Tyler Reddick scored his second win of the season in Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Alsco 300 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Reddick recorded the fifth win of his career on a brutally hot afternoon in Charlotte.
“It’s just awesome,” said the Richard Childress Racing driver. “To have the two-week off period and have a run that strong it shows what we can do. I knew we had great winning potential by the end of practice.”
Reddick led six times for 110 laps, including the final 16 circuits. He took advantage of Cole Custer spinning his tires on a restart to gain the advantage.
Justin Allgaier, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Noah Gragson and Justin Haley rounded out the top five.
“Not as good as we wanted to be,” Allgaier said. “These boys did a great job, great pit stops…We just needed that fire off speed and long-run speed.”
Earnhardt scored his career best finish in start number 71. Like a number of drivers in the field, he was treated for the effects of the extreme heat during the race but was reported to be okay.
Michael Annett, Jeb Burton, Ryan Sieg, Austin Cindric and Brandon Jones completed the first ten finishers.
It was a rough day for polesitter Christopher Bell, who had a tire go down earlier in the race and slammed the wall.
“I don’t know. I felt like my balance was really good,” Bell explained, who was credited with a 31st place finish. “My car was running good there. I had no warning of blowing a right front. I was actually a little bit loose that entire run. I guess we ran something over. I pile drove the fence and then rolling down the back straightaway I saw my teammate do it there too.”
Bell and Reddick won the first two stages of the race.
The NASCAR Xfinity Series now heads to Pocono Raceway next Saturday afternoon.
