He made good on that promise Sunday by holding off former champion Kevin Harvick in the closing laps and winning the Pocono 400 at Pocono Raceway by a scant.139-second margin, which is about a vehicle length.
Truex, who grew up in Stafford Township, had qualified second for the race.
Blaney's radio was busted and he had no communication with his team after about the first 40 laps. "These young guys have to get into Victory Lane to get those fans who don't like me and Kyle and the rest of the guys". 99 for Wood Brothers Racing and its first since 2011 when Trevor Bayne won the Daytona 500. "It's just the circumstances that haven't quite worked in our favor".
Having an interim crew chief proved to be no problem for Kyle Busch at Pocono Raceway on Friday. That's relief, it's frustrating when you don't get those breaks every once in a while and we definitely haven't gotten any this year.
"I just love getting up close and personal with the drivers".
"This has been great job security for all the professional people", Bowyer said.
If Blaney's vehicle handled tight, he would place his hand on the door.
"I like where I'm at", Blaney said. He could hear them, but they could not hear him.
"There was a lot of Morse code", Bullins interjected. "If you know me, I've been in this sport for a little bit and I usually let the results speak for itself, but I think today and this weekend and really leading up all this week it's been about this historical side from the African-American side". No, I would still key the radio, and I actually forgot the radio was broken after the last pit stop. I expect numerous top scorers in Sunday's race to earn their points through place differential. Fortunately, he was able to make it out of the auto safely.
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Harvick passed Busch one lap later and challenged Blaney right to the end, but couldn't find a way through. "That was our only weakness".
The video below shows why drivers should be given microphones more often. "Just couldn't charge any of the corners like I needed to with the stopping power that I had". Denny Hamlin's (11) four Pocono wins tops active drivers, while Busch and Jimmie Johnson (48) have three.
"Circumstances", Petty said. "We had to make it work with us, with Ford, with (sponsor) Smithfield". "He was fast all day, and you've just got to not mess up, hit your marks and take air away".
FORMULA ONE: Lewis Hamilton held the bright yellow helmet over his head for the cheering crowd to see, and gave it a kiss as if he had already won the weekend's biggest prize. It was sort of I was sliding in there and got nothing, got nothing and then all of a sudden it grips up and go.
"What was going through your mind?"
The 23-year-old Blaney, son of NASCAR driver Dave Blaney, grandson of dirt track star Lou Blaney, won for the first time in 68 career starts and partied again in victory lane. That includes rookie Erik Jones, who finished 3rd.
There were some glitches, but the first-time TV crew pretty much handled themselves like seasoned pros.
NASCAR says Wallace will join at least seven other black drivers in its 69-year history who reached the Cup level: Elias Bowie, Charlie Scott, Wendell Scott, George Wiltshire, Randy Bethea, Willy T. Ribbs and Bill Lester.
Considering their current trajectory it's entirely conceivable Blaney could deliver the Wood Brothers its first-ever premier series championship sometime in the near future.
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