With Busch’s help, Blaney took the lead on the final restart, then bobbed and weaved his way around Michigan International Speedway to beat Byron by 0.077 seconds.
Blaney won for the second time this season and sixth overall, capping a big weekend for Team Penske, which won Saturday’s IndyCar race in suburban St.
“It was fun, kind of like a superspeedway race,” Byron said.
“Just made a couple of bad moves, I guess,” Larson said.
The announcement comes during a busy week in which he threw the first pitch at a Detroit Tigers game, stared a new charitable foundation and made an appearance for Chevy in Detroit.
“We talked on pit road and we talked after that, so yeah, I’m good.
“I think it’s great for us to get more athletes that are interested in our sport – the NBA, the NFL, whatever it is to get them talking about it to bring our sport up where we need to be in urban areas, more diversity, “ Wallace said.