NASCAR Insiders Urge Richard Childress to Cut Ties With Tyler Reddick to Avoid Kyle Busch “Distraction”

Following the signing of Kyle Busch to RCR, there have been talks surrounding the future of Tyler Reddick for the 2023 season. NASCAR Spotter TJ Majors and Freddie Kraft give their thoughts on what should be done with Reddick.

Justin Haley stated, “Spot off for losing Tyler. Tyler’s obviously really good and I’ve worked with him since he came to RCR their alliance. Spot on, I think Kyle can bring, a lot to Chevrolet in general and a lot to our campus with RCR and Kaulig. Hopefully helps us be faster.”

TJ  Majors stated, “That’s big for them to get Kyle though, so congrats to them, that’s a major driver you’re getting and gonna be competitive with him. But just gonna be so awkward. The rest of this stuff, it’s already awkward this year. And it’s gonna get worse, so I’d just cut ties with it and be done.”

Freddie kraft then added, “I mean your organization had two teams in the playoffs, in the post-season and the Cup Series, and they both fell out first round. Your focus needs to be on building something special. And in our world whether everybody likes this or not, the team who spends the most money is technically the team who goes the fastest. Just how this sport has worked since I’ve been in it.”

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“Kyle’s the start, getting Kyle is the start to going faster, so do you really wanna be playing this Tyler Reddick game end of November, end of December, end of the off-season? It could really go on. So do you really wanna play this game or focus on next year, winning again and going deeper into the postseason? because this Tyler Reddick thing is going to be a distraction if it’s not, it was a distraction at the press conference when you freaking announced your new guy.”

Tyler Reddick talks about losing the number 8 seat at RCR

earlier this month it was announced that Kyle Busch would be jumping ship from JGR to RCR and in the process, it was made known that he would be driving the number 8 car. Which was previously held by future 23XI Racing import, Tyler Reddick.

During a press conference, when asked if he was surprised to get such short notice from Richard Childress that he was not going to be racing in the number 8 for the 2023 season, Reddick responded and said, “None of it surprises me honestly.”

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Reddick stated that he understood RCR’s decision since it was made known to the public that he would be moving on to a completely different team come 2024. He also mentioned that he was more interested in focusing on the current season and preferred to not think too much about all the shenanigans going around surrounding his next season with RCR.