Reddick stayed out on the finish of the second stage and inherited the race lead. The motive force of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota then held the place on the a number of restarts that adopted, combating 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.
Chatting with SiriusXM NASCAR Radio on Monday, Reddick mentioned 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 sizzling spots in it with loads of rain, loads of lightning. We noticed additional south of us … there have been Twister Warnings and issues of that nature. There was loads 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
Photograph by: Matthew T. Thacker / NKP / Motorsport Photographs
Nonetheless, it did not fairly go Reddick’s approach ultimately. With the summer season solar making for longer days, NASCAR waited by way of the storm. And after a pink flag that lasted two hours and 14 minutes, the race lastly resumed on a humid 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 pink flag, it was a bitter defeat.
“Yeah, it is a bummer, however total, a great end for our Toyota Camry,” he mentioned post-race. “I do not know if we had been going to crack the top-ten straight up at present for no matter motive, so we’ll take the chance. It did not shake it out, clearly, however we nonetheless obtained 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 yr (Talladega), leaves New Hampshire fifth within the common season standings.
