A last-stage caution was all that Ryan Blaney needed to be able to work his way into the top 5 on Sunday. When Kyle Busch spun out from the lead, the reigning Cup Series champion got what he needed. He was the only Team Penske driver to finish upfront at Kansas.Qualifying 7th for the Hollywood Casino 400, also his best starting position since 2022, Blaney delivered a P4 finish, his eighth top-5 of the season. His teammates, Austin Cindric and Joey Logano finished 34th and 14th, respectively.With 32 laps to go, Busch lost control over his BetMGM/Cheddar's Chevy while battling for the lead with Stewart-Haas Racing's Chase Briscoe. That brought out a caution and a golden opportunity for Blaney to restart."We needed a yellow; someone to have an issue... have a caution," Blaney said during a post-race interview. "Finally caught a break. Like I said earlier...we usually catch all the bad breaks so it's nice that we actually caught a good one today and I got the caution when we were 8th or 9th and I was able to restart and get to 4th. That was a good break for us." (0:50)According to renowned journalist Jordan Bianchi, Blaney's No. 12 Mustang had fuel worth 30 laps when there were 42 laps until the checkered flag. Had there not been a caution, Blaney's car would not have lasted till the end of the race.In his last 19 starts at the 1.5-mile, tri-oval intermediate speedway, Ryan Blaney has three top-5s. Besides that, seven top-10 finishes, with his last one coming on September 11, 2022.Currently, the 30-year-old Hartford, Ohio native, sits 28 points above the provisional cutline. He could either win a race to make the next round or gather enough points to stay inside the top 8.Ryan Blaney on preserving his father's racing memorabilia following "bittersweet" retirementRyan Blaney hails from a family of racers. His grandfather, Lou Blaney, used to be a modified and sprint car driver who was inducted into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in 2013. Blaney's father, Dave Blaney, is a Sprint Car Hall of Famer, a World of Outlaws champion, and a former NASCAR Cup Series driver.Dave Blaney, the 61-year-old speedster who has 95 wins under this belt, has recently announced his retirement after winning the 16th annual Lou Blaney Memorial at Sharon Speedway on September 23rd, 2024. The news was "bittersweet" for Ryan Blaney.Hence, Blaney intends to make his father's racing career memorable by preserving the latter's car in his own racing shop, which he looks forward to opening someday. For now, the machine will sit in his father's shop."Excited to keep that car of his, put it in his shop somewhere and sit on it," Blaney said in an interview (via Newsweek). "Looking forward to hopefully putting it in a shop of my own one day and have a collection of some of his cars. He never kept cars, growing up. That was his one regret that he said, he's like, 'I wish I had kept cars.'"With that said, Ryan Blaney will now prepare for next week's race at Talladega, the YellaWood 500, which is also the second race of the Round of 12. He is the defending champion at the 2.66-mile superspeedway. Fans can catch Blaney in action on NBC and USA from 2 PM ET onwards on October 6th.