Tyler Reddick's daring move to place himself in the Championship Four has been the talk of NASCAR over the last few days. The 23XI driver passed Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney on the final lap to win the race at Homestead, putting himself in position to compete for a championship in two weeks at Phoenix. Many fans loved Reddick's move to win, and the near-unanimous opinion on the race in NASCAR circles is that it was perfect and one of the best races all year long.
Some have even said that it's been one of the best races since the Next Gen car was brought in, a point that one NASCAR Hall of Famer isn't ready to concede. "I did rewatch the race yesterday, thrilling finish with Tyler Reddick going around the top to beat Blaney. There is a lot of great feedback about this race," said Dale Earnhardt Jr on his podcast, the "Dale Jr.
Download." "After the race was over with, social media was flush with ‘That’s good as it gets. That’s the Next Gen car at its best.
This is exactly what I want when I turn on a NASCAR race.’ ..
. I’m assuming that everybody in the room felt exactly the same way, right?” NBC/Getty Images The former Cup Series driver expanded on his point later in the show. “I rewatched the race it was good.
You know, I don’t know if I’m seeing the 10 out of 10, it was good. It had all the things that I would have expected. It was the race I would have expected to happen at Homestead,” Earnhardt Jr.
said. “Did y’all see something in this race at Home.
