NASCAR CUP SERIES: THE GREAT AMERICAN GETAWAY 400 PRESENTED BY VISITPA.COM

June 22, 2025

Ryan Blaney

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Ryan Blaney, what a fight by you. The cool suit failing during stage one. How tough was that?

RYAN BLANEY: It was hot. Yeah, I flipped it on probably lap 15. I was like, Oh, it's going to be a long day, so...

It was warm. Was able to just keep going. Really proud of the whole 12 guys from starting in the back, making good ground. Then me speeding set us back again. Having to come back up there.

Jonathan and the whole 12 team did a good job of kind of figuring out what to do from the start of the race and after my mistake. Yeah, just kind of stuck really there at the end, all three of us just kind of running the same pace.

Overall I appreciate Wabash, Ford Mustang Performance, Menards Body Armor, DEX Imaging, Advance Auto Parts. Really good day for us.

Q. Twice through the field, do you feel you made the most of your day?

RYAN BLANEY: Yeah. I mean, obviously I would have liked to have won. I think after having to start in the back, then the mistake I made, I feel like we were recovered really well. Our car was fast enough to do it.

Overall I feel we made the most of our day. Just a little extra would have been one or two spots team. Overall really proud of the effort of the whole 12 team.