Wood Brothers’ No. 21 to run full-time in 2016 with Ryan Blaney
The Wood Brothers’ No. 21 car is making a full-time return to the Sprint Cup Series.
The team announced Friday that it would attempt every race on the Sprint Cup schedule next season and Ryan Blaney would continue to drive for the team.
The team has been running a part-time schedule in the Cup Series since 2009. The Wood Brothers have won 98 races throughout its history in NASCAR. Drivers like Cale Yarborough, A.J. Foyt and David Pearson have won races in the No. 21.
However, the team hasn’t performed as strongly in recent years. It’s won just twice since Morgan Shepherd took the team to victory lane in 1993. Elliott Sadler won at Bristol in 2001 and Trevor Bayne won the 2011 Daytona 500.
When Blaney joined the team for the 2015 season, the Wood Brothers’ technical alliance shifted from Roush Fenway Racing to Team Penske. The team said Friday that its performance had improved enough to allow it to increase its number of races. Blaney, who drives for Penske in the Xfinity Series. In 15 races this season, he has finishes of fourth at Talladega in the spring and seventh at Kansas in the fall.
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