]

Blaney is engaged to model Gianna Tulio.[95] They reside in Huntersville, North Carolina.[96]

Motorsports career results

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NASCAR

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

Cup Series

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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 01 [97]
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 01 [98]
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 [99]
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 [100]
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 		ROV
1 		DOV
11 		TAL
29 		KAN
7 		MAR
20 		TEX
2 		PHO
34 		HOM
17 		10th 2298 [101]
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 		ROV
8 		DOV
35 		TAL
1* 		KAN
21 		MAR
5 		TEX
8 		PHO
3 		HOM
11 		7th 2339 [102]
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 		DRC
31 		DOV
14 		DOV
12 		DAY
6 		DAR
24 		RCH
19 		BRI
13 		LVS
7 		TAL
25 		ROV
5 		KAN
7 		TEX
4 		MAR
2 		PHO
6 		9th 2336 [103]
2021 DAY
30 		DRC
15 		HOM
29 		LVS
5 		PHO
10 		ATL
1 		BRD
8 		MAR
11 		RCH
11 		TAL
9 		KAN
21 		DAR
8 		DOV
12 		COA
17 		CLT
13 		SON
10 		NSH
37 		POC
5 		POC
6 		ROA
20 		ATL
5 		NHA
5 		GLN
14 		IRC
2 		MCH
1 		DAY
1 		DAR
22 		RCH
10 		BRI
4 		LVS
5 		TAL
15 		ROV
9 		TEX
6 		KAN
37 		MAR
11 		PHO
4 		7th 2350 [53]
2022 DAY
4 		CAL
18 		LVS
36 		PHO
4* 		ATL
17 		COA
6 		RCH
7* 		MAR
4 		BRD
5 		TAL
11 		DOV
26 		DAR
17 		KAN
12 		CLT
29 		GTW
4 		SON
6 		NSH
3 		ROA
11 		ATL
5 		NHA
18 		POC
33 		IRC
26 		MCH
5 		RCH
10 		GLN
24 		DAY
15 		DAR
13 		KAN
9 		BRI
30 		TEX
4 		TAL
2 		ROV
26 		LVS
28 		HOM
17 		MAR
3 		PHO
2 		8th 2354 [104]
2023 DAY
8 		CAL
26 		LVS
13 		PHO
2 		ATL
7 		COA
21 		RCH
26 		BRD
23 		MAR
7 		TAL
2* 		DOV
3 		KAN
16 		DAR
9 		CLT
1* 		GTW
6 		SON
31 		NSH
36 		CSC
33 		ATL
9 		NHA
22 		POC
30 		RCH
14 		MCH
9 		IRC
13 		GLN
9 		DAY
36 		DAR
9 		KAN
12 		BRI
22 		TEX
28 		TAL
1 		ROV
12 		LVS
6 		HOM
2 		MAR
1 		PHO
2 		1st 5035 [105]
2024 DAY
30 		ATL
2 		LVS
3 		PHO
5 		BRI
16 		COA
12 		RCH
19 		MAR
5 		TEX
33 		TAL
20 		DOV
7 		KAN
12 		DAR
36 		CLT
39 		GTW
24 		SON
7 		IOW
1* 		NHA
25 		NSH
6 		CSC
10 		POC
1* 		IND
3 		RCH
11 		MCH
18 		DAY
29 		DAR
37 		ATL
3 		GLN
38 		BRI
6 		KAN
4 		TAL
39 		ROV
10 		LVS
32 		HOM
2 		MAR
1 		PHO
2 		2nd 5035 [106]
2025 DAY ATL COA PHO LVS HOM MAR DAR BRI TAL TEX KAN CLT NSH MCH MXC POC ATL CSC SON DOV IND IOW GLN RCH DAY DAR GTW BRI NHA KAN ROV LVS TAL MAR PHO -* -*
† – Qualified for Trevor Bayne
Daytona 500
[edit]
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

Xfinity Series

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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 01 [107]
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 01 [108]
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 01 [109]
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 [110]
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 01 [111]
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 01 [112]
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 ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 87th 01 [113]
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 ROV DOV KAN TEX PHO HOM 83rd 01 [114]

Camping World Truck Series

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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† [115]
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 [116]
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 [117]
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 01 [118]

* 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.

K&N Pro Series East

[edit]
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 JFC LGY NHA COL GRE NHA DOV 38th 276 [119]
2012 BRI
2 		GRE RCH
22 		IOW
2 		BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW
24 		NHA DOV
25 		GRE CAR 23rd 146 [120]

K&N Pro Series West

[edit]
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 SPO AAS PHO
1* 		63rd 185 [121]
2017 Troy Cline 88 Ford TUS KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON
26 		IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR 61st 18 [122]

Whelen Modified Tour

[edit]
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 NHA STA TMP 52nd 11 [123]

ARCA Racing Series

[edit]

(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 [124]
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 [125]

Superstar Racing Experience

[edit]

(key) * – Most laps led. 1 – Heat 1 winner. 2 – Heat 2 winner.

Superstar Racing Experience results
Year No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 SRXC Pts Ref
2022 12 FIF SBO STA NSV I55 SHA
7 		18th 14 [126][127]

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Preceded by NASCAR Cup Series Champion
2023 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
Preceded by NASCAR All-Star Race Winner
2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2013 		Succeeded by
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