Tyler Reddick finished 0.441 seconds behind Kyle Larson at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Sunday and settled for second place in NASCAR's third race of the 2024 season.
Reddick was never able to catch Larson in the closing moments of the Pennzoil 400. He seemed to put the onus on the pit stops.
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Tyler Reddick, #45 Nasty Beast 23XI Racing Toyota, enters turn one during the NASCAR Cup Series Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. (Christopher Trim/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“Every time I got close…He defended pretty well,” Reddick said of Larson. “It's frustrating. I feel like we were never in front all day until we got to the end of the stage.”
“Yeah, we had a really good (car), just stupid mistakes on pit road. Same s**t, different year. It gets a little frustrating. We'll keep working on it.”
Reddick had multiple problems on pit road during the race. He had a 13-second stop on lap 211 and slid too far into his pit after the first stage. He went from second place at the end of Stage 1 to 16th place at the start of Stage 2. He managed to come back and finish second in Stage 2.
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Kyle Larson, #5 HendrickCars.com Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, leads Tyler Reddick, #45 Nasty Beast 23XI Racing Toyota, during the Pennzoil 400 presented by Jiffy Lube NASCAR Cup Series race on March 3, 2024 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas. (Jeff Speer/LVMS/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
“Second place sucks, that's for sure, but we had a really fast Toyota Camry Nasty Beast,” he added. “We should have been up there fighting even harder than we were all day; unfortunately, they just left us behind. We had to fight all day (and) as the field got better, it became harder to get back to the finish line.” . front so fast.
“You have to run up front all day and when we're asked what we need to do to get better, that's exactly what happens and I didn't do it today.”
Reddick has five career NASCAR Cup Series wins. His last win was at Kansas last season.
NASCAR Cup Series driver Tyler Reddick, #45, performs before the Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas on March 3, 2024. (Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports)
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The next race on the Cup schedule is at Phoenix Raceway. He finished third in the spring race last season and 22nd in the fall race.
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