The race at Richmond on Saturday is one that Ryan Blaney would like to forget. Even though he battled hard with Austin Dillon for the lead, unfortunately, a sudden fall-off due to tire issues caused Dillon and Alex Bowman to leave him behind, and he ended up in third place. While Blaney had his own set of reasons to blame, his crew chief, Jonathan Hassle, had another story to say about the Richmond problems they faced.

Dillon led 107 laps in that race, which also marked the first time the #3 car had led 100+ laps in a Cup race since the 1998 Daytona 500, led by Dale Earnhardt, who also led the race for the same lap number. Blaney’s disadvantage over Dillon was not having a fresh set of tires like him, and he ultimately couldn’t keep up when even Alex Bowman went past him with just 16 la

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