23XI Racing gained at Kansas early within the 2022 season with Kurt Busch, then sweeping each races there with Bubba Wallace taking victory within the playoffs. Now, Tyler Reddick has adopted swimsuit along with his personal victory at Kansas whereas behind the wheel of the No. 45 machine.
In a two-lap sprint to the checkered flag, a number of totally different methods performed out close to the entrance of the sector. Daniel Suarez stayed out whereas Erik Jones, Joey Logano and Kyle Busch all took two tires. Reddick was amongst those that took 4, which allowed him to slice to the within of Logano and Jones on the white flag, taking the lead and the win.
Reddick then held off his group proprietor, Denny Hamlin, by 0.327 seconds to say the victory which locks him into the second subsequent spherical of the playoffs. Common season champion Martin Truex Jr., who crashed out early and completed final, now sits seven factors under the cut-line.
The win is Reddick’s second of the 2023 season and fifth of his profession.
“Simply an excellent job by this entire 23XI group. We had actually good tempo, however simply couldn’t get forward of Denny there, however chaos ensued, folks stayed out, some took two tires, and the underside lane opened up,” Reddick mentioned. “It was fairly loopy.”
Requested the important thing to his additional time efficiency, Reddick mentioned, “4 contemporary tires and sitting in there and slide up.
“This Toyota Camry TRD had loads of tempo, and we’ve had actually quick vehicles and it’s actually nice to get it again to Victory Lane.”