Tyler Reddick was so sick at Darlington Speedway that he desperately wanted to get rid of the stomach virus during the race because he didn’t think he could make it 500 miles at the end.But the regular season title had been . on the line – a bonus of 15 playoff points – and Reddick was determined to stay in the car even if it meant sick in the fire equipment or a helmet had to leave the car, “said Reddick on Wednesday. three days after beating Kyle Larson by a single point for the regular season title.
He had Corey Heim on standby just in case, but just a few hours before Sunday’s race he felt the bug that l ‘took from his son, Beau, had passed and was fit enough to win the title. “The worst was behind me, so I really thought I would pass it. “Before the race, I felt better than the days I’ve been in the car,” Reddick said
. “Once we went into that long stretch, with the heat and the bumps in Turn 2, the race started to go bad.” At some point, he communicated to his 23XI Racing team that he was sick of both sides, and the team rushed to prepare a care package for his impending arrest. While his gloved hands were able to stuff the Tums into his mouth, he dropped the smaller Imodium pills all over the floor of his Toyota. “I barely remember certain sections of the race, I was a little off at times, but if I remember correctly, I think (my team leader) asked me if I was more concerned about pushing or any thing, the name. call,” Reddick said.
“I thought I was wondering what I was more concerned about, but really, I always thought I would have both. I really tried to go, I tried to let it out. “The only problem? Reddick had been on diarrhea medication in the days leading up to the race. ” That’s probably what he did. it’s so horrible – things were coming out of my body one way or another, and I couldn’t get out like that,” he said. He declared. He made it to the bottom – 10, no less – and on. Tuesday , I felt good enough to forget all about this episode, NASCAR’s 10-race playoffs begin Sunday at Atlanta Motor Speedway in under four hours – but he felt that he had done nothing wrong and proved that he could complete 500 miles .
“I wasn’t 100%, but I didn’t lose consciousness. “I didn’t take anyone out during neutralization or make crazy moves on the track to take someone else out,” he said. “So I think I was in good enough shape to be sure.
But part of that is his affinity for Darlington, the South Carolina track where he averages 13th in the Cup Series and 10th in the Xfinity Series. If it had been a different path, Reddick is not sure that 23XI would have treated his illness the same way, which he said could have affected his vision during the race.Larson said that he had no idea Reddick was sick until he found him after the race to congratulate him.
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