Rain has been Ryan Blaney’s foe in NASCAR Sprint Cup Series qualifying. Last weekend at Chicagoland Speedway, rain washed out qualifying, which meant Blaney went home. His Wood Brothers Racing #21 Ford team has made just 11 starts this season (with four more left) and Blaney and his team have been sent home due to three qualifying rainouts. Under the NASCAR rulebook, the teams with the fewest attempts get sent home in the event of a wash out. “It’s very frustrating to be honest with you,” Blaney told NASCAR.com at Kentucky Speedway, where he is driving in the NASCAR XFINITY Series this weekend. “Not only for me, but for the whole team. They work so hard to get those cars to the race track. Having a fast car for all three of those races is just an extra slap in the face after you get sent home. That’s really unfortunate.” That frustration comes from Blaney having a fast piece at the track. He finished his lone Chicagoland practice ninth. Blaney also was ninth in final practice at Daytona, but didn’t make the race as that qualifying session was rained out. Blaney also didn’t make the show at Kentucky when that qualifying session was rained out. “We’ve been lucky to have fast cars. That’s the first thing to know that you have fast race cars that you bring to the track so that’s something you can be confident about and be proud of. And if everyone knows that we’re there, it’s a lot better than being 30th and getting rained out, then you are like “well, we weren’t that good anyway.'”(NASCAR.com)(9-26-2015)
