Ryan Michael Blaney (born December 31, 1993) is an American professionalstock car racing driver. He competes full-time in theNASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12Ford Mustang Dark Horse forTeam Penske.
A third-generation racecar driver, Blaney is the son of formerNASCAR Cup Series driverDave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track racerLou Blaney. Growing up, Blaney had a very successful early racing career inquarter midget racing,Bandolero racing, andlate 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 thePro 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 theNASCAR Nationwide Series and theCamping World Truck Series in 2011-2012 forTommy Baldwin Racing andPenske Racing. In his first full time NASCAR season in the Truck Series in 2013 driving forBrad Keselowski Racing, Blaney finished 6th in points while also winning theRookie of the Year Award. The following year, Blaney finished second in the final point standings, narrowly losing the Truck Series title toMatt Crafton by twenty-points. Blaney made his Cup Series debut in 2014 driving a few select races for Penske. He signed withWood 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 atPocono Raceway and finishing ninth in the final point-standings.
In 2018, Blaney joinedTeam Penske full-time driving the No. 12Ford 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 the2023 NASCAR Cup Series championship,[1] and nearly winning back-to-back titles the following year in 2024, when he finished second in the final point standings to his Penske racing teammateJoey Logano. Blaney is the winner of the 2022NASCAR All-Star Race, and has currently amassed a total of 17 Cup Series victories, including a crown jewel victory in the2023 Coca-Cola 600.
A third-generation racer and son of then-Cup Series driverDave Blaney,[2] Blaney started his racing career inquarter midget racing, winning his first race at the age of nine;[3][4] he also competed, and won, inBandolero cars at a young age.[5] Moving up toLegends cars at the age of twelve, Blaney won theLowe's Motor Speedway Summer Shootout and the Young Lions Winter Heat Points Championship, as well as three divisions of theCarolina Fall Nationals in quarter midgets. He also won theConcord Speedway Young Lions Winter Heat Points Championship in Bandoleros.[3]
At the age of twelve, Blaney debuted inlate model racing atOrange County Speedway, while in 2009, at the age of fifteen, he began competing in thePro 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 theEastern Grand Nationals inHuntsville, Alabama and theGasoline Alley National Championship quarter midget event inIndianapolis, Indiana.[3]
Continuing to compete in the PASS South Super Late Model Series in 2010, Blaney scored his first career win in the series atDillon Motor Speedway, adding wins atGreenville-Pickens Speedway andNewport Speedway on his way to a second consecutive second-place finish in the PASS South championship standings.[3] Blaney also competed in theChampion 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 andAce 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]
In 2011, Blaney made his debuts in theARCA Racing Series and theNASCARK&N Pro Series West andEast 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 atPhoenix International Raceway winning by over two seconds in his only series start.[8]
For 2012, Blaney, who had won praise fromTony Stewart andKevin 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]
In addition, Blaney signed withTommy Baldwin Racing to compete in six NASCARNationwide Series races, driving the No. 36 SealWrap-sponsored Chevrolet,[2][11] starting atRichmond International Raceway in April.[5] Blaney qualified in the top ten in his debut atRichmond International Raceway, and finished seventh in the race.[12]
In July 2012, Blaney announced that he had signed a contract to drive forTeam Penske a minimum of three races in the 2012 Nationwide Series season, starting atIowa Speedway in August.[13] He also ran selected races in theCamping World Truck Series forBrad Keselowski Racing,[14] finishing sixth in his debut in the series atBristol Motor Speedway.[15] Blaney won his first career Truck Series race on September 15, 2012, atIowa 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 byKyle Busch in 2005.[16][N 1]
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 atKentucky Speedway in June,[19] then won his second career Truck Series race atPocono Raceway in August.[20] Blaney also competed in the Nationwide Series atIowa Speedway in June, substituting forJoey 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, atKentucky Speedway on September 21, and led 96 of the race's 200 laps to win his first career race in the series, beatingAustin Dillon andMatt 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 fifteen Nationwide Series and two Sprint Cup Series races for Team Penske during the year.[24]
Blaney drove the No. 29 truck full-time forBrad 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 toKyle 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.[citation needed]
Blaney won his second career Nationwide race in August 2014 atBristol Motor Speedway, beatingKyle Busch in a green-white-checkered finish. The next week, Blaney won his first Truck race of 2014 spectacularly atRon Fellows' ownCanadian Tire Motorsports Park raceway, edgingGerman Quiroga by 0.49 seconds in aphoto-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 driverErik 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 leaderAustin 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 atIndianapolis Motor Speedway in the Xfinity race, finishing second toKyle Busch after being passed on the final lap. He won at Iowa and nearly won atRoad 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 theHollywood Casino 400 finishing seventh.
