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Ryan Blaney Hits His 400th Start at the Brickyard 400 — And Loses $1 Million by Two Spots

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Ryan Blaney made the 400th start of his Cup Series career on Sunday, and somebody in NASCAR's scheduling department deserves a round of applause for the timing: the milestone landed at the one race that actually has "400" in its name. The symmetry ends there. A shove from John Hunter Nemechek sent Blaney's No. 12 Ford into the wall at Indianapolis Motor Speedway with 40 laps left, and by the time the checkered flag fell, that single moment of contact had cost him a seven-figure check decided by

First report: Ryan Blaney Loses Million-Dollar Finish After Contact with John Hunter Nemechek — frontstretch.com, 15d