Tyler Reddick

Tyler George Reddick (born January 11, 1996) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No. 45 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing.

Reddick is a two-time champion in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, winning consecutive titles in 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Reddick set a NASCAR record at Daytona for the closest finish in NASCAR history by 0.0004 seconds. In 2026, he had a breakout year, becoming the first driver in the history of the Cup Series to win the first three races of a season, including that year's Daytona 500.

Racing career Early career

Reddick began his racing career at the age of four, competing in Outlaw Karts; soon after, he was competing in mini sprints, midgets, dirt late models, and sprint cars. He was the youngest driver to qualify for the pole position at Eldora Speedway World 100, the youngest driver to win at the East Bay Winter Nationals, and the youngest winning driver in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series. He is also the youngest driver ever to qualify for a feature race in World of Outlaws sprint car racing.

Reddick made his debut in the ARCA Racing Series in 2012. That October, he won in his first career start in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East at Rockingham Speedway.

Camping World Truck Series Reddick made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in April 2013, driving for Ken Schrader Racing at Rockingham Speedway; he was involved in an accident during the race, and finished 30th.

Reddick's No. 29 F-150, sporting a special paint scheme for the 2016 Careers for Veterans 200 at Michigan International Speedway

In November 2013, it was announced that Reddick had been signed by Brad Keselowski Racing to compete in the Camping World Truck Series; he was scheduled to drive the team's No. 19 Ford in 16 events in the series in 2014, before running the full series schedule for the team in 2015. That September, he won his first Xfinity race at Kentucky Speedway after leading 66 laps and winning with a 14-second advantage over teammate Brennan Poole. A month later, Reddick won his first Xfinity pole at Kansas Speedway.

On September 14, 2017, Reddick was signed by JR Motorsports to a full-time schedule for the 2018 Xfinity season, replacing William Byron, who was promoted to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, in the No. 24 car. On February 17, 2018, Reddick beat teammate Elliott Sadler in a photo finish to win the season-opening race at Daytona. At a margin of .0004 seconds, it is the closest finish in NASCAR history. Although he did not win again for the remainder of the regular season, he qualified for the playoffs and reached the Championship Round. In the season finale at Homestead, Reddick won the race and his first Xfinity Series championship.

Reddick's 2019 Xfinity car was pushed to the grid at the 2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway. He finished 29th after starting on the pole. On October 31, 2018, it was announced that Reddick would switch from JR Motorsports to Richard Childress Racing in 2019. He explained that his move to RCR was for a better chance to run in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in the near future. In April 2019, Reddick won his first race with RCR in the MoneyLion 300 at Talladega. At the end of the Kansas race, he got into a fight with Cole Custer on pit road. At the 2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, Reddick scored his fourth pole of the season and led 32 laps before crashing and finishing 29th in the final order. He won at Homestead to claim his second consecutive Xfinity Series championship.

Reddick returned to the Xfinity Series for the 2021 season opener at Daytona, driving a newly opened No. 03 car for Our Motorsports. However, the car missed the race as qualifying was rained out. Two weeks later at Homestead, he moved to RSS Racing's No. 23 in a partnership with Our; he finished second behind RCR's Myatt Snider, but was disqualified when his car failed the rear height requirements during post-race inspection. In May, he signed with Jordan Anderson Racing to race at Circuit of the Americas.

In 2022, Reddick drove the Big Machine Racing No. 48 to the team's first win at Texas.

In 2023, he drove the No. 24 Toyota for Sam Hunt Racing for select races.

In 2024, he returned to Sam Hunt Racing behind the wheel of the No. 26 Toyota at Nashville.

Cup Series 2019 On February 1, 2019, it was announced that Reddick would make his Cup Series debut at the 2019 Daytona 500, driving the No. 31 car for RCR. After qualifying for the race as an open (non-charter) car, he started 39th. He was involved in two incidents during the race: on lap 159, as he was about to pit, contact by Cody Ware sent him airborne before being hit by Jimmie Johnson, ripping Johnson's left side; on lap 191, he was involved in "The Big One" that collected 20 other drivers.

In April, Reddick participated in qualifying at Talladega, driving the No. 62 Beard Motorsports car in place of Brendan Gaughan, who was attending his son's communion. Reddick was 29th fastest, but Gaughan started at the rear for the race under NASCAR's driver change rules. In only his second MENCS start at Kansas, Reddick finished ninth.

