Ryan Blaney beat Kevin Harvick to the Talladega Superspeedway finish line by 0.012 seconds Sunday to advance into the round of eight of NASCAR's playoffs and keep Harvick winless in his final season before retirement.
Oct 01, 2023 at 03:58 PM ETTALLADEGA, Ala. — In a battle of Ford drivers in which the blue oval was determined to find its way to victory lane, Ryan Blaney held off Kevin Harvick at the Talladega Superspeedway finish line as Blaney advanced into the round of eight of NASCAR's playoffs.Blaney used a crossover move from the outside lane to the inside to nudge ahead of Harvick with two laps remaining.
Blaney boss Roger Penske praised the strategy of the Ford camp to work together to ensure a Ford victory as the Chevrolets from Hendrick Motorsports were making a quick challenge. Blaney, winner of the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte in May, now has multiple wins in a season for the second time in his career. But he's got a lopsided stat this season in that he has only five top-five finishes, but two wins.
“That would have been great. Talladega has been so up-and-down through the years,” Harvick said."We’ve had some great moments and some bad moments. The last superspeedway race and we went out with everything rolling, so that’s a good thing.” “Not how we drew it up, but a dub is a dub and that was a dub in our book — it’s as close as it gets to it," Hamlin said."A top-five is a long way from where we were with about 15 laps to go.”
The four drivers in jeopardy of elimination are Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing, Chastain of Trackhouse Racing, Bubba Wallace of 23XI and Kyle Busch of Richard Childress Racing. Busch must win to advance.
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