#blaney is always blaney

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Things I Love About NASCAR ?/∞

Even though the TV broadcast handwrings about anything less than a full suit being too "informal" to be professional and legitimate, there is no standard for how the commentators address the drivers.

Sometimes it's by last name; sometimes it's by car number. Sometimes it's by first name. Sometimes it's by initials. Sometimes it's by nickname. Sometimes it's by some other strange moniker entirely. Sometimes it's multiple of these in quick succession, interchangeably.

This is absolutely how it should be. Call them by the names in your heart!!!!!!

[sbnkalny]

Huh, i always mentally pronounced your url as skuh-blaney and I just Noticed myself, during one of my nipples are rigged to explode, I don't have shells to crawl into, like BERT the Turtle

[daleearnhardt]

Scotty Mac seated with Earnhardt Junior this is my Roman Empire

[sortanonymous]

Goddamnit.

So just to start, at least this was another serviceable Phoenix finale, even if we shouldn't be here for the finale! It was awesome seeing Truex going out up front for all of about one stage in that beautiful throwback scheme! Okay, now time for the word vomit.

I could go off on this system, but I know for sure that people way more talented than me are going to talk about that way better over the next few weeks. So I'll just say this. The playoffs may be a historically bad system, but it's a system that none of the drivers make and all of them have to play by, and Logano arguably plays by them better than everyone else. Just like how Jimmie ran with the Chase format, Gordon and Earnhardt excelled under the Winston Cup format, and the Petty's somehow won under whatever the hell NASCAR was smoking before that. I'm not even saying Logano's nearly as great as them (especially since this run was so lucky and Mickey Mousey even by playoff standards), but he's perfected playing by his system just as they did with theirs, no matter how much better their systems were. (Except for the pre-Latford systems, those were fucking terrifying.) This playoff format should have been torn down years ago and NASCAR is only hurting itself by keeping it around, but for as long as it's still shifting along, everyone has to win under it. And I think I'm done doubting Logano can do just that until he's written every last signature on his retirement papers, at least in even-numbered years anyway.

And hey, it could have been worse. It could have been Byron and Chevy. I'd rather see a driver win far and square under a crappy-ass system than a driver benefit off (his manufacturer) using the crappy-ass system to manipulate their way into a title. At least that's how I see it.

[userblaney]

people I'd like to get to know better

tagged by @its-always-silly-season !! thank you sm for the tag <3

last song: i havent listened to music in a good 22 days but the song that is currently stuck in my head is i will by central cee

favorite color: currently british racing green but orange will aaalllllllllways have my heart

currently watching: i'm real bad at tv shows but i'm kinda in the middle of watching it's always sunny in philadelphia and i have twin peaks queued up for after ramadan so. Be Prepared.

currently reading: rereading the hobbit!!!!! again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 for the 3rd time this year!!!!!

spicy savory sweet sour or salty: SALTY. i am munching on bits of pink himalayan salt as we speak. no my kidney does not like me

relationship status: single

current obsession: nascar. if you couldnt already tell. but specifically team penske but specifically 2023 cup series champion ryan blaney. if you couldnt tell. however a more specific obsession of mine rn is the sims 4 i been playing 24/7 recently

anyways. tagging @citrisz and @imsofansie and @music-wrestling-nascar-fan and anyone else who feels like doing this <33

[music-wrestling-nascar-fangirl]

Y'all don't mind me. I'm just feeling really down and sad right now and needed to see some gifs of Ryan Blaney. He's my emotional support full time driver. When I see him it's calming to me. It's hard to explain but its always been like that for me with him.

[dystini]

Because this is too long to put in a comment. @firestoneslicks

My Indycar origin story.

There I was, merrily watching Nascar (which I got into because of a betting pool at my husband's work - randomly assigned drivers and we had to learn about who we ended up rooting for each race) and occasionally watching DWTS when someone interesting was on it. I heard that a race car driver was selected. I had no idea who Hinch was. I watched Indy 500s but really just because it was part of that whole day of racing. (I do vaguely remember watching the fuss about a rookie winning on fuel strategy in 2016, but like Rossi, I didn't really comprehend what a thing that was.) It was all I could do to keep up with the top three Nascar series (Cup, Xfinity and Truck). I didn't pay attention to any other type of racing.

So there was Hinch on DWTS - gorgeous, surprisingly talented (I'd been expecting the worst) and with a near tragic backstory. I adored him. I'm the type of person who needs someone who is "mine" to be interested in a series. Hinch quickly became "mine." So for the 2017 season, I made an effort to watch every race. The moment that sealed it for me was this: Texas, after Ganassi tried to blame Hinch for the big crash and Hinch said "That's adorable."

Gorgeous, talented and snarky? I was in love.

By 2018 I was growing more and more irritated with the direction Nascar was going and in the battle of races being on at the same time, Indycar won for watching live and I'd catch the Nascar race later. Then Kasey Kahne had to retire and I lost my one Nascar guy and couldn't find a new one (I like Blaney, but he never became "mine.") Without anyone to really root for in Nascar, Indycar drew me in deeper, especially as I learned about other drivers and deciphered how these very different from stock cars open wheel cars worked.

