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RYAN BLANEY WINS NEW HAMPSHIRE CUP RACE FOR SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR
* Ryan Blaney won his third race of 2026 and the 20th Cup race of his
career today.
* Blaney has now won back-to-back Cup races at New Hampshire Motor
Speedway.
* Ford has won four of the last six Cup races: Joey Logano and Ryan
Blaney (2 each).
* Ford has won six of the last nine NHMS Cup races.
* It also marks Team Penske’s 112th series win with Ford.
* Today’s win is the 753rd all-time in NASCAR Cup Series
competition.
RYAN BLANEY, No. 12 Menards/Dutch Boy Ford Mustang Dark Horse –
VICTORY LANE INTERVIEW – WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT THIS TEAM BEING ABLE
TO GET IT DONE DESPITE ADVERSITY? “Yeah, it’s just staying in the
game and fast cars. That definitely helped that. The opportunity came to
throw two on it when we came before and did four and try to get the lead
and see if we could hang on. Fortunately, we were able to – just
barely. Just sticking with it all race and bringing really fast race
cars and getting better through the race as well. It’s pretty awesome
to finish it out.”
HOW MUCH TIRES DID THOSE LEFT SIDES HAVE BECAUSE YOU HAD A LOT OF LAPS
ON THEM? “I didn’t have much left, honestly. I tried to manage
early. I tried to build a gap, but then manage and then Bubba got to
second on four tires. I knew he was gonna eventually be creeping in, so
I tried to keep the tire management in mind, but then he started closing
a little bit, so you’ve got to pick the pace up and use more tire. And
then lap traffic, you never know how it’s gonna go. Fortunately, we
were able to pick our way through that just enough to stay in front of
him, but I was hanging on for sure.”
HOW BIG IS IT TO BE HOT RIGHT NOW AND TO BE WINNING AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR? “The momentum that Team Penske has on their side is great, and
Ford. Team Penske in general has been a pretty good tear the last couple
of months and it’s been fun to work through it with everybody and try
to get better and better. We’ll just keep going. I’m a big believer
in momentum and things like that we just have to keep working at it and
hopefully we make a run at it.”
Ford Finishing Results:
1st – Ryan Blaney
3rd – Josh Berry
9th – Ryan Preece
10th – Noah Gragson
11th – Brad Keselowski
12th – Austin Cindric
13th – Zane Smith
14th – Joey Logano
18th – Chris Buescher
21st – Todd Gilliland