It took Ryan Blaney two tries to win Sunday night’s All-Star Race at Texas Motor Speedway.
Blaney held off Denny Hamlin and Austin Cindric on a two-lap restart after he thought he won the race just minutes before. The restart came after an unnecessary caution for Ricky Stenhouse Jr, as Blaney was between Turn 4 and the finish line. Blaney didn’t realize the caution had flown when he crossed the finish line and took his window net down to start celebrating.
He spent most of the ensuing caution trying to get the window net reattached as NASCAR appeared to not be willing to let him pit without losing his spot to get the net secured.