Defending champion Ryan Blaney won the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway and Proton Competition captured the first-ever podium globally for Mustang GT3 at Le Mans.
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FORD PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS: Blaney Wins at Iowa; Mustang GT3 Takes Podium at Le Mans
Jun 17, 2024
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Defending champion Ryan Blaney led 201 of 350 laps in winning the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway, clinching a spot in the playoffs.
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Defending champion Ryan Blaney led 201 of 350 laps in winning the inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway, clinching a spot in the playoffs.
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He qualified second and then won Stage 1 before taking the lead for good with 88 laps to go. -
The win completed an Iowa trifecta for Blaney, as he has now won at the track in all three major NASCAR series. -
Joey Logano (sixth), Josh Berry (seventh) and Brad Keselowski (10th) also finished in the top 10. -
Blaney joins Austin Cindric and Brad Keselowski as Ford drivers who have clinched playoff spots. -
There are nine races remaining in the regular season before the 16-driver playoff field is set. -
The NASCAR Cup Series continues next weekend at New Hampshire Motor Speedway on Sunday. -
Proton Competition’s Dennis Olsen, Giorgio Roda and Mikkel O. Pedersen captured the first-ever podium globally for Mustang GT3 during the 24 Hours of Le Mans. -
Chris Mies, John Hartshorne and Ben Tuck finished fourth in the No. 44, closely behind, helping Ford to two top-five LMGT3 class performances. -
Olsen led the charge in his opening stint in the No. 88, improving 13 positions to fourth within the first hour of action. -
Ben Barker set the fastest qualifying lap on Thursday, advancing the No. 77 to the Hyperpole, where teammate Ryan Hardwick put Mustang GT3 on the second row in fourth. -
The No. 77 of Barker, Hardwick and Zacharie Robichon experienced steering rack issues, forcing the car back to the garages. Later in the race, a LMP2 car made contact with the No. 77, and the car returned to the pits to remove gravel from the undercarriage. -
The fifth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, the 6 Hours of São Paulo, is scheduled for July 12-14. -
Riley Herbst started on the inside of the front row for an overtime restart, but the preferred outside lane won out, finishing second in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Saturday at Iowa Speedway. -
Herbst took the lead with 13 laps remaining before being passed six laps later by eventual winner Sam Mayer, who took control on the final green-white-checker restart. -
Cole Custer was sixth and Matt DiBenedetto seventh as three Ford drivers finished in the top 10. -
The series continues Saturday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. -
Chaz Mostert finished fifth to lead Ford in race 11, as Mustang took three top-10 spots in the Repco Supercars Championship at Darwin. -
Mostert was joined in the top 10 by Anton DePasquale (ninth) and Cam Waters (10th). -
Will Davison led the Ford charge in race 12 with a seventh-place finish. De Pasquale was eighth. -
After 12 races in the championship, Mostert is the top Ford in third, followed by Waters in fifth in the driver standings. -
The series resumes July 5-7 for the NTI Townsville 500. -
Donny Schatz earned his 10th podium of the season with his runner-up finish Saturday night in the World of Outlaws series at the legendary Knoxville Raceway in Iowa. -
Schatz’s performance moved him to second in the points standings for the World of Outlaws championship. -
The World of Outlaws Sprint Cars make their next stop at Huset’s Speedway in Brandon, South Dakota for the $250K-to-win High Bank Hustle and Nationals.
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