On October 2, 2019, RCR officially announced Reddick as the driver of the No. 8 Chevrolet for the 2020 season.

2020 Reddick scored his first top-ten of the 2020 season at the first Darlington spring race, finishing seventh. At Homestead, he ran in the top-five almost all day and finished fourth, his then-best career finish, despite almost losing the position on the last lap after thinking that the race ended a lap early.

Reddick nearly won the 2020 GEICO 500 at Talladega, controlling the lead in the late stages but ultimately losing it with four laps to go and finishing 20th. He also contended with RCR teammate Austin Dillon for the victory at Texas after opting not to pit during a caution caused by fellow rookie Quin Houff spinning out, which moved him to the lead with 23 laps to go as a result. Reddick finished a then career-best second-place to Dillon, marking an RCR 1–2 finish for the first time since the 2011 Good Sam Club 500. Reddick posted three top-five finishes and nine top-ten finishes. He was in playoff contention for most of the year, being 19th in points heading into the regular-season finale in the Coke Zero Sugar 400, the regular-season finale. The contact lost Reddick the lead, and he was caught up in another wreck, resulting in him missing the playoffs. He finished the season 19th in points. He again was close to winning, this time at Homestead-Miami Speedway. He climbed up to fourth with roughly ten to go and battled with Martin Truex Jr. and Kyle Larson. However, when he finally got by both of them for good, he did not have enough time to catch the race winner William Byron, despite having the fastest car on the track. Reddick's consistency and a fifth-place finish at the 2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona enabled him to make the playoffs for the first time. He was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol. He finished the season thirteenth in the points standings. On July 12, 2022, it was announced that Reddick had signed with 23XI Racing for a full-time Cup ride in 2024. At the Indianapolis Road Course, he held off the field in overtime to win his second race of the season. Reddick was eliminated in the Round of 16 after being involved in a multi-car pileup at the Bristol night race. Despite his elimination, he scored his third career win at Texas a week later. He retired from the Martinsville playoff race early, as he was not feeling well. He finished the season 14th in the points standings.

2023: Start of tenure at 23XI Racing

On October 15, 2022, 23XI Racing announced that it had bought out the remainder of Reddick's contract from RCR to replace Kurt Busch in the No. 45 for the 2023 season.

Reddick started the 2023 season with a 39th-place DNF at the 2023 Daytona 500. A month later, he scored his first win of the season at COTA in triple overtime, earning the first win for the No. 45 team since Kurt Busch's final career win in the 2022 Advent Health 400. On May 16, NASCAR docked the No. 45 team ten owner and driver points for unapproved ballasts during inspection prior to qualifying at Darlington. Although suffering from a small summer slump, Reddick was still able to qualify for the playoffs. During the playoffs, Reddick won at Kansas to advance to the Round of 12. He was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8. He finished a career-high sixth in the points standings.

2024: Regular Season Winner, and fight for the Championship

Reddick started the 2024 season with a 29th-place DNF at the 2024 Daytona 500. Following top-five and top-ten finishes, he scored his first win of the season at Talladega by overtaking Brad Keselowski on the final stretch after Keselowski spun Michael McDowell and triggered a multi-car crash. This was not just Reddick's first win of the season, but also Michael Jordan's first appearance at one of his driver's wins, in which he began celebrating with the team.

During the 2024 Goodyear 400, Reddick had a competitive car, sporting a throwback to former racer Tim Richmond. In this race, Reddick had a hard charge for the win with RFK Racing's Chris Buescher in a fight for the win. This fight for the win culminated in a dive to Buescher’s left in Turn 3. Reddick drifted high and came back up on the track into Buescher, who had no choice but to bounce off the SAFER barrier to his right. Following the race, Buescher unleashed his frustrations on Reddick with a shove and a stern discussion, saying "We don't have that sticker on right now!", in reference to the "Win and You're In" aspect of the Playoffs that required drivers to win to advance to the Playoffs. Reddick did not offer a defense for the contact and was apologetic after climbing out of his damaged No. 45 Toyota. He scored his second win of the season at Michigan.

Following the Southern 500, Reddick clinched the regular season championship, beating Kyle Larson by just one point, while suffering from a stomach bug throughout the race. He advanced to the Round of 8 after having an incredible run at the Charlotte Roval against Playoff contender Joey Logano, slowly gaining spots throughout the day as Logano lost spots. It was all for naught, however, as hours after the Roval race, Alex Bowman received a post-race penalty from NASCAR for not meeting weight requirements, dropping him to 38th as a result of being disqualified and promoting Reddick as the seventh driver to enter the Round of 8, whilst also advancing Logano.

