Blaney a Titan Among Teen Truckers

By David Smith (on Twitter at @DavidSmithMA)
September 19, 2012


With his win Saturday night at Iowa Speedway, Ryan Blaney became the youngest winner in the history of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series, surpassing a mark set by Kyle Busch in 2005.

Being the “youngest” to accomplish something in the auto racing industry is a fairly ubiquitous moniker. The better designation for Blaney would be “best teenager to win.” But is he? It is almost impossible to properly gauge such a notion. We can compare him to his brethren currently in the series ... Read More

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David Smith is the Editor-in-Chief of Motorsports Analytics and the host of The David Smith Podcast. Follow him on Twitter at @DavidSmithMA.