Tyler Reddick surged late to win Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series playoff race at Phoenix Raceway, his sixth victory of the season. Reddick's No. 45 Toyota overtook Chase Briscoe with 17 laps remaining, shaking up the championship standings with three races left.
Kyle Larson, who entered with a 49-point lead, suffered a disastrous day — struggling all afternoon before a flat right-front tire sent him into the wall, finishing 34th. His advantage over Christopher Bell shrunk to just five points. Briscoe sits third, 24 points back, while Denny Hamlin (31), Ryan Blaney (40), Joey Logano (44) and Reddick (56) remain in contention.
Blaney finished second, Chase Elliott third, and Bell fourth. Logano won both stages for 20 playoff points but finished sixth. Bubba Wallace led 52 laps before a pit-road speeding penalty ended his chances. Hamlin also hit the wall with a flat tire and was penalized for speeding, finishing 28th.
The series heads to Talladega Superspeedway next weekend for the eighth of 10 postseason races.
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