HAMPTON, Ga. — Last week’s Daytona 500 winner Reddick was still smiling after claiming the biggest victory of his career.
Reddick is coming off a whirlwind media tour across the country. His stops included national outlets with appearances on traditional sports and even non-racing shows such as the “Kelly and Mark” talk show, where he accidentally dropped his Daytona 500 winner’s ring.
Reddick visited the top of the Empire State Building and was a regular on talk shows across the country.
Interestingly, the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota said it was probably his interactions with the non-racing outlets this week that he enjoyed the most.
“It’s been a lot of fun,’’ Reddick said. “I think getting to go to these places and do these things, that part is cool, but, for me, what I’ve enjoyed the most is kind of having the opportunity to, whether it was going on First Things First, or just a number of the shows, getting to interact with the analyst or the anchors that didn’t know a lot about racing.
“They were genuinely curious about racing, whether it was because they were intrigued by the finish, and how exciting it looked, and just how chaotic it was, or the number of athletes that were drawn to understand and learn more because they saw Michael (Jordan, co-owner, 23XI Racing) in victory lane, and he’s the owner of the 45 [car] and he won the 500.
“I think that for me was probably the part I enjoyed the most – is getting to like tell them about Michael and to tell them about NASCAR and like what our world is kind of like, among all else. That was probably the part that I enjoyed a lot.”