With Ryan Blaney winning last night at Daytona, Alex Bowman remains in the NASCAR Playoffs by just inches, really. Bowman could have easily been kicked from the 16-driver field, but Blaney’s last-lap pass for the lead proved beneficial for the 48 team. After the race, Alex Bowman had stuck around to talk to the media. […]
With Ryan Blaney winning last night at Daytona, Alex Bowman remains in the NASCAR Playoffs by just inches, really. Bowman could have easily been kicked from the 16-driver field, but Blaney’s last-lap pass for the lead proved beneficial for the 48 team.
After the race, Alex Bowman had stuck around to talk to the media. He was asked about what he thinks he owes Ryan Blaney for keeping him in the playoffs.
It turns out, Bowman owes him a lot. Like…a LOT.
“7,000,000 beers. So, yeah, I don’t… I’m certainly thankful for him,” Bowman said, via Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports. “Yeah, Ryan’s a good dude and happy to see him win. He’s had a ton of huge hits here. I don’t know what to say other than that, just thankful that he won.”
Pockrass asked Bowman how it was to watch this race from the hauler. Turns out, not fun.
“Shi**y. It’s not a good time to be me,” Bowman said. “But yeah, I mean, more so, I just don’t want to let my team down. They’ve worked really hard, they’ve done a lot of good things, and you know, the situation that we’re in coming here, like, it’s tough. And we crash, and something that’s outside of our control, and then you just have to sit and watch. It’s not fun for any of these guys. So, they all work really hard, and they deserve to be in it, and I’m glad that we’re in it.”
For what it’s worth, Ryan Blaney said he’d settle for 5,000,000 beers. So, Alex Bowman doesn’t have to worry too much.
Alex Bowman wrecks out at Daytona, survives
It is amazing that we didn’t see a new, first-time winner last night at Daytona. Justin Haley, Chris Buescher, Ryan Preece, Daniel Suárez, Cole Custer, Erik Jones – it felt like any of them were going to win it. With a few laps to go, it didn’t feel like if we would get a new winner, it was just up in the air which new winner we would get.
In two laps, Alex Bowman’s season was saved. Out on the sidelines, watching from the infield, Bowman was powerless. Even more than a driver usually is at Daytona. But late-race heroics from Ryan Blaney kicked in and inadvertently saved the day.
Blaney went from 13th to 1st in two laps. It was a consequence of the third lane opening on the outside and giving Blaney and a few others a chance to go around the two inside rows. Once Blaney got next to Custer going out of Turn 4, it was a drag race.
In the end, Blaney won, Alex Bowman advances, and there were a few heartbreaks out on the track. What a night in Daytona.
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