Fifth-Place in Shirners Children's 500 Blaney finished fifth in the Shriners Children's 500 NASCAR Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway Sunday afternoon. Impact The reigning Cup Series champion didn't have the best qualifying effort at Phoenix Saturday, but he would overcome that in the race on Sunday. Blaney would quickly race inside the Top 10 by the end of stage 1 and he'd battle there the rest of the day. The No. 12 Ford didn't have the speed or pit strategy to get into the lead, but Blaney would hold down Top-5 track position down the stretch. He would hold off Ross Chastain in the closing laps to secure an impressive Top-5 finish. It was his third Top 5 in the first four races of the season.
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