{"id":217011,"date":"2025-10-16T10:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217011\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T10:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T10:02:11","slug":"macho-man-randy-savages-sage-words-are-on-ryan-blaneys-mind-ahead-of-talladega","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/217011\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage’s sage words are on Ryan Blaney’s mind ahead of Talladega"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ryan Blaney leans on the words of \u201cMacho Man\u201d Randy Savage when assessing his playoff position entering Sunday\u2019s race at Talladega Superspeedway.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnjustifiably in a position I\u2019d rather not be in, but the cream will rise to the top,\u201d Blaney said, quoting a line from the wresting Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n

Savage, who passed away in 2011, was a former champion who also was known for his vibrant outfits and memorable interviews.<\/p>\n

It is from one of those sessions that Blaney \u2014 last among the playoff drivers at 31 points below the cutline with two races left in the Round of 8 \u2014 borrows a line to describe his plight after a last-place finish this past weekend at Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think there is a person before or after him that could cut promos quite like that guy,\u201d Blaney said of Savage. \u201cIf I\u2019m sitting at home and I\u2019m bored \u2014 and maybe I\u2019ve had a couple of drinks \u2014 I will go watch Randy Savage interviews just because I think it was amazing what was going through that man\u2019s head.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One never knows what surprise Talladega Superspeedway will unleash next. <\/p>\n

Blaney, the 2023 Cup champion, said the line he quoted from Savage about cream rising to the top is his favorite from the wrestler.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is what we can use for this weekend,\u201d said Blaney, who seeks to reach the championship race for a third consecutive season. \u201cI thought that was a perfect comparison to my situation. Thank you Mr. Savage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Blaney\u2019s quest to overcome the Las Vegas crash and return to the title race won\u2019t be easy.<\/p>\n

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Chase Elliott enters Sunday\u2019s Cup race below the cutline, but he is one of two current playoff drivers who has won in the last nine races at Talladega.<\/p>\n

He has failed to finish the last two races at Talladega. Blaney placed 37th in the spring when he was collected in a crash as cars attempted to pit under green. He finished 39th in last year\u2019s playoff race when he was hit from behind and crashed coming to the end of the second stage.<\/p>\n

While Blaney has three wins and six top-five finishes at Talladega, he also has failed to finish six of the 22 races he\u2019s run there.<\/p>\n

Last weekend\u2019s race at Las Vegas continued a theme for Blaney, who has been fast but also had his share of issues this year. He crashed after a left front tire lost air pressure. It marked the eighth time in 33 races this year that Blaney has failed to finish.<\/p>\n

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Blaney done for the day after blown tire at Vegas<\/p>\n

Disaster strikes in the opening race of the Round of 8 as Ryan Blaney blows a tire in Stage 1 and is forced behind the wall at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

Should he go on to win the Cup title, he would have the most DNFs in a season for a Cup champion since the Chase\/playoff format was created in 2004.<\/p>\n

Blaney admits that the ups and downs \u2014 three wins and 13 top-five finishes to go against six DNFs for accidents and two for engine issues \u2014 have made this a challenging season.<\/p>\n

\u201cI look at our team on the 12 car and I\u2019ve been really, really happy with how we\u2019ve been going about things, how we\u2019ve been able to bounce back from bad weeks and just go do our job the next weekend and not really let it change our outlook on things and go to the racetrack confident every single week,\u201d Blaney said in response to a question from NBC Sports on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026 I told myself like, \u2018Hey, you can be upset with the Vegas deal Sunday, but when you wake up Monday, we\u2019re gonna be full-on looking forward and heads-up looking forward to Talladega and then what challenges come at Martinsville.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, I think it gets easier as you get older and your outlook on things change and you\u2019re just trying to look ahead a little bit more. I think some of it come naturally and just natural growth, but other is just having these conversations with myself years ago of, \u2018Hey, I want to kind of change this up about me,\u2019 because early in my career I would stew on things a little bit longer. Now I try to just drop things and move on from them, so it\u2019s a little bit of both, but I think that\u2019s the healthiest way I\u2019ve been able to deal with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The longest track on the schedule will play host to a tripleheader weekend.<\/p>\n

This year also has seen Blaney and wife Gianna prepare for parenthood. Gianna is due to deliver the couple\u2019s first son in the offseason.<\/p>\n

Going through that experience has changed how Blaney views challenges at the track.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I have a bad day in my job, that\u2019s one thing, but it has put it into perspective for me watching my wife go through having a child grow inside of her \u2013 of things that she has to deal with, too, from that level,\u201d Blaney said. \u201cThe way that she\u2019s been able to overcome things that her body is changing and things that maybe aren\u2019t ideal that come up through her pregnancy that she has to deal with and just how do we move forward together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think you just realize that there are bigger things out there. Your job is obviously important, but other things are just as important if not more, so Gianna has honestly been amazing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt puts it into perspective for me like, \u2018Hey, if I have a tough day, it\u2019s nothing compared to if she has a tough day\u2019 because she is having to deal with this and making sure that our child is all good and that she is being healthy.\u2019 It definitely changes your outlook and then when he arrives it\u2019s gonna change your outlook even more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ryan Blaney leans on the words of \u201cMacho Man\u201d Randy Savage when assessing his playoff position entering Sunday\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217012,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-217011","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217011"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217011\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}