Blaney took the lead on the final restart with eight laps to go and went on to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan International Speedway in the closest finish at the track since electronic scoring has been kept.
"Kyle gave us a really good push to get us clear into turn one and then I was playing defense," Blaney said. "We were wide open. Especially with Larson and William laying back and trying to get runs. That made it tough. It was cool to persevere all day. We didn’t start off very good but we worked on it all day and found ourselves in a spot to capitalize on it at the end and did that."
This was Ryan Blaney's 2nd victory of the 2021 season.
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, MI
FireKeepers Casino 400 Final Results:
Ryan Blaney
William Byron
Kyle Larson
Kurt Busch
Denny Hamlin
Matt DiBenedetto
Kyle Busch
Chase Elliott
Brad Keselowski
Martin Truex, Jr.
Chase Briscoe
Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.
Christopher Bell
Kevin Harvick
Chris Buescher
Alex Bowman
Aric Almirola
Erik Jones
Bubba Wallace
Michael McDowell
Ryan Preece
Daniel Suarez
Cole Custer
Ryan Newman
Justin Haley
Josh Berry
Cody Ware
B.J. McLeod
Tyler Reddick
Quin Houff
Josh Bilicki
Garrett Smithley
Joey Logano
Anthony Alfredo
Ross Chastain
Austin Dillon
Joey Gase
Check out the recap from the AP at usatoday.com:
Nick Bromberg shares his take:
NBC Sports televised the race, see it from Dusti Long's perspective:
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