BLANEY AND THE TWELVE TEAM RALLY LATE FOR FOURTH CONSECUTIVE TOP-10 FINISH AT POCONO

Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Wabash Ford Mustang Dark Horse team made a late charge to come away with their fourth-straight top-10 finish with a 10th-place effort Sunday at Pocono. Blaney maintained top-10 pace during the opening run before crew chief Jonathan Hassler made the call to flip the stage, bringing the Wabash Ford to pit road with three laps remaining in Stage 1 in order to maintain track position for the start of the second segment. Blaney took the ensuing green flag from the inside of row two before a caution on lap 47 split the field on strategy with Hassler opting to pit for right side tires only, situating the No. 12 16th in the running order for the following restart. The No. 12 team mirrored its strategy from the opening stage as Blaney took the lead during the green flag pit cycle on lap 90 before coming down pit road at the end of the same lap, resulting in a 21st-place finish in Stage 2 but setting him up to restart from 14th for the final run of the afternoon. Blaney hovered around the top-10 as varying fuel strategies began to unfold throughout the field, eventually cycling to fourth on the leaderboard with 40 laps to go with the start of green flag stops. After taking the lead with 25 laps remaining, Blaney was called to pit road two laps later for his final stop of the afternoon and blended back on the track scored 14th. Blaney was able to pick off a few positions over the final 20 laps before taking over the 10th spot on the final lap to secure another top-10 run.