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For most involved in stock car racing, the Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway is well and truly the jewel in NASCAR’s<\/a> crown.
<\/p>\n \nAnd for good reason, too. The Daytona 500 has been running for 67 years, and throughout that time, some of NASCAR’s biggest names have been victorious in what has been dubbed ‘The Great American Race’.
<\/p>\n \nHowever, Team Penske<\/a> star Ryan Blaney<\/a> disagrees. In fact, the former Cup Series champion only has the Daytona 500 ranked third when it comes to crown jewel events in NASCAR’s elite series.
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<\/p>\n Ryan Blaney ranks NASCAR’s crown jewel events<\/p>\n \nIn an interview with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/a>, Blaney ranked NASCAR’s crown jewel events in the following order:
<\/p>\n \n1. Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway \n2. Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway \n3. Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway \n4. Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway \nOffering his logic for the above rankings, Blaney explained: “To me personally, there’s four crown jewels, I know a lot of people probably won’t agree with that.
<\/p>\n \n“But it’s Daytona, Darlington, Coke 600 and Indy – I put Indy in there and in my mind, that’s just what it is.
<\/p>\n \nBlaney continued: “To me, I feel like it’s [ranked] Coke 600, Darlington, Daytona, then Indy. That’s my list.”
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