Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney scored his first career NASCAR Cup Series championship.
Blaney notched three wins on the season, including the penultimate race at Virginia’s Martinsville Speedway to secure a berth in the Championship 4. The 29-year-old finished second in the season finale at Phoenix Raceway
The driver of the No. 12 Ford finished the season with 18 top-10 finishes and eight top-fives.
The title was team owner Roger Penske’s second straight in the Cup Series after winning it with Joey Logano in 2022.
Hendrick Motorsports teammates Kyle Larson and William Byron followed suit in the standings after finishing third and fourth in the championship race.
Larson scored four victories along with the series’ triumphant return to North Carolina’s North Wilkesboro Speedway for the $1 million All Star prize.
Byron led the series with six wins.
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Date |
Track |
Winner |
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Feb. 19 |
Daytona Int’l Speedway |
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. |
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Feb. 26 |
Auto Club Speedway |
Kyle Busch |
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March 5 |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
William Byron |
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March 12 |
Phoenix Raceway |
William Byron |
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March 19 |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
Joey Logano |
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March 26 |
Circuit of the Americas |
Tyler Reddick |
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April 2 |
Richmond Raceway |
Kyle Larson |
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April 9 |
Bristol Motor Speedway |
Christopher Bell |
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April 16 |
Martinsville Speedway |
Kyle Larson |
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April 23 |
Talladega Superspeedway |
Kyle Busch |
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April 30 |
Dover Int’l Speedway |
Martin Truex Jr. |
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May 7 |
Kansas Speedway |
Denny Hamlin |
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May 14 |
Darlington Raceway |
William Byron |
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May 21 |
North Wilkesboro Speedway |
Kyle Larson |
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May 28 |
Charlotte Motor Speedway |
Ryan Blaney |
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June 4 |
World Wide Technology Raceway |
Kyle Busch |
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June 11 |
Sonoma Raceway |
Martin Truex Jr. |
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June 25 |
Nashville Superspeedway |
Ross Chastain |
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July 2 |
Chicago Street Course |
Shane van Gisbergen |
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July 9 |
Atlanta Motor Speedway |
William Byron |
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July 16 |
New Hampshire Motor Speedway |
Martin Truex Jr. |
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July 23 |
Pocono Raceway |
Denny Hamlin |
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July 30 |
Richmond Raceway |
Chris Buescher |
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Aug. 6 |
Michigan Int’l Speedway |
Chris Buescher |
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Aug. 13 |
Indianapolis Motor Speedway RC |
Michael McDowell |
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Aug. 20 |
Watkins Glen Int’l |
William Byron |
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Aug. 26 |
Daytona Int’l Speedway |
Chris Buescher |
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Sept. 3 |
Darlington Raceway |
Kyle Larson |
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Sept. 10 |
Kansas Speedway |
Tyler Reddick |
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Sept. 16 |
Bristol Motor Speedway |
Denny Hamlin |
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Sept. 24 |
Texas Motor Speedway |
William Byron |
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Oct. 1 |
Talladega Superspeedway |
Ryan Blaney |
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Oct. 8 |
Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL |
A.J. Allmendinger |
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Oct. 15 |
Las Vegas Motor Speedway |
Kyle Larson |
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Oct. 22 |
Homestead-Miami Speedway |
Christopher Bell |
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Oct. 29 |
Martinsville Speedway |
Ryan Blaney |
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Nov. 5 |
Phoenix Raceway |
Ross Chastain |