Ryan Blaney: 'To have another shot at a championship is special'

Ryan Blaney describes what it means to win at Martinsville Speedway and have a shot to defend his 2023 Cup Series title.

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00:00Boy, after the disappointment at Miami, Ryan, the disappointment with the odd restart there.

00:07How did you put it all behind you and have such a determined last run?

00:11Yeah.

00:12I don't know, man.

00:14Just I tried to save my rear tires early.

00:18I started struggling with my rears when I would get to traffic the run before.

00:22I think it kind of paid off for us.

00:25So proud of the effort by everybody in the 12 group never giving up and to have another

00:29shot at a championship is really special.

00:31So appreciate it.

00:32Discount time and all.

00:33It's Ford.

00:34Everything for what they do and try to go back to back next week.

00:37You are three seconds behind and not happy with how that restart came off there, Ryan.

00:42How in the world did you make that happen?

00:44I mean, was that one of the more determined drives of your career?

00:47Yeah.

00:48More than that.

00:49I got nothing left.

00:50I was.

00:51Oh, my God.

00:52I'm tired.

00:53So good battle.

00:54And yeah, just car hung on longer than most.

00:58Could really make some ground.

01:00So yeah, they just worked on the car all night.

01:02So I really appreciate them.

01:05Everybody who makes this thing possible.

01:06Roush engines and 12 boys are awesome.

01:09So let's go second.

01:13Second in Miami last year, you won Martinsville.

01:17You went on to win a championship this year.

01:20Second in Miami.

01:21You win Martinsville.

01:22What about next week in Phoenix?

01:24Try to do same thing.

01:25There you go.

01:26With a thumbs up to the hometown crowd.