‘Road Course Jesus’ Tyler Reddick is all set to fight for the win in the Sonoma Cup race with $8 Million payouts
Tyler Reddick scored his maiden win for 23XI Racing at COTA.
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Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick at North Wilkesboro (Credits: @23xiracing)
On Sunday, Sonoma Raceway will host the Toyota Mart 250, the second Road Course Race of the 2023 season. 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick, who won the COTA Cup race, is one of the front runners to win the event. He scored the first win of a Toyota driver this year and has been the most impressive TRD driver of the season.
Sonoma is the closest thing the two times Xfinity series champion has to a home track in NASCAR. His last two starts on the track haven’t been up to the standards, but Reddick is hopeful that he might be able to end the poor streak there.
“Sonoma is a place I didn’t get to come down to and see a lot of racing at when I was younger. But yeah, it is the closest thing that I have to a home track. My previous two starts here were not the greatest, but I think that everything we hit on last year really came in to its own after this race one year ago,” Tyler Reddick said.
“And then on top of that, the race here a year ago we had some issues along the way with parts failures that really took us out of it, but our confidence is definitely high here. Our sim program went really well on Wednesday. I’m just excited to see what our pace is going to look like tomorrow,” Reddick added.
It’s not just Reddick who is confident about the No:45 team’s chances at a win in Sonoma. His teammate Bubba Wallace admitted that Reddick is one of the most talented drivers in Road Course racing and even named him the Jesus of road course racing. Wallace said while pointing to Reddick, “Since bringing it on, of course, Jesus, is that what I should call you now?”. Reddick replied, “I think that’s what everybody calls me,”.
Tyler Reddick expresses his love for Road Courses
Reddick expressed his love for Road Course racing, saying he always likes the preparation he undergoes before races and the different styles of races. He also enjoys challenges surrounding race craft and the different approaches each track demands.
“I really do like the road-courses. Each track is quite different from the next on the current schedule that we have. I really like the preparation that goes into it all. You need to know how you manage a race, you know? You need to manage how you attack and make passes,” Reddick said.
“It’s just a lot of fun. It all really forces you to start over and reset before every road-course race that you go to. You know the things that work at one track don’t apply to the next track,” Reddick added.
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