Ryan Blaney focusing on Cup in 2015

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He's only 20 years old. What do you think. Should he try to run a full schedule and go for a championship in the trucks or X- series instead of taking a chance on being the latest Casey Atwood in the cup series?

Ryan Blaney, who won races in both Nationwide and truck in 2014, doesn't have full sponsorship for any series. He will run at least 12 Sprint Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing and will split time in Xfinity with Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano and maybe run a few truck races for Keselowski's team.

From here. http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20141127b
 
Johali said:
He's only 20 years old. What do you think. Should he try to run a full schedule and go for a championship in the trucks or X- series instead of taking a chance on being the latest Casey Atwood in the cup series?

Ryan Blaney, who won races in both Nationwide and truck in 2014, doesn't have full sponsorship for any series. He will run at least 12 Sprint Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing and will split time in Xfinity with Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano and maybe run a few truck races for Keselowski's team.

From here. http://www.jayski.com/cupnews.htm#20141127b
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He's not gonna be the next Casey Atwood, all this ride is serving to do is provide experience for him, and if impresses and even steals a win somewhere it could lead to a full time ride somewhere. I think it's an absolute shame and testament to how bad this sport is right now that ryan Blaney, bubba wallace, Chris Buescher, may all not have full times in the lower divisions next year. And chase elliott may have to wait a while for a cup ride. Pathetic
 
The problem is the disparity in equipment and everyone knows it. Is it that big of a deal to win in a Kyle Busch truck? Didn't they win like half the races? The KBR trucks were so much better. Same with Penske and Gibbs in nationwide and to an extent Jrm. The rest of the field simply isn't that competitive. Roush used to win quite a bit and they are essentially winless in nw last season
 
DaBiff1618 said:
He's not gonna be the next Casey Atwood, all this ride is serving to do is provide experience for him, and if impresses and even steals a win somewhere it could lead to a full time ride somewhere. I think it's an absolute shame and testament to how bad this sport is right now that ryan Blaney, bubba wallace, Chris Buescher, may all not have full times in the lower divisions next year. And chase elliott may have to wait a while for a cup ride. Pathetic
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In trucks he ran 53 of 66 races in 3 years with 3 wins and 4 poles, average start 9.4 average finish 10th.
In NNS he ran 30 of 99 races in 3 years with 2 wins and 1 pole, average start 10.4 average finish 9.2.
Last year in cup he ran 2 races average start 12.5 average finish 24.5.
He didn't run a full season in NNS so I think he needs to find a full time ride in the X- series for 2 years to get some more experience before jumping into the fire of the cup series. It's also my opinion that with his family's help if he's good enough then he'll get a quality ride when he's good enough for it.
 
Penske has historically been VERY BAD at managing developmental talent. He rushed Hornish to Cup, let Allgaier go and is letting Blaney just float about.
 
All organizations are bad at developing talent, part of the reason this is the first year in quite a while that there is a notable rookie. Or it could just testement how talented the current generation of drivers is. It seems the same guys have been running up front for the last 10 years, with only a few exceptions.
 
That Blaney kid can drive and maybe should focus more on the lower series but if for some reason he gets a shot, he has to take it.

It'd be nice to see him get clear of Penske and The Broey, however.
 
I think it's a great idea that he's focused on getting more sponsorship and getting HIMSELF to Cup. From what I've seen so far, it doesn't look like Penske is going to give him much help in getting there. Sounds like Blaney is trying to develop himself as a driver, but he's in an organization that perhaps is not equally as interested in developing him. IF Penske really wanted him, he'd be full time somewhere and not this patch job BS this kid is already trying to deal with.

So it's a prudent move by him to get some dollars now while he can, that way when he's ready to go full time he might actually have some options. It's really starting to look like he might not have much of a future with Penske, which would be a shame considering he's one of the more talented prospects to come along in recent years.
 
Ford would be very wise to keep this kid in the fold and develop him properly. Lord knows it's going to be a tough road ahead with Larson and Chase driving Chevy's.
 
