Tyler Reddick earns timely Cup pole at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Hot on the heels of being named to the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota in 2023, Tyler Reddick won the pole for Sunday’s South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.
For Reddick, it is his fourth career NASCAR Cup Series pole, his third of 2022 and his second on an oval. He also won the pole at Indianapolis in July and Kansas in September and started 7th at Las Vegas in March.
Austin Cindric will share the front row with Reddick, as they did at Indianapolis in July. Cindric has also started on the front row at Fontana and Gateway this year.
Behind Reddick and Cindric were William Byron, Ryan Blaney, Joey Logano, Daniel Suarez, Christopher Bell, Harrison Burton, Bubba Wallace and Austin Dillon, who rounded out the top 10 starters.
The Round of 8 playoff drivers qualified as follows: Byron (3rd), Blaney (4th), Logano (5th), Bell (6th), Ross Chastain (11th), Chase Briscoe (16th), Chase Elliott (20th), Denny Hamlin (31st)
Non-playoff driver Harrison Burton starts in 8th, which ties his best career Cup start. Burton also started 8th in the Daytona 500.
The South Point 400 gets going from Las Vegas Motor Speedway just after 2:30 p.m. ET:
- TV: NBC (Streaming on the NBC Sports app)
- Radio: PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com