NASCAR CUP SERIES: XFINITY 500

October 30, 2022

Ryan Blaney

Pit Lane Interview

Q. Your day was really about winning, Ryan. You had a car at one point that could get there.

RYAN BLANEY: Yeah, we didn't start off very good. I felt like we kind of faded at the end of the first stage. Got better and better all night, which is good. Had a shot to grab the lead there before the last caution. Couldn't get around the 20. Kind of burned myself off trying to pass the 20.

Then just a wild restart. Didn't kind of get through the traffic as quickly as Bell did. He ended up winning the race.

Proud of the Discount Tire guys. I put us in a batted spot the first three races of this round. We almost had a really good night to where we could move on.

I appreciate their support. Thanks to Menards, Ford, Discount Tire, Advanced Auto Parts, everybody at Bodyarmor. Not making it to the final four, but we're learning. Hopefully will apply the good things next year.

Q. You drove the car hard. The car was at times a winning car.

RYAN BLANEY: Yeah, for sure. You obviously are going to feel bad about mistakes you make, driver error the last two weeks. We try our best to forget about those, focus on tonight. That's what we did. Did a good job of getting better and better.

Kind of knew we had to probably win the race. Everyone in front of us in points, they run really good here. Almost made it happen. Like I said, really appreciate the 12 group for their effort all year. We'll try to go to Phoenix and end the year good. Appreciate all the support and the fans. Thank y'all, too.