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NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available At Walmart Entry List: Dates, Event Times For Postseason Opener At Atlanta Motor Speedway
By Jeff Hawkins,
1 day ago
Despite feeling ill and fumbling his medicine after a handoff from a pit crew member during a Stage 2 pit stop Sunday night, Tyler Reddick overcame his nauseousness to earn a P10 during the Cook Out Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway and captured the NASCAR Cup Series regular-season championship by one point over Kyle Larson.
During Lap 119, Reddick said on the team radio that he felt like “throwing up” and “s#!%%ing” himself. Considering he works for NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, it could be his version of the “Flu Game.”
“Well, I wasn’t going to by choice park it, I was worried that (at) the end of Stage 1 there when it finally ended, I was having to focus more on having to hold back puke than driving the car and I was just worried I was going to just start puking and not be able to drive and crash and end my way that way, just by crashing,” Reddick told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio. “Because like, I don’t know. I’ve never been able to really, for those that have puked right? I feel like it’s pretty hard to puke and do something else at the same time so I was just worried my day was going to end that way because of that.”
Much like Jordan, who scored 38 points despite having difficulty to simply stand at times during the Game 5 of the 1997 NBA Finals, Reddick overcame illness during a title quest. Reddick, who won two races this season, paced the circuit with 11 top-five finishes and 18 top-10s through the opening 26 events. The Round of 16 playoffs begin Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
“Yeah, it’s just a testament to all the hard work that everyone at 23XI, here at the race track, week in and week out,” Reddick said, as reported by NASCAR.com.
As a first-time regular-season champion, Reddick received 15 bonus playoff points.
NASCAR National Series Weekend Schedule
Here is a list of NASCAR National Series events this weekend at Atlanta Motor Speedway (All Times ET):
Saturday
11 a.m.: Xfinity Series qualifying
12:30 p.m.: Cup Series qualifying
3 p.m.: Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 race
Sunday
3 p.m.: Cup Series Quaker State 400 available at Walmart race
NASCAR Cup Series Quaker State 400 Available At Walmart Entry List
Entry, Driver, Team, Car No.
1, Ross Chastain, Trackhouse Racing, No. 1 Chevrolet
2, Austin Cindric, Team Penske, No. 2 Ford
3, Austin Dillon, Richard Childress Racing, No. 3 Chevrolet
4, Josh Berry, Stewart-Haas Racing, No. 4 Ford
5, Kyle Larson, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 5 Chevrolet
6, Brad Keselowski, RFK Racing, No. 6 Ford
7, Corey LaJoie, Spire Motorsports, No. 7 Chevrolet
8, Kyle Busch, Richard Childress Racing, No. 8 Chevrolet
9, Chase Elliott, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 9 Chevrolet
10, Noah Gragson, Stewart-Haas Racing, No. 10 Ford
11, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 11 Toyota
12, Ryan Blaney, Team Penske, No. 12 Ford
13, Chase Briscoe, Stewart-Haas Racing, No. 14 Ford
14, Cody Ware, Rick Ware Racing, No. 15 Ford
15, Shane van Gisbergen, Kaulig Racing, No. 16 Chevrolet
16, Chris Buescher, RFK Racing, No. 17 Ford
17, Martin Truex Jr., Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 19 Toyota
18, Christopher Bell, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 20 Toyota
19, Harrison Burton, Wood Brothers Racing, No. 21 Ford
20, Joey Logano, Team Penske, No. 22 Ford
21, Bubba Wallace, 23XI Racing, No. 23 Toyota
22, William Byron, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 24 Chevrolet
23, Daniel Hemric, Kaulig Racing, No. 31 Chevrolet
24, Michael McDowell, Front Row Motorsports, 34 Ford
25, Todd Gilliland, Front Row Motorsports, No. 38 Ford
26, Ryan Preece, Stewart-Haas Racing, No. 41 Ford
27, John Hunter Nemechek, Legacy Motor Club, No. 42 Chevrolet
28, Erik Jones, Legacy Motor Club, No. 43 Chevrolet
29, JJ Yeley, NY Racing Team, No. 44 Chevrolet
30, Tyler Reddick, 23XI Racing, No.45 Toyota
31, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., JTG Daugherty Racing, No. 47 Chevrolet
32, Alex Bowman, Hendrick Motorsports, No. 48 Chevrolet
33, Justin Haley, Rick Ware Racing, No. 51 Ford
34, Ty Gibbs, Joe Gibbs Racing, No. 54 Toyota
35, Zane Smith, Spire Motorsports, No. 71 Chevrolet
36, Carson Hocevar, Spire Motorsports, No. 77 Chevrolet
37, BJ McLeod, Live Fast Motorsports, No. 78 Chevrolet
38, Daniel Suárez, Trackhouse Racing, No. 99 Chevrolet
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