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 atKansas Speedway, finishing 27th. His second start came at Talladega in the fall, where he notched a 22nd-place finish.
In August 2014, it was announced that Blaney was to run twenty Sprint Cup Series races forWood Brothers Racing in the No. 21 Ford during the2015 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season.[25] Blaney performed well, picking up his first Top 10 at Talladega in theGEICO 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 atKansas and ended the year with fifteen starts in total.
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-ten of his career atLas Vegas, finishing sixth. Before the race atAuto Club Speedway, Blaney and close friendBubba Wallace drove together fromPhoenix toFontana and stole the headlines one evening when they took over NASCAR'sSnapchat account and filmed themselves mimicking drivers such asCarl Edwards,Danica Patrick, andPaul 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. AtChicagoland, Blaney ran well all day and for the final restart, he gambled and stayed out, and got the race lead. However, on the restartMartin 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 theSunoco Rookie of the Year award, but lost toChase Elliott.[28]
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In 2017, fellow single-car teamGo 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 theDaytona 500, Blaney, despite being caught up in an early wreck, charged from fifth on the final lap to place second toKurt Busch. Blaney had a better race in April atTexas Motor Speedway, qualifying second toKevin 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 andMartin 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 theAxalta presents the Pocono 400 atPocono Raceway. After passingKyle Busch with ten 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 atKansas, despite having to start last after his car failed post-qualifying inspection.[32] Blaney then scored consecutive top-ten finishes atMartinsville andTexas, but despite winning the pole for the Round of 8 finale atPhoenix, 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.[33] Blaney wound up finishing 29th in the season finale atHomestead-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 sinceMorgan Shepherd finished sixth in the final Cup standings in 1994.
For his tenure at Team Penske, it was announced that heJohn Menard Jr. andMenards, which sponsors the team's IndyCar operations, were signed to a primary sponsorship deal. He also brought over personal sponsorship fromBodyArmor sports drink. Blaney won hisCan-Am Duel and was a favorite to win theDaytona 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 withKurt Busch late in the race forced him to pit for repairs.[35]
Blaney won the pole atLas Vegas, won a stage atMartinsville, and appeared to have the car to beat early on atBristol, but was involved in a large crash near the end of stage one.[36] Blaney once again fell short atKansas and blew an engine in theCoca-Cola 600 atCharlotte. Blaney won another pole atPocono and finished in the top ten; He did the same the following week atMichigan. Returning toDaytona in July was not kind to Blaney, as he could not replicate his success from the 500, being caught up inThe Big One and finishing in last place.[37]
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 atLas Vegas andRichmond, putting him barely over the cutoff line going into theBank of America Roval 400 at theCharlotte Roval. While running in third on the last lap, leadersMartin Truex Jr. andJimmie 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 thefall Kansas race and finished the season tenth in points.[38][39]
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Blaney remained consistent within the top-ten in points in2019. AtWatkins Glen, he spunJimmie Johnson out of contention, leading to an argument between the two after the race.[40] The animosity between them lasted untilMichigan a week later.[41] At theCharlotte Roval, Blaney finished eighth to advance to the Round of 12.[42] Blaney won theTalladega fall race in a photo finish of 0.007 seconds overRyan Newman and advanced into the Round of 8, despite an early spin onto pit road.[43] Despite finishing third atPhoenix, he was eliminated in the Round of 8.[44]
On the final lap of the2020 Daytona 500, Blaney gave a push to leaderRyan Newman, sending him into the outside wall and into a violent crash. Blaney lost the race toDenny Hamlin in the second-closest finish inDaytona 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 atPhoenix, and have mediocre runs at both Darlington races before two back-to-back third places in the doubleheader races atCharlotte paved the way for a consistent streak.[46] He dominated early atBristol, leading 60 laps, before a wreck withTy 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 theGEICO 500, defeatingRicky Stenhouse Jr. by 0.007, his second photo-finish win at Talladega.[48]
He had transmission issues atKentucky, 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 atTexas and finished fourth atMichigan, 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 atRichmond and theBristol 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 atMartinsville. Blaney finished the season ninth in points.
