Tyler Reddick Explains Why Most NASCAR Drivers are Short

Recently, Tyler Reddick participated in a Q and A session and fielded questions from several children. Among them, was Kevin Harvick’s son Keelan Harvick. The youngster asked why most race car drivers are fairly short in height. Reddick confessed that he did not know the real reason behind that.

He said, “I’ve been short my whole life, I don’t know. I just decided to race cars, maybe because I’m short, I wasn’t good at basketball or football. Maybe it’s in your DNA to be short, that means you like to go fast in a car that is the same size as everybody else’s car, so you don’t feel short.”

All in all, it was a fairly innocent question from the young boy, and Reddick was only too happy to oblige. Truthfully speaking, being short could be a little bit advantageous. This is because, it means that the drivers weigh a bit less than their taller compatriots.

Tyler Reddick is focusing on the final regular season race

Admittedly, the Richard Childress Racing driver is lying in 11th in the standings. However, his cause is not helped by the fact that he is one out of five drivers who have yet to score a win. The others are teammate Austin Dillon, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin, Matt DiBenedetto and Kevin Harvick himself.

Last weekend’s race at Michigan was a day to forget for both Reddick and Dillon. This is because, Brad Keselowski pummelled Dillon and knocked him out of the race. Though the Penske driver apologised immediately and shouldered the blame, the team was furious, and so was Austin Dillon.

Meanwhile, poor old Tyler Reddick encountered some issues of his own and ended up all the way down in 29th place. Now, the two drivers will be seeking redemption and will want to strengthen their Playoff bids.

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