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Ryan Blaney
The 2023 champ just stole Loudon
Lou Blaney’s grandson. Dave Blaney’s kid. The 2023 Cup champion. And the man who took the Dollar Tree 301 by 0.586 seconds.
@Blaney·2026 Cup through the Dollar Tree 301: 2nd · 924 points · Loudon winner · Team Penske No. 12
- Car
- #12 Ford
- Team
- Team Penske
- Born
- December 31, 1993
- Hometown
- High Point, North Carolina
- Cup title
- 2023
- 2026 Cup
- 2nd · 924 pts
The ride
The No. 12 Mustang
2026 Cup · Las Vegas spring
No. 12
Menards blue on a Penske Ford. Last Sunday it was the car that left New Hampshire with the Dollar Tree 301 trophy after a last-stop call on lap 226. Second in points, 77 back of Hamlin.
Wikimedia Commons · Las Vegas Motor Speedway, 2026
Childhood
A third-generation kid with a quarter-midget trophy
Ryan Michael Blaney was born New Year’s Eve 1993. The family tree is all race cars: grandfather Lou on the dirt, dad Dave in a Cup seat.
He won his first quarter-midget race at nine. At fifteen he was already second in PASS late-model points and the series Rookie of the Year.
Trucks came next — Brad Keselowski Racing, 2013 ROTY, then a 2014 title fight he lost to Matt Crafton by twenty points. Penske had already seen enough.
Family
Off the clock
The Blaneys are a racing family first. Dave ran Cup. Lou packed Ohio dirt tracks. Ryan grew up in that garage — then married Gianna and built his own Penske chapter.
- FatherDave Blaney — former Cup driver
- GrandfatherLou Blaney — dirt modified legend
- SpouseGianna Blaney
Hometown & home
High Point roots. Penske weekdays.
Hometown is High Point, North Carolina — furniture-city downtown and a short hop from the dirt and late-model tracks that raised a third-generation driver.
Team Penske’s Cup shop is in Mooresville. That is where the No. 12 Ford gets built, and where the 2023 champion plotted the last-stop steal that won Loudon.
Racing career
From hometown nights to the No. 12
2011–14
Trucks, then Penske notices
Part-time Nationwide and Trucks, then a full BKR Truck season. ROTY in 2013. Title runner-up in 2014. Cup cameos in a Penske Ford.
2015–22
Wood Brothers to the 12
A Wood Brothers Cup seat taught him intermediates. Then Team Penske parked him in the No. 12 and let the wins start stacking.
2023–now
Champion, then Loudon
He closed 2023 as Cup champion. In 2026 he is second in points and the last man to leave New Hampshire with a trophy.
Loudon, 2026
He took the Magic Mile late
The Dollar Tree 301 was a track-position fight. Blaney’s last stop flipped the race. He beat Bubba Wallace to the line by 0.586 seconds and reminded the field why a Penske Ford still ships as a favorite on a flat mile.
2023 Cup champion
Title at Phoenix — first for the No. 12 group
Dollar Tree 301
Loudon, Aug 23, 2026 — last-stop steal
Bloodline
Third-generation — Lou and Dave Blaney
Trucks near-miss
2nd in 2014, 20 points shy of Crafton
Hardware
What the résumé paid
Cup championship
2023
Dollar Tree 301
Loudon 2026
Truck ROTY
2013
2026 points
2nd after Loudon
2026 Cup through the Dollar Tree 301: 2nd · 924 points · Loudon winner · Team Penske No. 12
Sources for this desk: public biographical records and 2026 Cup points through the Dollar Tree 301 at Loudon. Images: Wikimedia Commons portraits, hometown photos, and Las Vegas spring Cup car shots. Fan site — not affiliated with NASCAR, Team Penske, or Ford.