1) This makes sense. Blaney needs as much exposure as he can get. All it takes is one quality owner to notice him and give him his big break.

2) **** Roger Penske

3) To those saying he needs to develop and race a year or two in Xfinity: that series is broken. None of these kids can get quality rides to develop in because Brian is too busy tinkering with the Chase format to realize that Roger Penske and Joe Gibbs have ruined his feeder series.
 
Some Nascar "reporter" said that Discount Tire wants Keselowski or Logano in the #22 car most of the time. I don't understand why they wouldn't wanna go for the points championship.
 
Stewart Fan said:
Some Nascar "reporter" said that Discount Tire wants Keselowski or Logano in the #22 car most of the time. I don't understand why they wouldn't wanna go for the points championship.
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Cup Series superstars. Even if Ryan Blaney is a star-to-be.
 
Nathan_259 said:
Cup Series superstars. Even if Ryan Blaney is a star-to-be.
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How bout they go sponsor them in Cup then. This is the Xfinity Series. There in lies the problem. We need sponsors in the Xfinity series willing to sponsor Xfinity drivers. Instead of cheap ass sponsors who wanna sponsor Cup guys but pay half as much. Makes for great business, but ****** driver development.
 
The Nature Boy said:
Penske has historically been VERY BAD at managing developmental talent. He rushed Hornish to Cup, let Allgaier go and is letting Blaney just float about.
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Team Penske is not letting Blaney 'float around". They have signed an alliance with the Wood Bros ( severing their deal with RFR). In exchange for that alliance Blaney has a certain number of races just like Trevor Bayne had this year.
 
Team Penske said:
Team Penske is not letting Blaney 'float around". They have signed an alliance with the Wood Bros ( severing their deal with RFR). In exchange for that alliance Blaney has a certain number of races just like Trevor Bayne had this year.
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When he should have a full time ride somewhere.
 
maybe penske still has rights to him. just like roush did with bayne running for the wood brothers. if there is an opening penske can slot him in. The nice thing about that is he can pay WAY less money in salary if that happens. signing a veteren especially one with any record of success will cost probably an extra 3 million+ a season. instead they can just make a more competitive sponsorship deal OR pocket the extra money. This has been roush's model for years. bring up the talent and keep the salary low at least in the beginning. The problem is roush started having trouble paying for the deals they had for their franchise drivers which in turn has weakened the entire team. Roush reminds me of yeates 10 years ago. the writing is on the wall.
 
DaBiff1618 said:
When he should have a full time ride somewhere.
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Wood Bros. don't run all the races so I am assuming he will drive for them part time as did Bayne and run full time Xfinity for Team Penske.
 
Team Penske said:
Team Penske is not letting Blaney 'float around". They have signed an alliance with the Wood Bros ( severing their deal with RFR). In exchange for that alliance Blaney has a certain number of races just like Trevor Bayne had this year.
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Will the cars be prepared by Wood Bros or Team Penske? The Wood Bros intermediate and short track program over the last couple years has been mediocre at best, will that offer Blaney on opportunity to succeed?

I think at the young age of 20, seat time should be the top priority. Is Team Penske putting a premium on his development, or are they continuing to line their own pockets by dominating the lower series with Cup drivers? Sponsorship has clearly been a strong point of Penske over the past few years, so I'm curious as to why a young up and comer like Blaney would need to go out and find more just so he can run some races.
 
3wideinturn1 said:
Will the cars be prepared by Wood Bros or Team Penske? The Wood Bros intermediate and short track program over the last couple years has been mediocre at best, will that offer Blaney on opportunity to succeed?

