Tyler Reddick
2026 Season — NASCAR Cup Series
Through June 21, 2026
Roles
- Driver — 23XI Racing
Coverage (20 articles)
When Jordan Shows Up, Reddick Wins: 5-for-6 and Counting
Tyler Reddick has won five of the six races Michael Jordan has attended this season. The one Jordan missed was the one Reddick lost. The numbers, not the narrative, tell the story.
What to Watch and Who's Hot at Dover's First All-Star Race
The NASCAR All-Star Race goes to Dover Motor Speedway Sunday for the first time in the event's 41-year history — the 42nd running of the showcase, three segments, 26 cars, the trophy on the line. A preview of what to watch and who's hot heading in.
Carson Hocevar Lost Friday Night at Darlington. Sunday He Goes Back in Earnhardt's Colors.
Friday night at Darlington, Carson Hocevar charged to the lead and lost it to a blown tire with four laps to go. Sunday he goes back out in Dale Earnhardt's 1981 Wrangler colors. That's not a comparison. That's just guts.
Darius Rucker Is Now a NASCAR Team Owner. That Tells You Everything About Where This Sport Is Headed.
Darius Rucker confirmed as co-owner of Legacy Motor Club on the Dan Patrick Show. Plus: O'Reilly Series posts its biggest Darlington audience in seven years, Denny Hamlin signals Tyler Reddick's contract extension is imminent, and the Cup Series heads to Martinsville.
Tyler Reddick Won His Fourth Race in Six Weeks. Darlington Couldn't Stop Him. Nobody Can.
Tyler Reddick won the Goodyear 400 at Darlington from the pole for his fourth Cup victory in six 2026 races, beating Brad Keselowski by 5.8 seconds despite cool shirt and electrical issues. Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing now has four of the first six wins this season.
Hamlin Wins the Million From the Pole at Dover. The Million Goes to Mama.
Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR All-Star Race from the pole at Dover Motor Speedway on Sunday, beat his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Chase Briscoe in a side-by-side fight to the line, and became the third driver in the sport's history to win the All-Star at multiple tracks. Asked what he'd do with the $1 million check, he said he'd give it to his mother — a line that landed harder given his father's death in a December fire. The Cup field heads to Charlotte Motor Speedway next for the Coca-Cola 600.
Lee Pulliam Drove Into Martinsville Like He Owned the Place. Then Martinsville Reminded Him.
Lee Pulliam — the late model legend making his first NASCAR national series start — led 40 laps at Martinsville, caused a 19-car pileup on a late restart, apologized immediately, and still finished fifth. Justin Allgaier won his third race of the season.
Rockstar Energy Picked the Hottest Driver in NASCAR. He Races Out of Charlotte.
Rockstar Energy announced its first-ever NASCAR Cup Series sponsorship, partnering with Tyler Reddick and Charlotte-based 23XI Racing. The deal puts the yellow star on the No. 45 Toyota starting at Talladega on April 26.
Charlotte's Team Is Running Away With It
23XI Racing — built in Huntersville by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin — has four wins in seven races to start the 2026 Cup Series season. Tyler Reddick leads the standings by 82 points. Charlotte's newest racing team is beating the corridor's decades-old dynasties.
Kyle Larson Can't Win the $100,000 at Bristol Saturday. He Can Still Win the Race.
Kyle Larson is the defending winner of Saturday night's Suburban Propane 300 at Bristol — and he's not eligible for the $100,000 Dash 4 Cash bonus. The reigning Cup champion has won his last two O'Reilly Series starts at Thunder Valley. The four drivers fighting over six figures still have to beat him.
Kyle Larson Heads to Nashville on a 37-Race Winless Streak.
Kyle Larson hasn't won a Cup Series race since Kansas in May 2025. The streak now stands at 37 — his longest since joining Hendrick Motorsports — and on Sunday night he returns to the track where his 5.2 average finish is the best he has anywhere.
Denny Hamlin Beat His Own Teammates to the Line at Nashville for Win No. 62
Denny Hamlin won the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville by 0.115 seconds — and the two cars he beat were his own Joe Gibbs Racing teammates, Christopher Bell and Chase Briscoe, in a three-wide sweep to the line. Points leader Tyler Reddick crashed across the finish and still leads by 97.
Two Toyotas, One Title, and the Track Ford Refuses to Lose
Tyler Reddick and Denny Hamlin have turned 2026 into a two-Toyota title fight — and they're carrying it into Michigan International Speedway, the track Ford has won at 44 times and can't win at now. A FireKeepers Casino 400 preview from John Speedway.
Hamlin Charges From the Back to Win at Michigan, Honor an Old Friend
Denny Hamlin drove from the rear of the field to win the FireKeepers Casino 400 at Michigan for the second straight week, his 63rd career Cup win tying the late Kyle Busch for ninth all-time. He honored Busch with an 18-8 tribute flag, and with points leader Tyler Reddick wrecked out for his first DNF, cut the title gap to 51.
Hamlin Grabs Pocono Pole
Denny Hamlin was the last man out at Pocono and grabbed the Busch Light Pole by fifty-seven thousandths of a second, his fourth of the season. The bigger story is the streak: two straight wins, his best track in front of him, and a shot at the first three-race run of his career on Sunday.
Hamlin Wins Third Straight at Pocono, Cutting Reddick's Lead to 19 Points
Denny Hamlin held off Tyler Reddick by 1.678 seconds at Pocono on Sunday for his third straight NASCAR Cup win, a record eighth at the track. The streak cut Reddick's once-100-point lead to 19, turning the championship into a contest with 10 races left to set the Chase field.
NASCAR Hits the Streets of San Diego: Hamlin's Hot Streak Meets His Road-Course Problem
Denny Hamlin has won three straight and chopped Tyler Reddick's points lead to 19. This weekend NASCAR races a street course laid through an active naval base for the first time ever, and road courses are the one place Hamlin has never figured out. The title could swing in San Diego.
Corey Heim Wins NASCAR's First San Diego Cup Race and Leaves With Zero Points
Corey Heim won the Anduril 250 at the San Diego Street Course, the first Cup Series race ever run at Naval Base Coronado, then collected zero championship points: as a Truck Series cross-entry he was ineligible. It was the first Cup win of his career. Tyler Reddick still leads the standings.
NASCAR Trades the San Diego Streets for Sonoma's Hills, and the Road-Course Aces Are Circling
NASCAR leaves its wild San Diego street debut for Sonoma's road course and the Toyota / Save Mart 350 on June 28. Road-course ace Shane van Gisbergen sits just below the playoff cutoff, Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott loom, and Tyler Reddick's points lead is down to eight with nine races to the cutoff.
NASCAR's In-Season Challenge Starts Sunday. The Points Leader Is the Last Person It Protects.
A NASCAR season rewards consistency. The In-Season Challenge, NASCAR's five-week bracket that opens Sunday at Sonoma, rewards the opposite: surviving one head-to-head Sunday at a time. Which is why the points leader gets no protection at all.