Three of Tyler Reddick’s four career NASCAR Cup Series victories have come on road courses, but his win last year on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course stands out above the others for the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota.
On July 31 of last year, driving for Richard Childress Racing, Reddick avoided the tumult in Turn 1 to score a 1.065-second victory over runner-up Austin Cindric. His return to the speedway this weekend brought the memory of that win into sharp focus.
“This is just an incredible venue,” Reddick said on Saturday. “It has been around for so long. It has so much history. It’s pretty crazy to roll up on this place. My son (Beau) pointed out that I’m on the grandstands over here.
“It’s pretty surreal. I remember so much of it—those memories will always stay with me.”
Observing Indy from afar in his younger days, the 27-year-old Reddick grew to appreciate the legend and history of the place.
“I never got to come experience a lot of racing here when I was younger, but I always watched, always paid attention,” Reddick said. “That Sunday earlier in the year when Monaco is on, Indy is on and then we go race the (Coca-Cola) 600 is probably one of my favorite days of the year to be able to watch so much motorsports.
“I hope to be able, one day, to be here for it all on that Sunday in the future. I always enjoyed watching it. It feels like the racer’s holiday, but being on the walls in the museum here is pretty crazy. It didn’t seem real in the moment, when it happened last year, but the trophy is real. I hope to be able to do it again.”
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