23XI Racing had both of their cars rolling off inside of the top 5 for Sunday’s Cook Out 400 at the Richmond (VA) Raceway. Tyler Reddick was on the pole, his first since joining the team this offseason while Bubba Wallace rolled off fifth.

The duo went 1-2 in Stage 1 and 3-4 in Stage 2 while also combining to lead 161 of 400 laps on a hot steamy day on the .75-mile Virginia short track.

However, neither was able to score a top 10 finish in the end.

Reddick had never led a lap at Richmond before but then went out and led all 70 laps in Stage 1. He’d finish 3rd in Stage 2 but had a commitment line violation on his final stop dropping him to 16th in the end. That’s where he finished this past spring as he still has never had a top 10 finish in 7 Richmond Cup starts.

Wallace was 2nd in Stage 1 and 4th in Stage 2 and led two times for 80 laps. He had 1 lap led ever here and 58 laps led all season entering. But a slow stop in the second stage dropped him from the lead to 4th on Lap 174. He’d finished 12th.

Still, it was a day that each showed speed on a track that they typically struggle out and give them plenty of optimism moving forward too.

Wallace doubled his advantage above the cutline going from +27 to +54 and each look like legitimate threats in the postseason now too.