Ryan Blaney showed he's a viable threat to repeat as Cup champion on the same weekend fellow Penske drivers swept the IndyCar doubleheader.
LONG POND, Pa. — Ryan Blaney climbed out of his race car following his second win of the 2024 season and the defending NASCAR Cup Series champion perhaps unintentionally put the other teams on notice. 'We are in a better spot at this time this year than where we were last year at this point,' Blaney said after Sunday's victory at Pocono Raceway. 'I feel like our speed is better. Our execution is great.
The Richard Childress Racing team had to replace an oil line and got completed just as the prerace ceremonies were about to conclude. He ran near the back all day, maybe making minimal gains until a restart with 40 laps ago ended his day when Corey LaJoie tried to look underneath him and as Busch tried to protect the position, LaJoie clipped him in the rear of his car.
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