
No driver has won back-to-back Cup titles since the end of Jimmie Johnson's unprecedented five-year run in 2010, and it's never been done in this volatile knockout format. What would it mean to Ryan Blaney to accomplish such a feat? According to the Team Penske driver, it would be even bigger than the first.
"There's a lot of neat milestones we all can accomplish this weekend," said Blaney. "But yeah, I think it would just mean a lot to go back to back. It's something that's really difficult to do obviously. It hasn't been done in a while. There's a reason for that. It's hard to get here two years in a row and then perform on the weekend.