Ryan Blaney

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Ryan Blaney
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Blaney at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2021
BornRyan Michael Blaney
(1993-12-31) December 31, 1993 (age 28)
Hartford Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight150 lb (68 kg)
Achievements2010 CRA Southern Six-Pack Champion
2011 PASS Champion
2018 Can-Am Duel Winner
2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 Winner
Awards2013 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year
2014 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Most Popular Driver
NASCAR Cup Series career
238 races run over 9 years
Car no., teamNo. 12 (Team Penske)
2021 position7th
Best finish7th (2019, 2021)
First race2014 5-hour Energy 400 (Kansas)
Last race2022 Ruoff Mortgage 500 (Phoenix)
First win2017 Axalta presents the Pocono 400 (Pocono)
Last win2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 (Daytona)
Wins Top tens Poles
7 98 7
NASCAR Xfinity Series career
70 races run over 7 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 Bariatric Solutions 300 (Texas)
Wins Top tens Poles
7 57 3
NASCAR Camping World 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
Statistics current as of December 25, 2021.

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 for Team Penske. He is the son of former NASCAR driver Dave Blaney and the grandson of modified dirt track legend Lou Blaney. He is known for giving a young fan in the stands the checkered flag after a race win.

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 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 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 , 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 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.

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 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 sixth. Blaney made the playoffs with his win at Talladega, but was eliminated in the Round of 16 following the Bristol Night Race.[37]

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.[38][39] 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 his 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.[40] Blaney made it to the Round of 8 before being eliminated after Martinsville. He finished the season 7th in the points standings.[41]

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.[42]

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.[43]

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.[44] 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.[45] The driver-only broadcast format returned for the 2018 Xfinity race at Talladega Superspeedway as Blaney returned to his pit duties.[46]

Blaney had a cameo appearance as a delivery boy in the 2017 film Logan Lucky.[47]

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.[48]

Blaney had a cameo appearance as himself in the Netflix's television series The Crew.[49]

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.[50] 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.[51]

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.[52]

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 01 [53]
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 [54]
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 [55]
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 [56]
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 [57]
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 [58]
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
14 		DOV
12 		DAY
6 		DAR
24 		RCH
19 		BRI
13 		LVS
7 		TAL
25 		CLT
5 		KAN
7 		TEX
4 		MAR
2 		PHO
6 		9th 2336 [59]
2021 DAY
30 		DAY
15 		HOM
29 		LVS
5 		PHO
10 		ATL
1 		BRI
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 		IND
2 		MCH
1 		DAY
1 		DAR
22 		RCH
10 		BRI
4 		LVS
5 		TAL
15 		CLT
9 		TEX
6 		KAN
37 		MAR
11 		PHO
4 		7th 2350 [41]
2022 DAY
4 		CAL
18 		LVS
36 		PHO
4* 		ATL
 COA RCH MAR BRI TAL DOV DAR KAN CLT GTW SON NSH ROA ATL NHA POC IND MCH RCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL CLT LVS HOM MAR PHO -* -* [60]
† – 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
2021 14 30
2022 7 4

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 01 [61]
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 [62]
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 [63]
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 [64]
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 [65]
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 [66]
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 01 [67]
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 01 [68]

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† [69]
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 [70]
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 [71]
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 [72]

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
Dave Blaney 10 Toyota GRE SBO RCH
8 		IOW
10 		BGS GRE LGY NHA COL GRE NHA DOV 38th 276 [73]
BRI
2 		GRE RCH
22 		IOW
2 		BGS GRE LGY COL IOW
24 		NHA DOV
25 		GRE CAR 23rd 146 [74]

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
Dave Blaney 11 Toyota PHO AAS MMP IOW LVS SON IRW EVG PIR CNS MRP SRP AAS PHO
1* 		63rd 185 [75]
2017 Troy Cline 88 Ford TUS KCR IRW IRW SPO OSS CNS SON
26 		IOW EVG DCS MER AAS KCR 61st 18 [76]

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
98 Chevy TMP STA MND STA WFD NHA
33 		STA TMP BRI TMP RIV TMP STA TMP 52nd 11 [77]

* 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 POC WIN
6* 		BLN IOW 50th 460 [78]
15
2 		ISF DSF SLM KAN
2013 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH
2*
5 		WIN CHI
3* 		BLN ISF DSF IOW SLM KEN KAN 39th 690 [79]

Superstar Racing Experience[]

(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
2022 12 FIF SBO STA NSV SHA

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