Inside The Garage: What to Make of Tyler Reddick's Historic Start
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Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Tyler Reddick knows how difficult it is to win one race, let alone three in a season. But three in a row? That's hard for even him to fathom. And he just accomplished it. "What I see out of our competitors, it's really hard to, week in and week out, be in contention to win," Reddick said in the news conference Sunday following his victory at Circuit of the Americas. "So to be able to put it together like we have these first three is just pretty unreal." [NASCAR HISTORY: 4 Takeaways From Tyler Reddick's COTA Win] Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win three consecutive races to open the season as he followed his Daytona 500 victory with wins at Atlanta and Austin. Not only did Reddick set a new standard for wins to open the season, no organization has won three races to open the season since Petty Enterprises in 1963. For 23XI, which was formed late in the 2020 season and started competing in 2021, it is another sign of growth for the organization co-owned by Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin and basketball legend Michael Jordan. "When I started kicking around trying to find a race team that would let me buy in, none of them were going to give me the control that I wanted," Hamlin said during his post-race news conference as the winning owner. "I don't know what the word is for that, but I wanted to make sure if it failed, it was because of something I did, not someone else." Reddick had just eight wins in 218 career starts before the streak. Those eight victories came at different tracks, as did the first two of 2026. He won at COTA in 2023, his fourth career win and his first victory for 23XI Racing. The year prior, he won the pole at COTA driving for Richard Childress Racing. And his first career victory, for RCR, came on a road course at Road America. So it’s no surprise that he won Sunday, but the odds of him doing it after back-to-back drafting-track victories were slim. "[I’m]
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- No Data Available - BROWSE BY SPORTS & TEAMS PLAYERS SHOWS PERSONALITIES TOPICS Built on NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series Inside The Garage: What to Make of Tyler Reddick's Historic Start Published Mar. 2, 2026 2:15 p.m. ET share facebook x reddit link Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Tyler Reddick's legendary start Dale Coyne Racing building something solid The Jameis Winston Effect ? Tyler Reddick knows how difficult it is to win one race, let alone three in a season. But three in a row? That's hard for even him to fathom. And he just accomplished it . "What I see out of our competitors, it's really hard to, week in and week out, be in contention to win," Reddick said in the news conference Sunday following his victory at Circuit of the Americas. "So to be able to put it together like we have these first three is just pretty unreal." Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first three races of the season. [NASCAR HISTORY: 4 Takeaways From Tyler Reddick's COTA Win ] Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win three consecutive races to open the season as he followed his Daytona 500 victory with wins at Atlanta and Austin. Not only did Reddick set a new standard for wins to open the season, no organization has won three races to open the season since Petty Enterprises in 1963. For 23XI, which was formed late in the 2020 season and started competing in 2021, it is another sign of growth for the organization co-owned by Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin and basketball legend Michael Jordan. "When I started kicking around trying to find a race team that would let me buy in, none of them were going to give me the control that I wanted," Hamlin said during his post-race news conference as the winning owner. "I don't know what the word is for that, but I wanted to make sure if it failed, it was because of something I did, not someone else." Reddic...
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