[autotag]Tyler Reddick[/autotag] had the best race car during the NASCAR Cup Series race at Texas Motor Speedway in the Final Stage, but it wasn’t meant to be for him. Reddick entered pit road for his final green-flag pit stop of the day with a massive lead and left in second place after a long stop by the No. 45 team. The 23XI Racing driver eventually finished in fourth place after several restarts.
Following the event, Reddick talked about his heartbreaking finish at Texas after having the best car late in the race. Obviously, there was frustration after the 18-second pit stop and failed restarts in the Final Stage.
23XI with yet another great pitstop as Reddick is held in the box for a long time @AlwaysRaceDay pic.twitter.com/YmiUDGnfhq
— Mr Matthew CFB (@MrMatthew_CFB) April 14, 2024
“We had control of the restart that mattered, and we didn’t execute,” Reddick said. “Just kept focusing on the wrong things. All day long, I’d been really aggressively blocking the car behind going me into Turn 1, and it really hurt us going into the center of Turn 2. Just made bad adjustments at the wrong time, and we gave away the race.”
If things had gone Reddick’s way, he could have won NASCAR’s only two 1.5-mile races at Texas and Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The driver of the No. 45 car was one green-flag run away from entering victory lane for the first time in 2024. Instead, Reddick will focus on maximizing his result at Talladega Superspeedway this weekend, still looking for his first win of the year.
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