Dale Earnhardt Jr. unsurprised by Tyler Reddick’s key decision moments before landmark win

NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. commented this week on 23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick's final lap race-winning move at Homestead-Miami. Reddick passed Ryan Blaney and Denny Hamlin on the final lap of the straight Talk Wireless 400 and secured a berth in the Championship 4.

Earnhardt was not surprised that Michael Jordan's driver Tyler Reddick won the playoff race at Homestead. Team Penske's Ryan Baney switched his racing line right before the finish line, allowing Reddick's charging #45 Toyota to pass him and claim his third victory of the season. In an episode of the "Dale Jr. Download" podcast released this week, Dale Earnhardt Jr. said:

"Tyler Redick makes the pass on the outside. Has anybody really saw any kind of a comment from Blaney on what he was thinking about going to the middle track? So when he goes into the corner and you can hear the dejection in his voice if you listen to the in-car(radio), I wonder what after the fact if he thinks he should have ran the fence."

"Every race that I've ever watched there in the Xfinity car and any other car, I see that pass happening nine out of ten times. If the lead car goes into the third lane, middle lane, wherever you want to call that, I'm definitely expecting the car that Redick's driving to make that pass more often than not."

The final Round of 8 race is scheduled for November 3rd at Martinsville Speedway, where six of eight playoff drivers, including Reddick's team owner Denny Hamlin, will fight for two remaining seats in the final four.

Meanwhile, Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s JR Motorsports has three of four of their drivers competing for two remaining spots for the Xfinity Series' final four. Justin Allgaier leads the pack and is the only JRM driver above the Championship 4 cut-off line.

Dale Jr. debuted in the Xfinity Series in 1996. The former Xfinity Series champion has competed at Homestead 17 times in his career with a P3 finish as his best result. Dale Jr.'s final race in his full-time career was the 2017 Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead, where he crossed the finish line in P25.

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“It’s beautiful” - Dale Earnhardt Jr. after lost Speedway returns to hosting races

Dale Earnhardt Jr. recently expressed his joy at the return of Pennsboro Speedway, a prominent track in dirt track Racing.

The track located in West Virginia was under renovation. Inclement weather conditions delayed the reopening of the track, which was initially scheduled to reopen in May. In September, Pennsboro Speedway officials confirmed the return of the XR Super Series for the Mason Dixon 100, marking the track’s comeback.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. celebrated the track's reopening, reposting a clip from the race on X (formerly Twitter), expressing his excitement about seeing action at the venue again. He said,

"They really brought it back. I can’t express how cool this is to see a racetrack revived. It’s beautiful. Lots of hard work and local support. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼"

Bobby Pierce clinched victory in the Mason Dixon 100, driving the #32 entry at Pennsboro Speedway. Devin Moran in the #99 and Nick Hoffman in the #9 rounded out the podium, taking second and third place, respectively.