NASCAR star Tyler Reddick’s bold moves on the track may have caused a stir at the South Point 400 in Las Vegas, but it doesn’t mean he sees eye to eye with his boss, Denny Hamlin of 23XI Racing.

Reddick‘s attempt to overtake Chase Elliott‘s No. 9 car resulted in a dramatic crash that not only involved Elliott and Martin Truex Jr. but also saw Reddick’s car flipping over, relegating him to a 36th-place finish despite winning the race’s first stage.

On his “Actions Detrimental” podcast, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Hamlin didn’t hold back, criticizing Reddick’s decision-making: “A rule of thumb I found is that if you want to make a move three-wide high, you need to get established three-wide probably at least by three-quarters of the way through the corner,” he explained.

“We’ve already started gassing up halfway through the corner or probably at the 40 percent mark of the corner, we’re already accelerating. To ask us to change direction that late in the corner, there’s just no opportunity to do that.”

This incident has seen Reddick, the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regular-season champion, drop to sixth in the standings, now trailing William Byron by 30 points for the coveted fourth spot.

The 23XI driver initially stood by his assertive tactics but later acknowledged his possible misjudgment. “Yeah, you just have to be aggressive on restarts,” Reddick admitted to NBC Sports. “I kind of saw them both have a moment, and I just had to split second make a decision.”

He then reflected, “I needed to make the decision earlier when I saw them sliding to be more conservative to avoid an incident,” adding, “Just not who I am, but it is unfortunate. It took us out of the race.”

Tyler Reddick’s No. 45 ended up perpendicular to the track on sunday ( 

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Joey Logano emerged triumphant, securing his place among the top four as the championship season approaches its climax. Hamlin is currently in fifth place, trailing Bryon by 27 points and leading Reddick by three.

As the competition moves to Homestead, Florida next week for the Straight Talk Wireless 400, Reddick remains optimistic despite his mishap.

“We had a really, really fast Toyota Camry, probably would have been in the mix all race long, but we will go to Homestead, a place where I have had to get it done before and go for it there,” he confidently stated.