LAS VEGAS — NASCAR regular-season champion Tyler Reddick rolled his automotive early throughout Sunday’s playoff race at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
Reddick, who had simply gained the primary stage of the opening race of the semifinals spherical of the playoffs, was concerned in a multicar wreck moments after the beginning of the second stage. The Toyota from 23XI Racing made contact with Chase Elliott, one other title contender.
“You’ve got simply obtained to be aggressive on restarts, I simply had a cut up second to decide,” Reddick stated. “By the point I noticed I used to be in hassle, it was too late. There was nowhere actually to go. Be just a little conservative, that is what we would have liked to do. We’ll be taught from it.”
Reddick was making an attempt to achieve on-track place and misjudged how a lot room he had.
“I assumed the opening was there; it wasn’t. It closed so rapidly,” Reddick stated on his radio.
The crash additionally collected reigning Cup Sequence champion Ryan Blaney, who had pushed from final within the subject into the highest 20 after a crash in Saturday observe prevented Blaney from making a qualifying lap.
Blaney and Elliott have been capable of proceed with the race, however the crash ended Reddick’s race. Blaney dropped two laps off the tempo; Elliott remained on the lead lap however then went to the storage for lengthier repairs.
The playoff subject has been lower to eight drivers over the subsequent three races. 4 will race for the Cup title in subsequent month’s season finale at Phoenix Raceway.
