NASCAR CUP SERIES: QUAKER STATE 400 AVAILABLE AT WALMART

July 12, 2026

Ryan Blaney

Frontstretch Quotes

An Interview with:

Q. Ryan, take me through that overtime restart.

RYAN BLANEY: Pretty wild. Second, okay, take the front row and we'll see who can get behind me. Bubba gave me really good shoves on the restart. We got hooked up really good. Then, yeah, gosh, Bubba and I got a huge run down the front straightaway. Bubba went three-wide bottom town the back, lined up for a really cool finish at the line.

I really have to shout-out Christopher Bell for being right on my bumper all the way through three and four. He was a big reason why we won the race. Appreciate that, Christopher.

The fans, thank you, guys, for sticking around.

Q. 2 a.m.?

RYAN BLANEY: Past my bedtime. Not y'all's.

Q. How tough was the vibration?

RYAN BLANEY: Yeah, I tried to make a move and just got loose and hit the fence. I think it's just concrete in the wheels and paint and stuff like that.

Luckily it still drove fairly decent. I'm happy we were able to make back up for it. I missed the block at the top down the backstretch. Just got separated.

Luckily wasn't any damage, we couldn't keep running. Appreciate Bodyarmor, Flash I.V. cool paint scheme. Appreciate Ford Racing, Ford Motor Company, Menards, Advance Auto Parts, DEX Imaging, the Wurth Group, Wabash, everybody who makes this possible. And pretty cool to win here.