🇺🇸 Ryan Blaney

Ryan Blaney is an elite professional competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, where he drives the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. His career spans 15 seasons across NASCAR's national and development series, with 337 starts in the Cup Series since 2018 forming the core of his record. He is an oval-track specialist, with 297 of his 337 Cup starts on ovals; his development came through the Truck Series and Xfinity Series, where he won seven races across 70 Xfinity starts for Team Penske and four wins in 58 Truck starts for Brad Keselowski Racing.[1]

In the Cup Series, Blaney has taken 20 wins and 62 podiums across his career at the top level, placing him among the regulars contending for positions near the front. He races in a field that includes elite professionals and established champions; his most frequent opponents are Austin Dillon, a 2015 Xfinity champion with 334 Cup starts, and Kyle Busch, a five-time Xfinity champion and 2019 Cup champion, against both of whom his record is closely matched. Blaney has finished ahead of Denny Hamlin, the 2025 Cup champion, in 150 meetings and ahead of Ty Gibbs, an ARCA champion and elite professional, 89 times across their careers. His rating of 7,087 places him in the elite professional band, among the strongest drivers racing today.[2]