When he spoke to CBS Sports at the outset of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, Ryan Blaney shared that above all else, he entered this year's race for the championship motivated by the opportunity to win back-to-back Cup titles -- something only a select few elites to ever set foot in a stock car have ever been able to lay a claim to.

A look at the winners and losers after a wild day at Martinsville Speedway. Ryan Blaney — He did it again. Blaney won last year’s Martinsville playoff race to secure his spot in the Championship 4 and won the Cup title a weekend later.