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Kevin Harvick wonders if Tyler Reddick can win at Phoenix to capture the NASCAR championship
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Kevin Harvick wonders if Tyler Reddick can win at Phoenix to capture the NASCAR championship

Can Tyler Reddick finish his memorable 2024 season by winning the NASCAR Cup Series championship on November 10? On Kevin Harvick’s happy hourKevin Harvick weighed in on Reddick’s chances of winning his first title.

“We’ll find out.” …How can we race at championship level every week? Can you find that the equipment you found in Homestead is unmotivated? That’s what we’re going to find out about Tyler Reddick when we get to that championship race,” Harvick said. “Can Tyler Reddick get back to the gear he had at Homestead and get motivated to get back to those last eight rounds every round at Phoenix?”

Reddick clinched a spot in Championship 4 after win the Homestead race on Sunday. It’s fitting that Reddick will compete for the title since he won the regular season championship last month.

“We were backed into a corner, man,” Reddick told NBC Sports after the race. “We had no other choice. I know we were short of tires. Here at Homestead Miami Speedway, it’s a death sentence. I don’t care. We did what we had to do to win this race. We are fighting for a championship.

Tyler Reddick talks about making Michael Jordan happy

Reddick won the race which had three different leaders in the final three laps. He successfully clutched his way out of Turn 4 on the final lap to take the win.

“I can’t lead you through the last few laps,” Reddick told reporters during his post-race news conference. But my emotions were all over the place. Yeah, when we played for a long time, I didn’t know how it was going to go. I was afraid that caution would not come. We stop, we lose a lap. Oh, damn. We resume the first round. I didn’t expect that, right? Nick says be careful. Great, we’re in the back, anyway.

Reddick also talked about becoming part owner of 23XI Racing Michael Jordan happy. “It’s special, man. He has devoted much of his time, effort and money to raising the 23XI to where it is now. He is fully committed to this team, to our organization. To be able to reward him with days like the one we experienced today is a real honor. It was really cool to see how happy he was. We are all very happy about it.