In latest weeks, Ryan Blaney has grown more and more annoyed with errors on pit street and gradual stops from the No. 12 Group Penske Ford crew. Crew chief Jonathan Hassler has been pretty open in regards to the issues as properly, and the necessity to enhance.
Regardless of profitable at Phoenix, he needed to overcome a number of points on pit street throughout that race, and it was an analogous story en path to a runner-up end at Bristol final weekend. He presently sits second within the championship standings.
The staff has opted to maneuver rookie Cup Sequence jackman Landon Honeycutt over to the No. 21 Wooden Brothers Racing Ford of Josh Berry (a staff that has a detailed technical alliance with Penske), with plans to swap him with No. 21 jackman Patrick Grey. He most notably jumped in mid-race for the No. 22 staff on the Phoenix finale in 2024, serving to Joey Logano to his third Cup Sequence title.
Nevertheless, that plan modified within the hours since publishing this story. As revealed by Motorsport.com contributor Bozi Tatarevic, Grey might be ‘unable’ to compete this weekend, so an alternate plan has been put into movement. Blaney will as an alternative get jackman Graham Stoddard from the No. 4 Entrance Row Motorsports Ford of Noah Gragson, not less than for this weekend at Kansas.
Blaney has misplaced 88 positions on pit street within the first eight races of the 2026 NASCAR Cup season, and the crew is among the lowest ranked within the sequence. Their common pit cease time is over 2.5 seconds slower than the common for the remainder of the sphere.
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