I think at the young age of 20, seat time should be the top priority. Is Team Penske putting a premium on his development, or are they continuing to line their own pockets by dominating the lower series with Cup drivers? Sponsorship has clearly been a strong point of Penske over the past few years, so I'm curious as to why a young up and comer like Blaney would need to go out and find more just so he can run some races.
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Team Penske has changed in the last few years. They put a lot of effort into Bad Brad and it paid off with their first championship. You probably read the stories or heard Roger state that Brad was instrumental in getting Joey Logano. Together they had a great year and we shall see how they make out with the new car next season. I think Roger is being careful and is bringing Ryan along slowly so he won't be another Atwood. I think he is a great talent, he has won in a truck that Bad Brad couldn't. :lilangel:
 
3wideinturn1 said:
Will the cars be prepared by Wood Bros or Team Penske? The Wood Bros intermediate and short track program over the last couple years has been mediocre at best, will that offer Blaney on opportunity to succeed?

ars, so I'm curious as to why a young up and comer like Blaney would need to go out and find more just so he can run some races.
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I think you are aware that the Wood Bros. prepare excellent race cars, they will be getting all they need in parts from Penske.
 
Team Penske said:
I think you are aware that the Wood Bros. prepare excellent race cars, they will be getting all they need in parts from Penske.
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Yes the have always prepared excellent cars, however the Wood Bros performance has been on the same level of their Roush counterparts the last couple years. Obviously Penske were way ahead of them this past year, but the question remains whether or not the switch in alliances will actually improve their respective performances.

The other question is why let a prospect like Blaney sit out any weekend, he should be running something, anything really.
 
Team Penske said:
Wood Bros. don't run all the races so I am assuming he will drive for them part time as did Bayne and run full time Xfinity for Team Penske.
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Below is my original post from an article in the (Sporting News) so I assume that It's accurate.

Ryan Blaney, who won races in both Nationwide and truck in 2014, doesn't have full sponsorship for any series. He will run at least 12 Sprint Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing and will split time in Xfinity with Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano and maybe run a few truck races for Keselowski's team.

As I said I think he needs a full time ride in trucks or the X-series. And here comes my favorite mantra, "kick the whackers out of the minors" so the up and comers like Blaney can show us what they have.
 
hopefully .... 21's alliance w/ penske works more like shr / hms model.....and blaney has a good productive season next yr. in all series.
has shown lotsa talent / maturity so far in young career.
 
Tyler Ridick is going to be the full time driver in the trucks for BKR next year. Blaney sounds like he is shooting for 20 races in cup next year.

“I hope we can get it upwards to 17 to 20 (Cup races),” Blaney said
“My mindset is try to do more Cup races, just with that is the ultimate goal, obviously, and try to get more experience in that. I want to try to find more Cup races instead of Nationwide just because it progresses you a lot faster learning the cars.”
 
Johali said:
Below is my original post from an article in the (Sporting News) so I assume that It's accurate.

Ryan Blaney, who won races in both Nationwide and truck in 2014, doesn't have full sponsorship for any series. He will run at least 12 Sprint Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing and will split time in Xfinity with Brad Keselowski and Joey Logano and maybe run a few truck races for Keselowski's team.

As I said I think he needs a full time ride in trucks or the X-series. And here comes my favorite mantra, "kick the whackers out of the minors" so the up and comers like Blaney can show us what they have.
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I think Ryan will be busy,.

"Keselowski will have to do that primarily without Blaney, who will run a mix of Cup races for Wood Brothers Racing and Xfinity Series races for Team Penske next season with possibly a few truck races for Keselowski.

Tyler Reddick, who ran a partial schedule for BKR in 2013, will be the team's full-time driver in 2014. The other truck will have a mix of drivers, likely including Keselowski in some races. Both trucks have funding to run the entire season."
 
DaBiff1618 said:
He says that but he also hasn't been offered a big time ride. Hendrick offers him a ride, zero chance he'd say no
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I guess he'd believe in whatever the owner would think is right. Trust the team owner, like a father.

And Discount Tire couldn't sponsor Brad and Joey in Cup because they have full-time sponsors, with the exception of Redd's being on the #2 for a few races.
 
Nathan_259 said:
I guess he'd believe in whatever the owner would think is right. Trust the team owner, like a father.

And Discount Tire couldn't sponsor Brad and Joey in Cup because they have full-time sponsors, with the exception of Redd's being on the #2 for a few races.
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Then Discount Tire should find a Cup team to sponsor. It's not like there aren't team out there who need sponsors.
 
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