23XI Racing came into the DuraMax Texas Grand Prix winners of two straight races to begin the NASCAR Cup Series season. They can add a third win to their resume, with Tyler Reddick (45 car) winning his third straight race to start the season, something no other driver in the history of the NASCAR Cup Series.
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Reddick’s two wins include the season opener at the Daytona 500, which he won on a chaotic final lap.
23XI Racing and Tyler Reddick ran another impeccable race
Ross Chastain (1 car) of Trackhouse Racing won Stage 1 to add to his total points in the standings (61). 23XI Racing did well to stay in the top 20 for Stage 1, with Bubba Wallace (23 car) finishing in 11th place (missing the points), while his teammates, Reddick and Riley Herbst (35 car) finished in 19th and 16th place respectively to complete Stage 1.
Reddick would bounce back in Stage 2 to lead the first 23 of 25 laps, with 23XI deciding to pit Reddick before the close of Stage 2, ceding the Stage points to Ty Gibbs. Reddick would finish in the points (fifth), collecting five more points to add to his total. Wallace and Herbst did well in Stage 2, with Wallace jumping up to sixth place (six points) behind Reddick, and Herbst finishing in 11th place (just outside the points) to collect 11 points for 23XI Racing.
Reddick and Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney (12 car) were the leaders once again for the final Stage, with Reddick edging the former Cup Series champion (2023) for the lead as they came around the first corner. Blaney and Trackhouse Racing Shane Van Gisbergan (88 car) proved to be Reddick’s biggest competitor in the race, managing to maintain the same pace as the 45 car.
Reddick and Blaney would both choose to pit with 26 laps to go, with Reddick barely eking out Blaney exiting pit road. Ultimately, 23XI Racing’s strategy and timing on when to pit proved to be what won Reddick his third straight race (total.
Wallace would finish the race in 11th place, and Herbst in 23rd place.
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