Tyler Reddick remembers Michael Jordan stating he’s ‘terrible’ at superspeedways

Everyone gets examined at their tasks. Tyler Reddick simply so takesplace to get candidly truthful reviews from his manager, 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan.

On the newest edition of “Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour,” Reddick informed a story about Jordan examining his superspeedway surfaces.

“We were down in Daytona before the 500 a year-and-a-half ago, and me, him and Bubba [Wallace] were talking something about speedway racing. I can’t even keepinmind what I stated, however he [Jordan] turned to me and stated, ‘Man, you puton’t haveactually any space to talk. You’re horrible at speedway racing.’ He simply kind of took a shot at me, and I wasn’t anticipating it,” Reddick informed host Kevin Harvick with a chuckle. “Him and Bubba love going back and forth. Michael enjoys cutting it up, if you will. For me, I wasn’t anticipating that, and it was a good thing. I took it the best method. I’m like, ‘Alright, well, I haveactually some work to do. I haveactually some additional inspiration.’ 

“I was currently determined to get muchbetter at speedway racing, however when MJ calls you out about not being really excellent at it, it’s simple to discover inspiration to get muchbetter. We attempted our finest that year, and it didn’t truly work out. But we went into this offseason this past year, and me and [spotter] Nick Payne, Billy, we invested a lot of time kind of seeing how these races would play out, and I feel like our method this year on the speedways hasactually been much muchbetter.”

As for Reddick’s efficiency at superspeedways this season, he signedup 28th- and 29th-place surfaces at Daytona International Speedway however won the GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway.

Reddick is presently connected with William Byron for 3rd location in the NASCAR playoffs (2,059). As for the season as a entire, Reddick has won 2 races, while racking up 11 top-5 surfaces and 19 top-10 surfaces.

Reddick, 28, is in his 2nd season driving for 23XI Racing. He invested the past three-plus seasons at Richard Childress Racing (2019-22, complete time from 2020-22). Reddick won 3 races in 2022, his last season with Richard Childress Racing. He then won 2 races in 2023, his initially with 23XI Racing.

Next up on the Cup Series circuit is the Go Bowling at the Glen at Watkins Glen International Speedway on Sunday. The next superspeedway race comes on Oct. 6 at Talladega in the YellaWood 500.

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