DARLINGTON, SC.: In Saturday’s Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway, Tyler Reddick nursed his damaged No. 8 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet to a fifth-place finish and secured the final berth in the NASCAR Cup Series Playoff.
Reddick will be competing for the Cup title for the first time, but he won back-to-back NASCAR Xfinity Series titles in 2018 and 2019, competing for JR Motorsports and RCR, respectively.
Reddick, however, doesn’t expect that experience to make a huge difference in the Cup Playoff.
“For this, I don’t know if it’s really applicable,” Reddick said. “The experience that you carry and pushing through those stressful situations—that experience is a benefit. Again, too, a lot of the team that I have over here on the Cup side with the 8 car was a part of that championship run with the No. 2 (RCR) Xfinity program.
“We’ve all shared some highs and lows together… All of it is experience, and all of it helps. So, yeah, it is beneficial, but it’s just the tip of the iceberg, if you will, when you look at Xfinity being compared to the Cup Series Playoffs.”
Source: Reid Spencer / NASCAR Wire Service
