For Tyler Reddick and Michael Jordan’s 23XI, Toyota’s Talladega strategy pays off

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The outnumbered Toyotas had a plan in place if Chevrolet and Ford tried to box them out Sunday at Talladega. It worked for Tyler Reddick.

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Did the plan work because 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick delivered Toyota a victory Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway, or did the plan spectacularly blow up as three Toyota drivers were knocked out of the race due to an inner-manufacturer accident all while Toyota seemingly sat in the catbird seat? Advertisement This was the question after Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series race, but the answer is not complex.

“We played the strategy in the third stage, the way we wanted it to,” said Tyler Gibbs, Toyota Racing Development general manager. “It looked promising there,” said Billy Scott, Reddick’s crew chief. “So it would have been really interesting for it to play out and see. We thought we were in a good spot anyway with leading our pack. We got formed up really nice, we had all of our cars together. Things were really shaping up to have that play out the way we intended.” In the white No.

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