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Tyler Reddick clinches shot at Cup Series title with playoff win

AP photo by Terry Renna / NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing celebrates in victory lane at Homestead-Miami Speedway after winning Sunday's Cup Series playoff race in Homestead, Fla.
AP photo by Terry Renna / NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing celebrates in victory lane at Homestead-Miami Speedway after winning Sunday's Cup Series playoff race in Homestead, Fla. AP photo by Terry Renna / NASCAR driver Tyler Reddick of 23XI Racing celebrates in victory lane at Homestead-Miami Speedway after winning Sunday's Cup Series playoff race in Homestead, Fla.

By TIM REYNOLDS / The Associated Press 4 min read

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Michael Jordan won a championship in Phoenix in 1993.

Tyler Reddick ensured the basketball legend will get the chance to win another title there next month — this time as the owner of a NASCAR Cup Series team.

Reddick went high in his 23XI Racing No. 45 Toyota and overtook reigning Cup Series champion Ryan Blaney’s Team Penske No. 12 Ford on the final turn to win a playoff race Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

With the victory, Reddick clinched one of the four championship-eligible spots for the season finale in two weeks at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Just two spots remain after Penske’s Joey Logano, a two-time Cup Series champion, clinched the first berth a week earlier in Las Vegas.

Reddick, the regular-season champion, started in pole position Sunday and led 98 of the 267 laps, the last of them the one that mattered most.