On lap 90 at Las Vegas, Reddick, as well as Chase Elliott and Martin Truex Jr., were three-wide coming off Turn 4. Elliott's No. 9 was shoved up high into Reddick's No. 45, which spun them both out, also collecting Brad Keselowski's No. 6. As Reddick's car was sliding through the grass, the car clipped the pavement of the Legends oval on the front stretch and rolled over one time before landing on all four tires. Reddick finished 36th due to the accident.

Following the accident the week prior, Reddick entered a deep point deficit, and would need good races through the rest of the round to have any chance to make the Championship 4. At Homestead, Reddick did exactly that, having an incredible race all day. Once a caution flew with 11 to go, the drivers would restart as Reddick fought a tough battle with Ryan Blaney. In the final laps, Reddick closed in on Blaney and, while in turn 4 on the final lap, ran the outside line around Blaney and team-owner Denny Hamlin, to win the race and securing him a spot in the Championship 4 at Phoenix. Although Reddick made the Championship 4, he had a good, but overall weak run compared to the other championship contenders, finishing a new record high fourth in the standings with a sixth place finish.

2025: Winless slump, familial struggles, and lawsuit

Reddick started the 2025 season with a runner-up finish at Daytona, as well as getting top-five finishes at COTA, Darlington, Atlanta, and Chicago. While Reddick's season was consistent, top-fives and top-tens were not as plentiful as they had been the years prior. Despite not scoring a win, he was consistent enough to make the playoffs, as well as being in contention to win the playoff-opening race at Darlington, but settled again for another runner-up finish. After being eliminated following the Round of 12, Reddick finished ninth in the points standings.

Reddick's season was very tough due to numerous issues, both career-wise and personal. While he suffered from not winning this year, he also had a personal scare as his newborn son, Rookie, suffered from a tumor, but would recover and would be released from the hospital as the season concluded. The lawsuit between his team owners and NASCAR also helped create worry and dissent, not just within 23XI Racing, but also fellow plaintiff and race team Front Row Motorsports. Events such as these helped contribute to more distractions that hurt the performance of drivers like Reddick.

2026: Record-breaking season and dominance

Entering a contract year for the 2026 season, Reddick started the season by winning the Daytona 500 in spectacular fashion. Following a late-race crash, Reddick restarted in second place. On the final lap, Reddick, sitting in fourth, missed a large last-lap pileup going into Turn 1 to run with the leaders for the win. Going into Turn 3, Reddick's teammate Riley Herbst would give him a tremendous push past Zane Smith and race leader Chase Elliott, which he would use in the final stretch to pass Elliott and win the Daytona 500 as they wrecked behind. This was not just Reddick's first Daytona 500 win, but also 23XI Racing's first Daytona 500 victory, and the first Toyota to win at Daytona since his team owner, Denny Hamlin, in 2020.

Despite being caught up in a wreck earlier in the race and suffering a significant amount of damage, Reddick was also able to charge a large run back to the lead to win the week following the Daytona 500 at Atlanta. This helped make Reddick the first driver since Matt Kenseth in 2009 to win the first two races of the season. The following week, running off the momentum he had earned the two weeks prior, he wiped the field and won at COTA, becoming the first driver to win the first three races of the season in NASCAR history.

As the early season continued, Reddick remained extremely consistent, winning the pole at Darlington, but suffering battery issues and falling far back into the field. He was able to reclaim his spots, however, and gained his fourth win of the season in the race. He won again after having a competitive race in Kansas following an overtime restart, becoming the first driver since Dale Earnhardt in 1987 to score five of the first nine races in a season. Reddick later signed a contract extension on April 26.

Personal life Reddick was born in Corning, California and grew up most of his life in DuQuoin, Illinois and Peoria, Illinois. He attended DuQuoin Christian Fellowship School before transferring to homeschooling for the last two years and graduating in 2014. He is the grandson of Benny Brown, founder of BBR Music Group. Reddick is married to Alexa DeLeon, and the couple has two sons. Reddick has Obstructive sleep apnea.

