Ryan Blaney bemoans “disappointing” Homestead loss to Tyler Reddick
The 2023 Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney confessed that he is disappointed about the race loss to 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick.
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The defending Cup series champion Ryan Blaney came into Sunday’s race at Homestead Miami in a must-win situation. The track being one of his favorite and possibly the best shot he has won his way into the championship-4, put a lot of pressure on him. But it wasn’t enough, as Tyler Reddick got the best out him on the last lap.
Ryan Blaney was leading the race till the final corner of the race and coming into the corner he made a small mistake. He left the outside open for Tyler Reddick to attack and the No:45 Toyota driver took it with both hands, to secure his spot in the championship-4. In his post-race interview, the No:12 Ford driver confessed that he was poor on the final lap and the result was disappointing.
It’s obvious disappointment. I mean yeah I had a great shot to win. I didn’t have a very good last lap Man I thought I got into three hard and the 45 just blitzed up in there and it stuck for him which was pretty impressive.
Ryan Blaney told NBC Sports.
He admitted that he hated to give up the victory and confessed about having feelings that he might have given up. Blaney pointed out that it is definitely stink for him to have a result, and now going into Martinsville with more pressure.
Yeah, I hate to give one away there like that you know. I don’t know if we gave it away. I mean, we got the lead back after losing it on the restart and just last lap didn’t really play out for us. So yeah, definitely stinks.
Ryan Blaney added.
Ryan Blaney determined move on and deliver at Martinsville
The Team Penske driver is determined to move on from the poor result and s looking forward to getting redemption at Martinsville. He pointed out that he has become good in forgetting things over the years, alongside his team and shift the focus to the R-8 cut-off race.
It will suck for the night, then we’ll look forward to Martinsville tomorrow morning. We try to forget things quick. I’ve tried to do that more and more as I’ve gotten older, move on to the next thing, good, bad or indifferent, focus on the task. This team will do it. Yeah, I can’t say how proud I am of them coming in and understanding what we needed to do. Just a shame it didn’t work out.
Ryan Blaney said.
The defending champion will be going all out in the last race of the round, in order to secure his spot in the championship-4 alongside teammate Joey Logano. It will be interesting to see if the no:12 driver can make the dream a reality.
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