Toyota driver Reddick and poleman William Byron‘s Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet spent a lot of Sunday’s race buying and selling the lead, however the former Richard Childress Racing man moved out entrance for the ultimate time on lap 64 of what was initially scheduled as a 68-lap race.
To protect the win, nonetheless, Reddick needed to battle off repeated challengers in three two-lap overtimes to say his fourth Cup Sequence victory and third on a highway course.
On the ultimate restart, RCR’s new signing Kyle Busch made contact with Alex Bowman (Hendrick) getting into Flip 1 which helped Reddick clear for the lead and he made it to the white flag with none additional incidents on the observe.
Reddick ended up claiming the win over Busch by 1.411 seconds to proceed a exceptional turnaround after he started the season wrecking out of the primary two races.
“It means the world, this complete 23XI workforce has been working so arduous all winter lengthy to make the highway course programme higher,” Reddick mentioned earlier than revealing that he“had some issues with the cool shirt”.
“I felt that at present,” he added. “I screwed up Flip 1 about each single time. It’s good to show it round and make it higher on the finish.”
Bowman completed third, final yr’s winner Ross Chastain (Trackhouse Racing Chevrolet) fourth and Byron wound up fifth.
NASCAR debutant, 2009 Components 1 champion Button, had the very best end of the highway course ringers with 18th. Sportscar star Jordan Taylor, substituting for the injured Chase Elliott was twenty fourth after managing fourth place in qualifying, whereas 2007 F1 champion Raikkonen acquired a penalty for short-cutting the observe on the ultimate lap and ended up twenty ninth.
Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, Monster Vitality Toyota Camry
Photograph by: Ben Earp / NKP / Motorsport Images
The primary incident of the race occurred on lap one, when 2012 Cup champion Brad Keselowski spun and picked up Ty Dillon in Flip 20. The incident additionally collected Jimmie Johnson and Chris Buescher, with Dillon and seven-time Cup champion Johnson out because of this.
On the lap six restart, Austin Cindric (Penske Ford) powered previous Byron and Reddick in Flip 1 to imagine the lead, but it surely solely took two additional excursions for Reddick to say the lead for the primary time.
The following warning arrived on lap 12 when 2021 champion Kyle Larson (Hendrick) was spun round by Denny Hamlin (Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota) and stalled on the observe. A number of vehicles determined to pit, together with the chief, however Byron remained on the observe and inherited the lead forward of Cindric.
The race resumed on lap 16, with the race persevering with below inexperienced after Larson spun Ryan Blaney’s Penske Ford on the next tour.
When Byron pitted below inexperienced on lap 24, one lap after Cindric had executed likewise, Reddick cycled again to the entrance. However he needed to make his subsequent cease on lap 32, placing Byron again to the entrance after a recovering Buescher had stayed out one lap longer than Reddick.
Utilising his newer tyres, Reddick handed A.J. Allmendinger (Kaulig Chevrolet) for second on lap 37 and shortly took Byron at Flip 1.
Many of the leaders pitted below the third warning, prompted when Hamlin spun on lap 41 to unfold gravel all around the observe.
Reddick was the primary off the pit highway and rejoined fourth, as Joey Logano stayed out to inherit the lead, however following a wild seven-wide restart into Flip 1 it was Byron who emerged because the chief adopted by Reddick and Chastain.
After two laps of a lot side-by-side racing, Reddick lastly cleared Byron to reclaim the lead on lap 47.
Austin Cindric, Group Penske, Low cost Tire Ford Mustang, Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, Monster Vitality Toyota Camry, and William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports, Liberty College Chevrolet Camaro
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4 laps after a spin at Flip 11, Keselowski stalled out on the observe on lap 57 to carry out a fourth warning, however no sooner had the race restarted than it returned to warning once more after Chastain and Allmendinger made contact that left the previous stalled on the observe.
The race resumed with seven laps to go along with Reddick out entrance adopted by Christopher Bell (JGR) and Byron, who powered to the lead on the restart as Reddick fell in behind him in second.
However Reddick repassed Byron at Flip 11 and was by no means headed thereafter, regardless of the primary of three overtimes being pressured by particles from Austin Dillon’s RCR Chevrolet. A second was necessitated when Blaney had a tyre go down, which shredded particles.
The race went into a 3rd extra time when a number of vehicles acquired harm from contact on lap 71 and a tyre carcass ended up on the observe, however Reddick stored his cool on the restart to win.