Ryan Blaney navigated the final eight laps of Sunday’s race at Michigan to get his second win of 2021.
Blaney got the lead on the race’s final restart thanks to a huge push from Kyle Busch. Blaney, who was fourth before the restart, chose the inside line on the restart after the inside had not been the preferred groove all day at the two-mile track. That inside line restarted him on the front row and he stayed out front after Busch pushed him into clean air.
When Blaney got out front he kept everyone behind him. Hendrick teammates William Byron and Kyle Larson were in hot pursuit — they seemed faster than Blaney all day — but they never had a legitimate pass attempt over the race’s waning laps.
Blaney’s win is the seventh consecutive win for Ford at Michigan.