Motorsports career results

Stock car career summary † As Reddick was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Cup Series NASCAR Cup Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Pts Ref 2019 Richard Childress Racing 31 Chevy DAY27 ATL LVS PHO CAL MAR TEX BRI RCH KAN9 CLT POC MCH SON CHI DAY KEN NHA POC GLN MCH BRI DAR IND LVS RCH ROV DOV TAL KAN MAR TEX PHO HOM 43rd 01 Beard Motorsports 62 Chevy TALQL† DOV 2020 Richard Childress Racing 8 Chevy DAY28 LVS18 CAL11 PHO33 DAR7 DAR13 CLT8 CLT14 BRI36 ATL16 MAR16 HOM4 TAL20 POC30 POC35 IND8 KEN10 TEX2 KAN13 NHA10 MCH18 MCH24 DRC18 DOV13 DOV18 DAY29 DAR23 RCH11 BRI4 LVS38 TAL7 ROV12 KAN25 TEX15 MAR24 PHO19 19th 780 2021 DAY27 DRC38 HOM2 LVS22 PHO29 ATL26 BRD7 MAR8 RCH20 TAL7 KAN7 DAR12 DOV8 COA9 CLT9 SON19 NSH18 POC11 POC9 ROA8 ATL6 NHA13 GLN10 IRC21 MCH29 DAY5 DAR18 RCH15 BRI12 LVS6 TAL39 ROV2 TEX9 KAN22 MAR18 PHO19 13th 2250 2022 DAY35 CAL24* LVS7 PHO3 ATL28 COA5 RCH12 MAR18 BRD2* TAL39 DOV30 DAR2 KAN30 CLT6 GTW16 SON35 NSH18 ROA1 ATL29 NHA21 POC2 IRC1* MCH29 RCH31 GLN7 DAY2 DAR3 KAN35 BRI25 TEX1* TAL28 ROV8 LVS6 HOM35 MAR35 PHO23 14th 2215 2023 23XI Racing 45 Toyota DAY39 CAL34 LVS15 PHO3 ATL5 COA1* RCH16 BRD2 MAR22 TAL16 DOV7 KAN9 DAR22 CLT5 GTW35 SON33 NSH30 CSC28 ATL27 NHA6 POC2 RCH16 MCH30 IRC4 GLN8 DAY25 DAR2 KAN1 BRI15 TEX25 TAL16 ROV 6 LVS8 HOM3 MAR26 PHO22 6th 2344 2024 DAY29 ATL30 LVS2 PHO10* BRI30 COA5 RCH10 MAR7 TEX4 TAL1 DOV11 KAN20 DAR32* CLT4 GTW4 SON8* IOW22 NHA6 NSH3 CSC2 POC6 IND2* RCH3 MCH1 DAY28 DAR10 ATL6 GLN27 BRI20 KAN25 TAL20 ROV11 LVS36 HOM1* MAR34 PHO6 4th 5031 2025 DAY2 ATL19 COA3 PHO20 LVS24 HOM8 MAR14 DAR4 BRI18 TAL14 TEX21 KAN17 CLT26 NSH9 MCH13 MXC20 POC32 ATL4 CSC3 SON6 DOV12 IND29 IOW19 GLN9 RCH34 DAY21 DAR2 GTW16 BRI15 NHA21 KAN7 ROV10 LVS5 TAL7 MAR11 PHO26 9th 2309 2026 DAY1 ATL1* COA1* PHO8 LVS13 DAR1 MAR15 BRI4 KAN1 TAL14 TEX4 GLN5 CLT4* NSH6 MCH35 POC2 COR25 SON36 CHI36 ATL8 NWS30 IND10 IOW36 RCH11 NHA8 DAY3 DAR GTW BRI KAN LVS CLT PHO TAL MAR HOM -* -* † – Qualified for Brendan Gaughan

Daytona 500 Year Team Manufacturer Start Finish 2019 Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39 27 2020 22 28 2021 29 27 2022 15 35 2023 23XI Racing Toyota 26 39 2024 3 29 2025 11 2 2026 26 1

