For a race that noticed the primary 130 laps be stuffed with chaos, Ryan Blaney‘s closing run to the checkered flag was comparatively calm.
Blaney’s victory at Pocono is his first since 2017 when he earned his first profession Cup Sequence win on the “Difficult Triangle.”
Blaney took the lead on the race’s closing restart, holding again a charging Alex Bowman to retain the lead. With Denny Hamlin closing on the again bumper of Bowman, the battle between the No. 48 and No. 11 was all Blaney wanted to assert his second win of 2024.
Sunday’s race at Pocono featured a number of large incidents, together with ‘The Large One’ wherein Kyle Busch got here up the monitor and picked up a number of different automobiles, together with Ryan Preece, Harrison Burton and Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Contact from Corey LaJoie despatched Busch round into oncoming visitors.
Ross Chastain additionally was a sufferer of the tri-cornered racetrack making contact with the wall that in the end ended his day. Chastain, who completed thirty sixth, now falls to sixteenth within the playoff standings, simply 27 factors above Bubba Wallace for the ultimate playoff spot.
Hamlin and Bowman completed second and third, respectively, with William Byron and Joey Logano ending fourth and fifth. Talladega winner Tyler Reddick got here residence sixth, with Brad Keselowski, Martin Truex Jr, Chase Elliott and Wallace rounding out the highest 10.
Different notable finishers from Sunday’s race embrace Kyle Larson in thirteenth, Ty Gibbs in twenty seventh, Busch in thirty second and Todd Gilliland in thirty fourth.
Subsequent Sunday, the Cup Sequence will return to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval for the primary time since 2020. The Brickyard 400 will go inexperienced shortly after 2:30 p.m. ET, with protection on NBC.
