Tyler Reddick will have a long road to travel if he wants to take the victory in NASCAR’s longest race, the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday. On Saturday, NASCAR discovered an adjustment that the No. 45 23XI Racing team had made to the underwing of the Toyota Camry.
The issue was discovered at Charlotte Motor Speedway prior to practice on Saturday afternoon.
As a result of the unapproved adjustment, Reddick will have to drop to the rear of the field before the green flag of Sunday’s race, and he will have to serve a pass-thru penalty after the start of the race.
Reddick will also be without his car chief for the remainder of the weekend, as they have been ejected, the No. 45 team will also lose their pit selection, and the No. 45 team will be ordered to make a qualifying run in order to scuff up their tires for the start of Sunday’s race as to not give them an advantage of having an additional set of sticker tires at the start of the 600-mile endurance race.
Additionally, JJ Yeley’s No. 44 NY Racing Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 failed pre-race inspection three times, and as a result that car will not be permitted to take a qualifying lap on Saturday.