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During the2021 season, Blaney won atAtlanta andMichigan, scoring his fifth and sixth career wins in the series respectively. The Atlanta win was emotional for Blaney as it came twenty years afterhis 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 atDaytona 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 the2021 Cup playoffs as the second-seeded driver with three wins on the season behindKyle Larson, who had five wins.[52] Blaney made it to the Round of 8 before being eliminated afterMartinsville. He finished the season seventh in the points standings.[53]
Blaney started the2022 season with a fourth-place finish at the2022 Daytona 500. Despite scoring no wins in the first thirteen races, he stayed consistent with four top-fives and six top-ten 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 the2022 NASCAR All-Star Race.[55] Despite being involved in a multi-car crash on lap 31 of the regular season finale at theDaytona night race, Blaney rallied to finish fifteenth to clinch the sixteenth and final playoff spot of the season, beatingMartin Truex Jr. by three points. Blaney was eliminated following the Round of 8 after finishing third atMartinsville.[56] Despite being winless, he finished the season eighth in the points standings.[57]
Blaney started the2023 season with an eighth place finish at the2023 Daytona 500 despite getting caught in a wreck early. Blaney found himself within striking distance of the win atPhoenix a few weeks later but finished second after a late restart. AtBristol in April, Blaney would be his Cup teammate,Joey Logano's spotter for theWeather Guard Truck Race on Dirt. Logano won his Heat Race and the Main Event. He led the most laps at theGEICO 500 atTalladega, but finished second toKyle Busch on an overtime restart after a bad block fromBubba Wallace.[58] He finally broke his 59-race drought by winning the2023 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 atGateway put Blaney on top of the points standings.[60]
A poor performance the next week atSonoma was followed by a scary moment atNashville; Blaney had a violent impact into the inside wall of turn one, 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 aSAFER barrier on the wall that he impacted, a sentiment that was echoed by NASCAR's Vice President of CompetitionElton Sawyer.[63] Two weeks later atAtlanta, 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 atMichigan andWatkins Glen being his only top-tens. In the regular-season finale atDaytona, Blaney charged to the front late in the second stage but was involved in a hard crash from the lead afterTy Gibbs was turned byChristopher Bell, causingThe Big One.[65]
During the playoffs, Blaney advanced through the first round after solid runs atDarlington andKansas, 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.[66] Blaney won his way into the next round atTalladega, in a photo finish withKevin Harvick, the margin of victory being 0.012 seconds.[67] He finished sixth atLas 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 atHomestead would propel Blaney to ten points above the playoff cutline enteringMartinsville, 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 withDenny Hamlin for most of the race, but won stage two and held off a late-chargingAric Almirola to get his third win of the season and lock himself into the Championship 4.[70]
The season finale atPhoenix was a fierce competition between Blaney, Bell,William Byron, andKyle 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 leaderRoss 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 the2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship.[71][72]
Blaney started the2024 season with a 30th-place DNF at theDaytona 500. AtAtlanta, he was leading the last lap but ultimately finished in second and came 0.003 seconds short of beatingDaniel Suárez in a three-wide photo finish between him, Suárez, andKyle Busch.[73] Blaney once again fell short of a victory atGateway after running out of fuel on the last lap; his teammateAustin Cindric ended up winning the race. On June 16, He scored his first win of the season at the inauguralIowa race.[74] A month later, he won atPocono, just over seven years after hisfirst Cup Series win at the same track.[75] During the playoffs, Blaney advanced to the Round of 8, where after a narrow loss toTyler Reddick atHomestead, he would win atMartinsville 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 teammateJoey Logano, who would go on to win the 2024 Cup Series Championship.