Xfinity Series NASCAR Xfinity Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 Pts Ref 2017 Chip Ganassi Racing 42 Chevy DAY20 ATL LVS PHO14 CAL TEX33 BRI RCH TAL20 CLT10 DOV POC MCH13 IOW3 DAY27 KEN10 NHA IND37 IOW36 GLN MOH BRI11 ROA DAR16 RCH17 CHI KEN1* DOV26 CLT KAN2 TEX PHO HOM4 18th 484 2018 JR Motorsports 9 Chevy DAY1 ATL19 LVS8 PHO10 CAL7 TEX23 BRI7 RCH11 TAL8 DOV5 CLT23 POC9 MCH7 IOW8 CHI33 DAY31 KEN6 NHA25 IOW22 GLN11 MOH31 BRI9 ROA34 DAR3 IND2 LVS28 RCH7 ROV9 DOV14 KAN5 TEX2* PHO6 HOM1 1st 4040 2019 Richard Childress Racing 2 Chevy DAY9 ATL5 LVS14 PHO3 CAL4 TEX2 BRI2 RCH4 TAL1* DOV3 CLT1* POC2 MCH1 IOW15 CHI9 DAY16 KEN3 NHA4 IOW5 GLN5 MOH4 BRI1 ROA3 DAR2* IND30 LVS1 RCH10 ROV2 DOV12 KAN2 TEX29 PHO3 HOM1* 1st 4040 2021 Our Motorsports 03 Chevy DAYDNQ DRC 80th 01 RSS Racing withReaume Brothers Racing 23 Chevy HOM40 Our Motorsports LVS12 PHO ATL MAR TAL DAR DOV MCH16 DAY DAR7 RCH BRI LVS TAL ROV TEX KAN MAR PHO Jordan Anderson Racing 31 Chevy COA8 CLT5 MOH TEX NSH15 POC ROA ATL NHA GLN IRC 2022 Big Machine Racing 48 Chevy DAY CAL LVS PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR26 TEX1 CLT PIR NSH21 ROA30 ATL4 NHA POC IRC MCH GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 76th 01 2023 Sam Hunt Racing 24 Toyota DAY CAL36 LVS13 PHO ATL COA RCH MAR TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON NSH CSC ATL NHA POC ROA MCH IRC GLN DAY DAR KAN BRI TEX ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 92nd 01 2024 26 DAY ATL LVS PHO COA RCH MAR TEX TAL DOV DAR CLT PIR SON IOW NHA NSH14 CSC POC IND MCH DAY DAR ATL GLN BRI KAN TAL ROV LVS HOM MAR PHO 96th 01

Camping World Truck Series NASCAR Camping World Truck Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Pts Ref 2013 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Toyota DAY MAR CAR30 KAN CLT DOV TEX KEN IOW ELD POC MCH BRI MSP IOW CHI LVS TAL MAR TEX PHO HOM 77th 14 2014 Brad Keselowski Racing 19 Ford DAY12 MAR16 KAN CLT DOV8 TEX21 GTW13 KEN IOW9 ELD11 POC23 MCH BRI MSP CHI4 NHA8 LVS15 TAL4 MAR6 TEX4 PHO10 HOM6 12th 539 2015 DAY1* ATL5 MAR5 KAN13 CLT4 DOV1 TEX11 GTW8 IOW3 KEN6 ELD3 POC3 MCH9 BRI8 MSP19 CHI2 NHA15 LVS7 TAL5 MAR5 TEX5 PHO5 HOM3 2nd 884 2016 29 DAY18 ATL14 MAR20 KAN13 DOV7 CLT4 TEX5 IOW5 GTW25 KEN10 ELD5 POC26 BRI14 MCH19 MSP6 CHI10 NHA4 LVS1* TAL26 MAR17 TEX4 PHO12 HOM2 9th 511

Season still in progress Ineligible for series points

ARCA Racing Series (key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.) ARCA Racing Series results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Pts Ref 2012 Ken Schrader Racing 18 Chevy DAY MOB15 SLM8 TAL TOL ELK POC MCH WIN NJE IOW CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD SLM DSF KAN 63rd 345 2013 Cunningham Motorsports 22 Dodge DAY MOB SLM TAL TOL ELK POC MCH ROA WIN CHI NJE POC BLN ISF MAD DSF15 IOW SLM KEN KAN 111th 160 2014 DAY5 MOB SLM TAL TOL NJE POC MCH ELK WIN CHI IRP POC BLN ISF MAD DSF SLM KEN KAN 78th 205

K&N Pro Series East NASCAR K&N Pro Series East results Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pts Ref 2012 Curb Racing 98 Dodge BRI GRE RCH IOW BGS JFC LGY CNB COL IOW NHA DOV GRE CAR1 47th 47 2013 Ken Schrader Racing 52 Dodge BRI19 GRE FIF RCH BGS IOW LGY COL IOW VIR GRE NHA DOV RAL 62nd 25