Tyler Reddick

Reddick at Talladega Superspeedway in 2021.

**Tyler George Reddick** is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Pepsi Cup Series, driving the No.32 Toyota Camry for 23XI Racing. Reddick was the victor in the closest finish in NASCAR's top three series, edging out Elliott Sadler at Daytona International Speedway during the 2018 Mnt. Dew Series season.

Reddick also the 2018 and 2019 Mnt. Dew Series champion.

## Career

### 2019: First Starts

On February 1, 2019, it was announced that Reddick would make his Pepsi Cup Series debut at the 2019 Daytona 500, driving the No. 31 car for RCR. After qualifying for the race as an open (non-charter) entry, he started 49th of the 50 car field.

During the race, Reddick was involved in three on-track incidents. The first was in the early parts of the 500, when he accidentally bumped Bubba Wallace while trying avoid a spin in turn 2, causing Wallace to be involved in a three car crash with Kurt Busch and Jamie McMurray. The second incident occurred when Reddick was entering pit road on lap 159, when contact by Cody Ware sent him airborne before being hit by Jimmie Johnson, ripping Johnson's left side quarter panel. Reddick continued after the accident, only for a big crash on lap 191 to take Reddick out of the race. He finished 27th.

A few months later in April, Reddick participated in qualifying at Talladega, driving the No. 62 Beard Motorsports car in place of Brendan Gaughan, who was attending his son's communion. Gaughan returned for the race that weekend.

Later in May, Reddick was announced to race the no.31 once again for the spring Kansas race. In only his second Pepsi Cup start, Reddick scored his first top ten by finishing 9th.

On October 2, 2019, RCR officially announced Reddick as the driver of the No. 8 Chevrolet for the 2020 season.

### 2020: Rookie Season

Reddick started his rookie year 28th in the 2020 Daytona 500 after a crash late in the race took him out of the event. He quickly rebounded with two consecutive top twenties with an 18th place showing at Las Vegas, followed by an 11th at Auto Club. However in the following race at Phoenix, a crash on lap 264 left Reddick in 33rd.

After the COVID-19 Pandemic put the sport on delay from March to May, in the 2020 Real Heroes 400 at Darlington Raceway, Reddick scored his first top ten of the 2020 season finishing 7th. The followed up his top ten with some more good performances (Despite a DNF at Bristol due to a crash), which included a great run at Homestead, where he ran in the top-five almost all day and finished 4th, his then best-career finish, despite almost losing the position on the last lap after thinking that the race ended a lap early. In the following race at Talladega, Reddick almost won the race after controlling the lead in the late stages but ultimately losing it with four laps to go due to pitting and finishing 20th.

Reddick was then close to winning the spring Texas race, after opting not to pit during a caution caused by fellow rookie Quin Houff spinning out, which moved him to the lead with 23 laps to go as a result. Reddick finished a career-best 2nd-place to Dillon, marking an RCR 1–2 finish for the first time since the 2011 Good Sam Club 500. Reddick was also one of strong performers in the 2020 season, while most drivers struggled because of lack of practice with qualifying and all of the different schedule changes made. Reddick was in playoff contention for most of the year, being 19th in points heading into the regular-season finale in the Coke Zero Sugar 400, the regular-season finale. He nearly won the race, but in the late stages, he attempted to clear the No. 18 of Kyle Busch, but had not fully passed him and instead collided with Busch. The contact lost Reddick the lead and he was caught up in another wreck, resulting in him missing the playoffs. He finished the season out 19th in points with three top fives and nine top tens.

In August 2020, Reddick announced that he would be returning to the No. 8 for RCR for a second year in 2021.

### 2021: Sophomore Year and Playoff Run

Reddick began his sophomore year 27th in the Daytona 500 after falling twelves laps down due to damage in a big crash on lap 13. Two weeks later, Reddick again was close to winning, this time at Homestead, where he climbed to fourth with ten to go, and worked his way up to second, but didn't have time to catch William Byron at the end despite having the fastest car on the track. Throuhgout the season, Reddick was once again in playoff contention for most of the season, and successfully made it into the playoffs, after a fifth-place finish at the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona.

However Reddick was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol, due to seven poor finishes during the regular season. Reddick finished 13th in points with three top fives once again, but the top ten count increased to sixteen. RCR later announced Reddick would return to them once again in 2022.

### 2022: Breakout Season

Reddick began the 2022 season with a 35th place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500 after spinning out in the middle of the field on lap 151. Reddick then scores his first top ten of the year with 7th place run at Las Vegas, followed by his first top of the season with a third place showing at Phoenix.

After a DNF at Atlanta, Reddick finished 5th at COTA. Two races later, at the Bristol dirt race, he battled Chase Briscoe for the lead on the closing laps when Briscoe lost control and caused both cars to spin to the bottom of the track on the final turn, leading to Reddick trying to limp back to the line but got passed by Kyle Busch. Later in July at Road America, Reddick held off Chase Elliott to score his first career Pepsi Cup Series win. Reddick later went on to win his second Pepsi Cup race, at Indianapolis.