After a mid-race incident at Nashville last weekend, Tyler Reddick just chalked it up to his luck this season.
However, his dark cloud moved out of the way just in time for Sunday’s KwikTrip 250, as he held off a hard charging Chase Elliott and brought home the victory for Richard Childress Racing.
It is his first victory in his 91st start, RCR’s first win since Texas in 2020 and becomes the 13th different winner and fifth first time winner in 2022. He also won after finishing 2nd five times before.
Chase Elliott came home in second after dominating a large portion of the race. He was passed for good after a spirited battle with Reddick on lap 47.
Kyle Larson finished in 3rd, about 10 seconds behind the leader.
For some of our other points contenders this year, the race did not come without hiccups. Denny Hamlin was penalized twice for driving through too many pit boxes and finished 17th, Joey Logano had an early incident with Bubba Wallace and never seemed to recover, finishing 27th. Kyle Busch was scheduled to start 13th but an engine change relegated him to the rear of the field. After an early race spin and issues with the race car, he finished 29th. His brother Kurt finished one spot behind where he started, bringing it home 23rd.
It was a race almost entirely devoid of attrition. There were no cautions for incident in the race, and not an incredible amount of on-track action outside of the battle for the win between Reddick and Elliott. In fact, the most dramatic situation of the race occurred when Reddick’s own teammate Austin Dillon suffered a flat tire with two to go that very well could have prompted a caution, spoiling another shot at a win for Reddick. Thankfully for Richard Childress’s blood pressure however, Dillon was able to safely get off the track without incident.
Next on the schedule is Atlanta, a track the teams will be visiting for a second time this season under the new configuration. With just 8 races to the cutoff race and an unpredictable track ahead it looks to be a must watch weekend ahead.
Final Results:
- Tyler Reddick
- Chase Elliott
- Kyle Larson
- Ross Chastain
- Daniel Suarez
- Chris Buescher
- Austin Cindric
- Michael McDowell
- A.J. Allmendinger
- Kevin Harvick
- Ryan Blaney
- Alex Bowman
- Martin Truex Jr.
- Case Briscoe
- Cole Custer
- William Byron
- Denny Hamlin
- Christopher Bell
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
- Ty Dillon
- Joey Hand
- Harrison Burton
- Kurt Busch
- Justin Haley
- Todd Gilliland
- Erik Jones
- Joey Logano
- Aric Almirola
- Kyle Busch
- Kyle Tilley
- Austin Dillon (DNF)
- Cody Ware
- Brad Keselowski
- Corey LaJoie
- Bubba Wallace (DNF)
- Josh Bilicki
- Loris Hezemans (DNF)
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