Blaney started the2025 season with a seventh place finish at the2025 Daytona 500. He scored his first win of the season atNashville.[77] He ended the regular season with a win at theDaytona summer race, edging outDaniel Suárez by 0.031 seconds.[78] During the playoffs, he won atNew Hampshire.[79] Despite being eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8, Blaney finished the season with a win atPhoenix and sixth in the points standings.[80]
At the beginning of the 2017 season, Blaney began a NASCAR-supported podcast featuring former Miss Sprint Cup and currentMotor Racing Network personality Kim Coon and NASCAR.com analyst Chuck Bush, called theGlass Case of Emotion.[81] The podcast ended at the conclusion of the 2023 season.[82]
In June 2017, Blaney became a member ofFox NASCAR's Cup driver-only broadcast team for the Xfinity Series race atPocono Raceway, working as a pit reporter alongsideErik Jones andRicky Stenhouse Jr.[83] 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.[84] The driver-only broadcast format returned for the 2018 Xfinity race atTalladega Superspeedway as Blaney returned to his pit duties.[85] 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.[86][87]
Blaney has made numerous guest-starring/cameo appearances in TV and film throughout his career. In 2017, Blaney voiced Ryan "Inside" Laney in thePixar filmCars 3.[88] That same year Blaney also had a cameo appearance as a delivery boy in the filmLogan Lucky.[89] In 2018, Blaney guest-starred in the TV showTaken in season 2 episode 12 "Imperium", as Special Agent Nathan Wood; the episode aired on April 20, 2018.[90] Blaney also guest-starred as Shane Powell in an episode of theCBS rebootMagnum P.I.[91] In 2019, Blaney had a cameo appearance as himself in the Netflix's television seriesThe Crew alongsideAustin Dillon andCole Custer.[92]
In 2021, Blaney was one of three drivers featured as cover stars for theNASCAR 21: Ignition video game.[93] He also appeared on theNASCAR 25 cover, and helped curate the soundtrack for the game.[94][95]
Blaney was a featured driver in the 2022USA Network seriesRace for the Championship, following the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season, as well as the 2024Netflix documentary seriesNASCAR: Full Speed, which followed the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs.[96][97]
Blaney is the only son and middle child of Lisa andDave Blaney, with two sisters, Emma and Erin. He is ofIrish descent and is close friends with fellow driversBubba Wallace,Erik Jones, andChase Elliott. Blaney is also an avidStar Wars andTrailer Park Boys fan.[98]
Blaney has multiple tattoos, including aStar 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.[99]
Blaney is married to model Gianna Tulio; the couple has a son.[100][101]
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| 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 | [102] | |||||||||
| 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 | [103] | |||
| 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 | [104] | |||
| 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 | [105] | |||
| 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 | [106] |
| 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 | [107] | |||
| 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 | [108] | |||
| 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 | [109] | |||
| 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 | [110] | |||
| 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 | [111] | |||
| 2025 | DAY 7 | ATL 4 | COA 19 | PHO 28 | LVS 35 | HOM 36* | MAR 11 | DAR 5 | BRI 5 | TAL 37 | TEX 3 | KAN 3 | CLT 38 | NSH 1* | MCH 32 | MXC 14 | POC 3 | ATL 40 | CSC 12 | SON 36 | DOV 8 | IND 7 | IOW 4 | GLN 6 | RCH 3 | DAY 1* | DAR 18 | GTW 4 | BRI 4 | NHA 1 | KAN 24 | ROV 13 | LVS 38 | TAL 23 | MAR 2 | PHO 1 | 6th | 2373 | [112] | |||
| 2026 | DAY | ATL | COA | PHO | LVS | DAR | MAR | BRI | KAN | TAL | TEX | GLN | CLT | NSH | MCH | POC | COR | SON | CHI | ATL | NWS | IND | IOW | RCH | NHA | DAY | DAR | GTW | BRI | KAN | LVS | ROV | PHO | TAL | MAR | HOM | ||||||
| † – Qualified forTrevor Bayne | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
| 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 | [113] | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [114] | |||||||||
| 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 | [115] | |||||||||||||
| 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 | [116] | |||||||
| 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 | [117] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [118] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [119] | |||||||
| 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 | [120] | |||||||
| 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† | [121] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [122] | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [123] | |||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [124] | ||||||||||||||||||
* 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.
(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 | [125] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [126] | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [127] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012 | BRI 2 | GRE | RCH 22 | IOW 2 | BGS | JFC | LGY | CNB | COL | IOW 24 | NHA | DOV 25 | GRE | CAR | 23rd | 146 | [128] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | [129] | ||
| 2017 | Troy Cline | 88 | Ford | TUS | KCR | IRW | IRW | SPO | OSS | CNS | SON 26 | IOW | EVG | DCS | MER | AAS | KCR | 61st | 18 | [130] | ||
| 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 | [131] | |||||||||||||||||
(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 | [132][133] |
| Achievements | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | NASCAR Cup Series Champion 2023 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Coca-Cola 600 Winner 2023 | Succeeded by |
| 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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