Tyler Reddick Looks to Secure First Career Championship

Going into this past weekend’s event at Canadian Tire Motorsports Park, Tyler Reddick was in the catbird’s seat for the championship. Though following some contact late in the race and a 19th place finish, he has fallen from first to third in points.

The 19-year-old entered the weekend without any road course experience and got up to speed quickly, qualifying fourth for the event.

“I think our weekend has gone well so far,” he commented pre-race. “Practice, we got up to speed pretty quick and we’re going to be rolling off fourth. It’s gone pretty good considering a lot of people I’m competing against have ran this course before or have road course experience.”

He added that in learning the course, there isn’t one particular spot to watch – but rather how you handle the whole track.

“The whole course is (tough) in general and understanding it’s about momentum and not getting back to the gas too quick cause in a sense if you get off in one little area, it can mess up your whole lap for you,” he explained. “It’s very important to not make a mistake and stay in your pattern and rhythm.”

The youngster also added that it was great to have Alex Tagliani as a teammate in leaning on him for advice.

“He’s given me a lot of valuable information to get up to speed in practice,” he commented.

Throughout the race, Reddick was able to up front and looked to on his way to a solid finish. However, he would get tangled up with Gray Gaulding in turn eight with three laps to go, bringing out the caution. He would then lose two laps getting cosmetic repairs on pit road, resulting in a 19th place finish.

It marks only the third time this season that Reddick has finished outside of the top-10, and the first finish outside of the top-10 since Texas Motor Speedway in June.

“I think our season has gone pretty good,” he commented. “We’ve been fortunate to have two wins. I feel that we could’ve had a few more wins, but that’s the way racing goes at times.”

While he has gone to a lot of these tracks without any experience, he has had experience in his corner with the boss Brad Keselowski. He notes that Keselowski has been great on helping at those tracks.

With the 19th place finish at CTMP, he now currently sits third in points, 15 points behind Erik Jones. Though when it comes to the points situation, it’s something that Reddick doesn’t focus on, but whether just continuing to be strong at each track.

“We’re just here trying to get the best finish that we can each and every week,” he commented. “I don’t know what the points are unless someone tells me; that’s the only reason I do know. People come by and tell me, ‘you’re leading by this or trailing by this much’ and its like, ‘I guess I know now. I wasn’t thinking about it beforehand’. I just focus on the next race ahead and don’t let it too carried away.”

With that in mind, he also doesn’t look forward to a particular race on the schedule, but whether the next race that is ahead. For him, there’s no favoritism from track-to-track as he believes he and team “have a great, fair chance of winning every single one”.

When the Camping World Truck Series returns to action, it will be at Chicagoland Speedway. Reddick ran the event last year, scoring a solid fourth place finish. Another strong run could certainly help in getting closer to possibly his first career series championship.

The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of SpeedwayMedia.com

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