With a last-lap move in turn 4, Tyler Reddick won Sunday’s (Oct. 27) NASCAR Cup Series race at Homestead-Miami Speedway, beating Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin to the line.
Hamlin went to the race lead after an incredible move on the race’s final restart, but was passed by Blaney with two laps to go.
Ultimately, a glimpse of the top lane was all Reddick needed to make the winning pass and punch his ticket to the Championship 4.
Blaney, Hamlin, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, William Byron, Alex Bowman, AJ Allmendinger, Carson Hocevar and Ryan Preece rounded out the top 10.
The action was hot from the drop of the green flag, as contact from Ricky Stenhouse Jr. sent Justin Haley around entering turn 3 on the first lap of the race. Haley avoided making contact with his fellow competitors and was able to continue.
Bell, Larson and Reddick battled for the lead on the lap 6 restart, with Reddick eventually clearing Bell to keep the top spot. A series of aggressive moves from Larson helped him get around Bell for second on lap 12.
Byron was a big mover early, as in the first 17 laps he went from the 25th starting spot to 14th. Blaney also put on a show early in stage one, gaining 11 spots over the first 30 laps.
Byron started green flag pit stops on lap 34, with Reddick, Blaney, Hamlin, Elliott and a host of other drivers coming down pit road. Larson and Bubba Wallace pitted on the next lap, as did Bell and Bowman.
The pit cycle ended up putting Elliott in front of both Reddick and Larson, cycling the No. 9 to the lead after the rest of the field ran long and made their stops.
On lap 47, Larson blew a right-rear tire, sending him into the wall and bringing out the second caution of the race. Fortunately for Larson, the damage wasn’t too severe.
Much of the field came opted to pit during the caution period, with Elliott winning the race off pit road. Kyle Busch and Joey Logano stayed out under caution, but were quickly passed for the lead by Wallace on the lap 54 restart. Reddick took the lead from his teammate on lap 56.
Reddick won stage one, with Elliott, Blaney, Bell, Hamlin and Byron as the other playoff drivers to earn stage points.
After the field pitted under caution, Blaney won the race off pit road. Chris Buescher went for a spin as he attempted to pit, with Stenhouse making contact with Buescher’s No. 17. A slow stop for Reddick relegated the No. 45 to sixth for the restart.
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