🇺🇸 Ryan Blaney

Ryan Blaney is an elite professional competing full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 12 Ford Mustang Dark Horse for Team Penske. He races primarily on ovals, though his record includes regular starts on road and street courses. His 15 indexed seasons span the NASCAR Truck Series, ARCA Menards Series, NASCAR Xfinity, and the Cup Series, where he has been his team's primary focus since 2018.[1]

Blaney won the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series championship and has accumulated 21 wins and 63 podiums across 344 Cup starts. He took 7 wins and 28 podiums in 70 NASCAR Xfinity races and 4 wins with 16 podiums in 58 Truck Series starts for Brad Keselowski Racing early in his career. His record against elite professionals is consistent; he has finished ahead of Denny Hamlin 152 times and Christopher Bell 147 times across their careers, both drivers at his level or stronger.[2]

Blaney races regularly against established professionals including Austin Dillon, a 2013 NASCAR Xfinity champion and Gold-graded driver, and Erik Jones, winner of the 2015 NASCAR Truck championship. He is closely matched with both in head-to-head competition across multiple series. The field he contests combines amateur and semi-professional entrants with graded professionals, placing him among the strongest drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series grid.