Star power and and ambition drive Tyler Reddick as he achieves his first NASCAR Cup Series win at Road America.
Some NASCAR Cup Series drivers never get there. Never have the chance to go to the start/finish line, pick up that checkered flag and exalt the crowd with their winner’s desecration of Goodyear rubber. NASCAR, with its large fields and definite us vs them mentality, has a few teams that seem to collect trophies on a regular basis. But even then, the ones that win change as the tides of teams ebb and flow.
So it’s been with Richard Childress Racing (RCR). After losing Dale Earnhardt 21 years ago, that team has had a few drivers capable of bringing home the bacon on a regular basis, but even then, guys like Kevin Harvick and Kurt Busch change teams and go elsewhere. Family driver Austin Dillon has seen some checkers for his grandfather, notably his 2018 Daytona 500 win.
Lately, Dillon’s teammate Tyler Reddick has shown the kind of star power that’s eluded RCR the past decade or so. Driving the No. 8 3CHI Chevrolet Camaro ZL1, Reddick has been knocking on victory’s door throughout this 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season. He finally broke through on the Road America road course on July 3rd, winning the Kwik Trip 250 over polesitter and 2020 Cup Series champion Chase Elliott, who drives for Hendrick Motorsports.
Reddick’s first career Cup Series victory came in his 92nd start – and gave Richard Childress his 110th series victory. It was Team Chevy’s ninth-straight NASCAR Cup Series road course win, a streak that started in May of 2021 with Elliott’s victory at Circuit of the Americas. Reddick became the 13th different Cup Series winner thus far in the season (seventh Chevy driver).
The two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series titleholder, 26, received congratulations from nearly every other driver in the race last Sunday – including Brad Keselowski, now with RFK (Roush Fenway Keselowski) but formerly Reddick’s Xfinity team owner.
Reddick acknowledged his first victory came from a good starting position (fourth), great pit strategy and excellent track position on the front row as the third and final stage of the race began. Reddick took the lead with the 47th lap and never relinquished the top spot en route to the checkers 16 laps later. Not only was this Reddick’s first victory in NASCAR’s premier class; winning crew chief Randall…
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