Reddick stayed out on the finish of the second stage and inherited the race lead. The driving force of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota then held the place on the a number of restarts that adopted, preventing off assaults from Kyle Larson, Denny Hamlin, and Ryan Blaney.
With rain threatening, the racing was fierce and the cautions many whereas Reddick tried to hold on, regardless of his tire drawback.
After 30 laps, the skies lastly opened up and the race was halted. It appeared that Reddick had made the profitable transfer and would emerge victorious in a rain-shortened race, 82 laps shy of the scheduled end.
Talking to SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Monday, Reddick stated of the prolonged delay: “I wasn’t positive (if the race would finish). Simply type of relying on what that cell was gonna do. There was a pair scorching spots in it with a number of rain, a number of lightning. We noticed additional south of us … there have been Twister Warnings and issues of that nature. There was a number of extreme climate within the space. We had been simply monitoring and seeing (if) that extreme climate was gonna hit us.”
Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, SiriusXM Toyota Camry
Picture by: Matthew T. Thacker / NKP / Motorsport Photographs
Nevertheless, it did not fairly go Reddick’s method ultimately. With the summer season solar making for longer days, NASCAR waited via the storm. And after a crimson flag that lasted two hours and 14 minutes, the race lastly resumed on a moist observe with moist climate tires.
Reddick misplaced the result in Christopher Bell on a Lap 242 restart and by no means regained it. He completed a decent sixth, however after main 53 laps and sitting in P1 throughout a two-hour crimson flag, it was a bitter defeat.
“Yeah, it is a bummer, however general, a very good end for our Toyota Camry,” he stated post-race. “I do not know if we had been going to crack the top-ten straight up at this time for no matter motive, so we’ll take the chance. It did not shake it out, clearly, however we nonetheless acquired a sixth place out of it and I feel that’s higher than we had been gonna run, had it stayed dry.”
Reddick, who already has a win this 12 months (Talladega), leaves New Hampshire fifth within the common season standings.