Hinch's friend Alex is grumpy and bitchy but talented and sometimes wildly aggressive on track? I love him and hate him but he can be mine Oh, he's got another friend, a goofy diabetic ginger who is an underdog? Mine too. Robbie Wickens... And it just kept spreading - Marco, Josef, Colton, the whole collection of 2022 rookies and so on, until I think I actively root for at least half the field now.

So, James Hinchcliffe is my first Indycar love and he will always hold a special place in my heart.

Now, everyone, tell us your Indycar origin story. What/who got you into it?

[kittykatknits]

Hey! Would you like to be tagged when I post Ryan? My name is Amanda btw I like to post my fave drivers,singers and wrestlers :)

Heya,

Yes, please!! This is a Ryan Blaney appreciation page. I’ve fallen so far down the rabbit hole it’s not even funny. I’m always on the lookout for Ryan content. Thank you!!!!

[heelcody]

it's always been really funny to be surrounded online by people my age who cheer for like Chase and Blaney and stuff. cannot relate I want the balding 38 year old father of 2

[sportskeeda-updates]

He's someone I always paid attention to" - When Ryan Blaney reflected on Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s influence on his NASCAR career https://www.sportskeeda.com/nascar/he-s-someone-i-always-paid-attention-to-when-ryan-blaney-reflected-dale-earnhardt-jr-s-influence-nascar-career?key4=sktumblr&utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=tumblr

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@ryanthedemiboy

REDDICK IS MY CURRENT TOP NEMESIS. 😂 (But I'm replying in this fashion because I feel like I need to explain myself and need more than 140 characters.)

I have tried *so egregiously hard* to be a Reddick fan. FOR YEARS. Years!!

Reasons I should be a Reddick fan:

He's from California! Me too! I love Californian drivers! (or try to)

He comes from a dirt background! I love dirt racing!

I rooted for him in Xfinity!

He's part of a team I like! Go 23XI!

His cat died the night of one of his Xfinity championships, which is super sad and is, for some reason, always something I remember about him.

Demeanor-wise, he's a really good guy! Passionate, thoughtful, funny.

(But being a "really good guy" has never kept someone from being a nemesis. I really like Brad out of the car, and I think Joey as a person is phenomenal. I've always found Cindric and Chase Elliott's senses of humor very much to my taste. CBell's probably never done anything wrong in his entire life. These people have all been Top Nemesis at some point or another.)

So when time came to start choosing Youth Generation (Youth Generation 1.5? If Chase/Blaney/Bubba/Danny/WB etc. are 1.0) drivers I wanted to root for, Reddick seemed like a natural pick. Even if it meant rooting for RCR.

Then I saw him win in person. Crickets from my heart.

And frankly, being a reflection of/resurgence of the whole Oscar Piastri and Alex Palou contract sagas should only have improved his appeal, in moving from RCR to 23XI. Silliest season.

Any time he's won, actually. Any time he's been in contention to win. Zero feeling. Zero to negative, in fact.

I've found myself rooting for Joey over him!! JOEY. (I have seen Joey win two championships and I will die if I have to witness a third any time soon, especially if Denny goes out with *zero*--and I'd still root for Joey over Reddick at Phoenix.)

During the Nashville postrace, Reddick offered a devastated interview and I did not feel bad for him at all. Whereas I felt super bad for Ross Chastain, my nominal and long-time Nemesis, after his devastated interview.

I was reasoning this through with @the-kings-tail-fin in the car, and I was like, I feel like part of this might actually be because I like Kurt Busch more than Tyler Reddick, so the 45 was cooler BEFORE; and I like Bubba Wallace more than Tyler Reddick, so I want him to be the best 23XI car, which means rooting against Reddick. And we were like, yeah, that makes sense. I mean, by real-world logic it doesn't. But by sports world logic it does!!!!!

So I thought, well, the facts can't lie, here. Tyler Reddick is my new Top Nemesis. I have no choice. The NASCAR whims have spoken. And so here we are.

TOP NEMESIS TYLER REDDICK

[dgf2099]

The Driver Suit Blog-Paint Scheme Grades-September 14, 2024

6By David G. Firestone Josh Berry #4 Decisely Insurance Ford Mustang-I like good fade, and this fade works well. A Chase Elliott #9 NAPA/Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta/Desi9n to Drive Chevy Camaro-Good look, not over done, this gets an A. Denny Hamlin #11 Mavis Tire Toyota Camry-A smooth look with a great color scheme will always earn an A. Ryan Blaney #12 Dent Wizard Ford Mustang-Same scheme…

[sbnkalny]

I always pronounced your url as skuh-blaney and i just WON the prize for the most of madness, not the least, the wise debaucher heads out east

[jack-doohan]

team penske (indy or nascar or both 👀)?

OKAY SINCE I DID JOSEF AND SCOTT I ENDED UP DOING WILL + TEAM PENSKE IN NASCAR!!!! TY FOR THESE JASMINE 💗 also. Ofc. BINGOS!

here’s will: (and i mean defending them as a joke…i will always defend my GOAT will power)

NOW FOR NASCAR!

here’s blaney:

my guy austin:

and joey (done in blue for his autotrader suit!!)

[chase-elliott]

nascar man

but ryan blaney is one of the better looking nascar drivers 😔 i can always be worse

[music-wrestling-nascar-fangirl]

Even though I always think he looks best clean shaven I think Ryan Blaney looks like he hasn't aged from his debut anytime he shaves his beard off.

These pics are from the knicks game and today show from this morning