This Week’s Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 at Richmond Raceway … Tyler Reddick will be making his fourth NASCAR Cup Series start this weekend at Richmond piloting the No. 8 Guaranteed Rate Chevrolet Camaro ZL1. His best Cup finish at the Virginia short track is 11th in 2020. Reddick made five NASCAR Xfinity Series starts at the .750-mile speedway with a best finish of fourth-place in the 2019 spring event and claimed three top-10 finishes.
Momentum On His Side … Tyler Reddick has been impressive early during the 2022 Cup season. In six races, Reddick has two top fives, highlighted by a third-place effort at Phoenix Raceway, and three top 10s in the last four races. He has led 97 laps, which has already surpassed his laps led total from the 2021 season. Reddick is 10th in the Cup series driver standings with an average start of 9.0 and an average finish of 17.0. He and the No. 8 team have continued to improve with each race weekend. Coming off of a fifth-place effort last weekend at Circuit of the Americas, the momentum is even greater.
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TYLER REDDICK QUOTES:
What are your thoughts on this weekend’s race at Richmond Raceway?
“With the Next Gen car and the wider tire, and with a little less power than the old car, I think it’s going to be even more momentum based. We’re just working on some things set-up wise. I feel pretty good about where we’re at and the direction we’re going. I think we’re only going to get one set of tires in the warmup that we’ll have Saturday morning to really understand where our car is at. Honestly, with the warmup and the few adjustments you can make, you’re kind of boxed in. You can make some balance changes, but you’ve really got to do your homework going into it and that’s what we’re focused on right now.”
Coming off of a strong finish last weekend at COTA and now that we’re six races into this season with the new Next Gen car, how are you feeling about your season so far?
“This new car is everything that NASCAR told us it would be and everything we thought it would be. It’s a really hard car to drive but it’s also really fun to drive. You have to work for every spot and it’s so competitive. Every track is different now and there’s so much to learn and that’s always exciting. To be the best and to win, you have to know what you’re doing and work for it. Last week’s finish was strong, but it was a tough one to swallow because we were so close to that first win. I know my team and I are going to find Victory Lane soon because we’ve been strong every single week. Sometimes luck hasn’t been on our side and sometimes we just couldn’t quite get up there but our Chevys have been so fast and so good on all of the tracks. We will continue to learn from the COTA race and keep working on the simulator and be even more ready for the next road course race. We had the Kansas Speedway tire test earlier this week but we’re focused on doing our homework for Richmond. Everyone at RCR and ECR Engines have been working incredibly hard and it’s showing on the track. We’re running up front and everyone knows we’re there. I’m confident it will be the same this weekend at Richmond.”
Richard Childress Racing at Richmond Raceway … In 180 NASCAR Cup Series starts at Richmond Raceway, Richard Childress Racing has scored nine wins led by Dale Earnhardt’s six wins (1985-spring, both races in 1987, 1990-fall, and 1991-spring). Kevin Harvick won three times (2006-fall, 2011-fall, and 2013-spring) while Clint Bowyer scored his first short track victory in the NASCAR Cup Series at Richmond in the 2008 spring event. The team owns 38 top-five and 73 top-10 finishes in Cup competition at Richmond.
Xfinity Series Stats at Richmond … RCR has seven victories in the NASCAR Xfinity Series at Richmond Raceway led by Kevin Harvick who won five races, including three consecutive (2005-fall event and both races in 2006). Clint Bowyer won the 2007 spring race to give the Welcome, N.C.-based organization an impressive four-race win streak. The team also swept both races in 2003; Harvick won the spring race while Johnny Sauter rallied from a 30th-place starting position to win the fall event. RCR has racked up 32 top-five and 58 top-10 finishes at Richmond entering Saturday afternoon’s race.
Catch Saturday’s Action … The ToyotaCare 250 at Richmond Raceway will be televised live on Saturday, April 2 at 1:30 p.m. ET on FS1 and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
Follow Sunday’s Action in Richmond … The Toyota Owners 400 will be televised live on Sunday, April 3 beginning at 3:30 p.m. ET on FOX and will be broadcast live on the Motor Racing Network and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90.
TIL NEXT TIME, I AM STILL WORKING ON MY REDNECK!
