Michael Jordan’s New NASCAR Driver Maps Out Strategy in Overlooked Chase Elliott Rivalry

We know that Tyler Reddick’s son might not be a fan of his father, but he sure is a fan of Chase Elliott. However, recently, during the red carpet ahead of the award ceremony in Nashville, Tyler Reddick stated what he would have to do to be his son’s favorite choice of NASCAR driver and win him over.

Tyler Reddick stated, “I think I’m just gonna take a season where hopefully if I win more races in a year than Chase does, maybe he’ll just switch back over. He’ll probably end up liking somebody else before me.”

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Reddick is heading to the 23XI Racing team next year onwards. He had a rather awkward departure from Richard Childress Racing. While he was performing well back at RCR, he can capitalize on that momentum and probably bring it into his new team to spearhead them, perhaps into the playoffs. He has the potential to pick up several wins with his new team and maybe that might change the mind of his son. Who knows?

Tyler Reddick’s son has a nickname for Chase Elliott

Earlier, we revealed that Reddick’s son apparently referred to Chase Elliott as “Daddy Chase.” Which is really hilarious and a bit sad for Reddick. Just imagine your son calling your colleague his father.

Apparently, Reddick’s wife tried to teach their son that the number 8 car was his father’s car. But instead of referring to just the number 8, he started calling all Cup cars “Daddy’s car”. With time, he slowly started drifting toward the number 9 car’s color scheme and figured out who its driver was. Since then he started calling that car “Daddy Chase”.

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Reddick explained, “So, he’ll say ‘Daddy Chase!’ He’ll point to a Cup car and try to say, ‘Daddy’s car, Chase.’ But it’s ‘Daddy Chase’.” Reddick finds this to be funny but also at times he feels disappointed if someone were to be mentioning it out loud and to his face. But we hope as his son grows up he will learn the difference between “Daddy Chase” and “Daddy Tyler.”