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No regrets for Ryan Blaney winning NASCAR finale one week after playoff elimination
Blaney finished second in the Phoenix season finale in 2022, 2023, and 2024, before finally winning it for the first time on Sunday. Even when he became a Cup champion, he was the runner-up to Ross Chastain two years ago. He now joins Chastain as the only two non-title contending drivers to win the finale since this format was introduced in 2014.
The NASCAR Cup Series traveled to the one-mile Phoenix Raceway to crown its 2025 NASCAR Cup Series champion on Sunday. Denny Hamlin, William Byron, Kyle Larson, and Chase Briscoe entered as the four playoff drivers vying for the premier driver title.
In 2023, Ryan Blaney became the first Championship winner to not win the final race, when Ross Chastain beat him at Phoenix. Two years later, he returns the favor, winning Phoenix over the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Champion Kyle Larson.
Ryan Blaney won Sunday’s championship race at Phoenix, even though he was not a championship contender. He said he wasn’t great on restarts all day, so when the final overtime restart at Phoenix catapulted him to the victory, Blaney was pleasantly surprised.
Kyle Larson won his second NASCAR Cup Series championship as Ryan Blaney won the season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
As Ryan Blaney capitalized on a two-tire pit strategy and a final-lap overtake on Brad Keselowski in overtime to win the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday, November 2,
Ryan Blaney won a two-lap overtime shootout to take the final NASCAR checkers Sunday at Phoenix Raceway, and Kyle Larson held off Denny Hamlin to score the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series Championship in Avondale,
When William Byron hit the Turn 3 wall with bone-jarring impact on lap 310 of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race, the gut punch it delivered to Denny Hamlin was exponentially more painful.The resulting caution and strategic call by crew chief Cliff Daniels allowed Kyle Larson to snatch the
Phoenix race winner Ryan Blaney shares how he handled racing the Championship 4 and his thoughts on Denny Hamlin falling short of securing his first Cup title.
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