NASCAR CUP SERIES: DOLLAR TREE 301

August 23, 2026

Ryan Blaney

Frontstretch Quotes

An Interview with:

Q. Ryan, I was talking about the rebound. You had the bobble on pit road, but the great call by your crew chief to take two tires. You were the only driver to be able to hang on with two. How did you do that?

RYAN BLANEY: Yeah, that made it difficult. No, it was a good call after our issue on pit road. We did two at the end to try to hopefully get the lead, and we did.

It was a long, long run to the end, longest run we had. Just tried to manage my stuff. Knew the four-tire guys would pressure me eventually. Bubba came on hard there. Just tried to manage the lap traffic and manage the tire, not make a mistake.

What a cool race. Fun day starting in the rain. Ended up being beautiful day. Everybody came out, thanks for sticking with it.

Q. One race to go until the Chase start. You're second in the standings. What does a win now do this close to the Chase run?

RYAN BLANEY: You always want to continue momentum. Team Penske has been on a heck of a tear the last couple months. Props to everybody at Team Penske who is keeping their head down, working hard. Thank you Menards, Dutch Boy, Ford Racing, Discount Tire, Body Armor, DEX Imaging, the Wurth Group, Advance Auto Parts, everything what they do.

It is cool to win here two in a row. I look forward to getting another lobster.

Q. What are you going to do with the second lobster?

RYAN BLANEY: Put it right up next to the first one.