Inclement weather puts Ryan Blaney on pole at North Wilkesboro

NORTH WILKESBORO, N.C. — “Great lap,” quipped Ryan Blaney on Saturday as he addressed reporters in the North Wilkesboro Speedway media center.Of course, there was no lap after rain drenched the 0.625-mile short track and forced the cancellation of qualifying for Sunday‘s Window World 450 (7 p.m. ET, TNT Sports, truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).As a result, Blaney will lead the field to green in the first NASCAR Cup Series points race at the track in three