Bubba Wallace's wife Amanda Wallace was partying with Gianna Tulio, who is soon going to get married to 2023 NASCAR Champion Ryan Blaney. They shared glimpses of the entire event which was a part of the upcoming wedding.
Tulio shared many highlights of the grand party she had with her close friends in her final days before the wedding. One of those images featured Wallace. She had uploaded it on her Instagram stories, writing:
"The night before"
The party was in celebration of her wedding eve with Ryan Blaney. The two have been engaged since December 12, 2023, exactly a year ago. Other highlights of the party showed her in a sparkling white dress with her friends.
The two have been planning their wedding for a long time. Blaney, who won the Cup Series championship in the 2023 season with Team Penske, revealed how he let Gianna make the decisions for the ceremony.
"Picking the venue out was good, that took a lot of weight off our shoulders, Gianna and I," Blaney once told Bob Pockrass.
"I try to just give her the reigns on everything, just do it you’ve got full control of this, but she wants to include me in a lot of it, which is like alright, that’s fine. But I usually just agree with her. She’ll be like ‘What do you think about this?’ and then I’ll just ask her ‘Well, what do you think?’ and then I’ll just agree with whatever she says."
Ryan Blaney recalled how he forgot to ask for Gianna's father's permission before proposing to her
Ryan Blaney and Gianna Tulio dated for almost three years before the 30-year-old popped the question to her. He asked her during their vacation in 2023 after winning his first Cup Series Championship.
However, Blaney forgot to ask for permission from Tulio's father before proposing. In a conversation with Jeff Gluck, Blaney recalled:
“I didn't ask her dad until we were about to get on the plane. I have a great relationship with her dad; he's awesome. I love him, but I was like, 'Oh man, I forgot to call her dad.' I'm like, 'Hey Mr. Julio, you know, I'm about to get on this plane, and I just had a question I was wanting to ask you before I asked Gianna, here in a handful of days.'" (5:25)
He further added that Gianna's father initially joked around with her, asking him to wait a few days before he made a decision about their possible wedding. Blaney mentioned that his soon-to-be father-in-law is quite a "jokester."
“I was going to ask J to marry me; I just wanted to make sure it was okay with you. ‘He was like, 'Ryan, let me think about it for a couple days.’ I was like, 'Alright', he was like, 'I’m messing with you,' of course; he’s a jokester, but yeah, I almost forgot to do that, like you have to ask her parents,” Ryan Blaney added.
Ryan Blaney was a strong contender for the Cup Series championship in the 2024 season as well. He seemed close to clinching his second consecutive title, however, it was Joey Logano who came out on top for his third title.