Tyler Reddick Eyes Third Straight Win
Tyler Reddick is targeting a third consecutive victory at his best NASCAR track after back-to-back wins including EchoPark Speedway. Recent NASCAR highlights include Sheldon Creed's maiden win and Kyle Busch's Truck Series triumph, while the All-Star Race format has been set and Sheppard won the Ocala dirt event.
A victory for Tyler Reddick at the Circuit of the Americas (COTA) would make him the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the opening three races of a season. Only five other drivers have won the first two races, with none securing a third consecutive win. Reddick's history at the Austin, Texas road course includes a win in 2023, two pole positions, four top-five finishes, and five top-10s. In five starts at COTA, he boasts an impressive average start of 2.2 and an average finish of 4.6. His 2023 victory at COTA was his first with 23XI Racing. That race went into triple overtime, where he managed to hold off Kyle Busch for the win. The No. 45 Toyota driver for 23XI Racing enters the weekend with significant momentum, having already secured victories in the first two races of the 2026 season at Daytona and Atlanta. The win at Atlanta came after he was involved in a multi-car crash earlier in the race. The NASCAR Cup Series race, named the DuraMAX Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne, is scheduled for Sunday at 3:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast on FOX. The weekend's on-track action also includes practice and qualifying on Saturday morning. This year's event will be the sixth running of the NASCAR Cup Series race at COTA. For 2026, the series will compete on the shorter 2.4-mile, 17-turn "National Course" for the second time. Reddick is a two-time NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, winning back-to-back titles in 2018 and 2019 with two different teams, a first for the series.
