For the second time in lower than two years, a prime NASCAR driver and Cup Sequence champion has gone undercover. This time, it’s Ryan Blaney doing the honors, and he’s doing so for an Emmy award-winning present.
Blaney has been featured on an episode of Eli Manning Presents: The Undercovers . The brand new installment debuts on Prime Video.
In it, Blaney goes undercover at Workforce Penske as an previous man. “What if I instructed you this previous man is NASCAR Cup champion Ryan Blaney…” teases Eli Manning in a trailer for the present.
Blaney is then seen donning a pretend beard, heavy make-up, prosthetics and a pair of glasses. He walks into the crew facility utilizing a cane, unbeknownst to most.
From there, Ryan Blaney appears to go on a slew of adventures, from getting right into a Cup Sequence automobile — as an previous man, no much less — to hitting the observe for some kart racing. It appears to be like like an epic time.
After all, he’s not the one NASCAR driver to go undercover in recent times. Joey Logano, additionally a former Cup champion, went undercover along with his spouse in a promo for a Ford dealership in Huntersville. That video debuted a couple of 12 months in the past, and followers received an awesome chortle over it.
As for his outcomes on the observe, Blaney remains to be in search of a little bit extra this 12 months. It’s been an excellent 12 months, however there’s nonetheless loads of room for enchancment.
Ryan Blaney in search of enchancment
As they run, Ryan Blaney is at the moment third within the NASCAR Cup Sequence standings on factors. He has one win already this 12 months, taking residence the victory at Phoenix.
He additionally has three top-five finishes and 10 top-10 outcomes this 12 months. Solely Tyler Reddick has extra (11) top-10 outcomes, whereas Denny Hamlin has matched Blaney’s 10.
So, the place can Blaney enhance? Nicely, if there’s one space to seek out some additional juice in, it’s undoubtedly on pit highway. Blaney’s crew has constantly had points dropping spots on pit highway this season, although issues have been marginally higher the previous few weeks.
Can he flip issues round and put collectively a championship run? A minimum of Mamba Smith is selecting him to win at Pocono this week, and that would definitely be a step in the fitting route.
