NASCAR CUP SERIES: GOODYEAR 400

March 22, 2026

Ryan Blaney

Pit Lane Interview

Q. What a drive for Ryan Blaney. Talk about overcoming issues. Two on pit road. It was like Phoenix all over again. You came up just two spots short, but you passed 48 cars again, Ryan. Take me through the emotions of your day.

RYAN BLANEY: I felt less at Phoenix. Yeah, solid car all day. I thought we had good speed. Especially long run speed. Yeah, just stuff we got to work on, pit road. Hopefully we'll get better at that, address the issues that we got, and go forward. But that's really all we can do.

Really proud of the 12 guys for bringing me a good car and getting it better all day and kind of adjusting to where we were in the pack. That's kind of a tough way to do it, but appreciate Menards, Delta, Ford, Ford Racing, Dent Wizard, Wabash, BODYARMOR, Advanced Auto Parts, DEX Imaging, everything, for what everybody does on this program, Worth, The Worth Group.

Good showing. A lot of fun today sliding around. I thought the package was really fun. You could kind of make it angry, and you were going to pay the price, and that stuff is pretty good. I think it was the first time in my Cup career that I have let guys go on a restart or on a green flag cycle, and I said to myself, I'm going to see you in about 20. That happened multiple times.

I think we're making progress on that, so we'll keep going. Like I said, proud of the fight by the 12 guys.