Tyler Reddick Talladega Superspeedway Recap

Tyler Reddick (@TylerReddick) benefitted from the green-white-checkered overtime finish to place fifth in the fred’s 250 Saturday afternoon at Talladega (Ala.) Superspeedway.  
 
The driver of the Stoney Creek Records Ford F-150 grabbed his 10th top five in 19 races this season and moved up to second place in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series championship standings, 18 points behind the leader.  Reddick claimed his second top five in two Talladega starts and has three top fives in four career restrictor plate races.
 
Tyler qualified 15th and while he did a good job of patiently working the bottom lane in the draft, he couldn’t get the needed track position for much of the race.  
 
He was running 14th at the time of the first caution on lap 13.  One lap later he pitted for fuel only. Speedy service by the Stoney Creek Records team moved him up to fifth place when the race restarted on lap 18.
 
Tyler stayed inside the top 10 during the following green flag run.  The second yellow slowed the race on lap 37.  Reddick pitted on lap 40 for right-side tires and fuel and lined up ninth when the race went green on lap 43.
 
He ran just outside the top 10 for the majority of the next run.  With help from spotter TJ Majors, Tyler moved up to the outside lane on lap 67.  The switch appeared to work as Reddick pushed his way inside the top 10 just before the final round of green flag pit stops began at lap 70.
 
Reddick made his final stop under green on lap 77 for fuel and left-side tires.  He was running 10th when the third caution slowed the race on lap 82 and lined up eighth when the race went green two laps later.  Tyler was running 11th at the time of the fourth caution on lap 87 and remained there when the green waved on lap 90. 
 
He was running in the lead draft when a multiple truck accident happened all around him down the backstretch on lap 93 but the driver of the Broken Bow Records Ford F-150 cleanly made it through the incident.  
 
Tyler lined up 10th in the outside lane for the final restart on lap 97. At the drop of the green flag, the outside line appeared to have momentum.  Midway down the backstretch Spencer Gallagher and John Wes Townley slid into the outside wall as they challenged Timothy Peters for the lead.  
 
Trucks immediately began darting as drivers took evasive action to avoid getting caught up in the incident.  Reddick again was able to cleanly pick his way around the accident and was rewarded with a fifth place finish as the race finished under caution.

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