NASCAR.com sits down with Tyler Reddick to recap his move to 23XI Racing and his announcement of the decision over Zoom with Denny Hamlin.
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00:00 Fast forward to the Zoom heard around the world.
00:02 We all thought it was just a regular Zoom with Denny Hamlin
00:05 for his media availability and in pops Tyler Reddick.
00:08 - Tyler will be joining the 2311 and Toyota family
00:11 starting in 2024.
00:12 I raced against him.
00:13 I wanted him and I got him.
00:16 - Why did you guys do it that way?
00:18 Just to surprise everybody?
00:21 - Well, honestly, we wanted it to be our news.
00:23 You know, Toyota wanted it to be their news.
00:25 I wanted it to be my news with 2311 and vice versa.
00:28 I let the team know what was going down,
00:30 where I was gonna be going in the future
00:33 after my contract with RCR had ended.
00:36 And I mean, 15 minutes later, we announced it on the Zoom.
00:40 - Any hurt feelings on the other end of the page?
00:43 - I certainly think so.
00:45 You know, it wasn't even on my radar
00:47 about racing anywhere else in the future.
00:49 You know, I thought my future was gonna be with RCR
00:52 for a very, very long time.
00:53 It's how things go sometimes.
00:54 Sometimes the timing's not right.
00:56 I was looking for something a little different
00:58 than I think they were willing to do at the time.
01:00 And Danny Hamlin, Michael Jordan, and 2311
01:02 were willing to make what I was looking for possible.
01:05 you
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