Ryan Blaney needed more time to catch Christopher Bell for the win Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway, but the result was still an important step in the right direction.
Blaney, who remains the only Team Penske driver still in the playoffs, showed he and a No. 12 Ford particularly strong on long runs in Sunday’s race. He ended up leading the second-most laps in the race and briefly took the lead on a restart with 23 laps to go but drafted back to third. Blaney moved back into second behind Bell with six laps to go as his car picked up speed and he set his sights on a challenge for the lead. However, while he was gaining ground, he came up 1.
It was a really good day, we just got beat a little bit there at the end.” Blaney’s runner-up finish, combined with playoff contenders Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. getting knocked out of the race early, left him fourth in the playoff standings. With only next Sunday’s race at Martinsville remaining to qualify for the Championship 4, he holds a 10-point cushion over fifth place Tyler Reddick for the final spot.
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