Tyler A. Reddick

After his win at Atlanta, I thought about predicting a 3rd straight win, reminiscent of MJ's 3-peats.

Heck of an achievement. Winning 3 races for a whole year is solid. Winning the first 3 races of the season in a row? The man is possessed right now.

Tyler "B+" Reddick no more.
 
It’s not like they dominated Daytona and Atlanta.

That said, Reddick has always been a top talent. 3 straight wins is 3 straight wins.. 33 races to go.
 
If I’m right about the playoffs
Reddick could string together a bunch of bad races and miss the playoffs
Would be a shame but could happen
 
Its not fair to call those first two wins fake wins, and this win a "real" win because points are points.

That said, I do think it's fair to say this was his first win that was indicative of/a result of car performance and driver performance rather than the not-always-in-your-control luck that sometimes finds drivers in superspeedway races.

It is way too early to crown him the favorite though, however. This is arguably the 1st most defining win of his career, and I am not sold on him yet.

It was similar to Blaney in that wins fell into his lap, but when he finally figured it out after a few years, Blaney turned into one of those guys where if you give him the best car, he's probably going to win.

That hasnt been Tyler yet. Way too early to call anyone a favorite.
 
From my arm chair, I've seen Reddick win three races so far in 2026.
Did he cheat? No!
Did he wreck someone, a la Austin Dillon, for the win? No?
Did NASCAR give him a nudge of favoritism that allowed him to win? No!

So why question his ability. He's proven himself on various tracks and when he wins, he wins fair and square. How often do you see a driver, when hounded as he was by Blaney and SVG, manage to keep his head while driving on the toughest road course on the schedule. He hit his marks and did not get rattled. Damn tooting he had a car that worked for him but he has also produced very good results with cars that sucked. Reddick has gone from the front to the back and come to the front again. Most recently without a front fender.

Don't be selling this guy short. He's the real deal. Plus he's fun to watch and for me anyway, easy to cheer for.
 
Whizzer said:
From my arm chair, I've seen Reddick win three races so far in 2026.
Did he cheat? No!
Did he wreck someone, a la Austin Dillon, for the win? No?
Did NASCAR give him a nudge of favoritism that allowed him to win? No!

So why question his ability. He's proven himself on various tracks and when he wins, he wins fair and square. How often do you see a driver, when hounded as he was by Blaney and SVG, manage to keep his head while driving on the toughest road course on the schedule. He hit his marks and did not get rattled. Damn tooting he had a car that worked for him but he has also produced very good results with cars that sucked. Reddick has gone from the front to the back and come to the front again. Most recently without a front fender.

Don't be selling this guy short. He's the real deal. Plus he's fun to watch and for me anyway, easy to cheer for.
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Fabulous post. I don't know why some of the US's feel like they need to tear a guy on a heater down. It is very interesting. Might have something to do with the US's favorites....Reddick is fun to watch, and I have great respect for the fact that he was distracted last year because of his kid. That humanity makes him real....and those of us that are dads, can relate. I am enjoying this.....particularly the part about Tyler's horsepower advantage on the front straight at COTA that necessitates an emergency dyno check. LOL.
 
Revman said:
Fabulous post. I don't know why some of the US's feel like they need to tear a guy on a heater down. It is very interesting. Might have something to do with the US's favorites....Reddick is fun to watch, and I have great respect for the fact that he was distracted last year because of his kid. That humanity makes him real....and those of us that are dads, can relate. I am enjoying this.....particularly the part about Tyler's horsepower advantage on the front straight at COTA that necessitates an emergency dyno check. LOL.
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Get used to it. Nobody likes a winner.
 
Greg said:
This is almost always universally true in my experience. Go to a new track and the guy that won the last two or three track championships will the same guy that everybody is hating.
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When I raced with Charles Powell at Myrtle Beach we won 4 Championships and they hated us. We were cheaters they said and booed they hell out of us every weekend. I remember the All Pro Series came to town and we qualified on the pole, when they introduced Charles we got booed and Jeff Purvis was standing by Charles and he said " you know how to get them back on your side don't you?" Charles said How? Purvis said " Run like a turd" lol
 
Does P13 Tyler Reddick even give a damn anymore or he did just go to Vegas to see the shows and buffet?
Should someone make an intervention?
#NeverBeSatisfiedTyler

Rocky Balboa got satisfied and his friend Apollo Creed paid for it with his life.
 
Greg said:
Does P13 Tyler Reddick even give a damn anymore or he did just go to Vegas to see the shows and buffet?
Should someone make an intervention?
#NeverBeSatisfiedTyler

Rocky Balboa got satisfied and his friend Apollo Creed paid for it with his life.
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Never discount the power of an RF thread and post. Reddick obviously read the constructive feedback and got his head back into the game.

That's what I talking about. Together we can all make a difference.
 
With nine races completed, the 2026 season is at the 25% completion mark; it can also be expressed as the end of the first quarter.

The five drivers with a win are also in the top 5 when it comes to average finish. Reddick is much better than anyone else in those two categories, and it is not even close.

He has won over half the races (55.6%). When it comes to the Average Finish he is almost as twice as good as his nearest competitor.

If Tyler Reddick doesn't win another race this season: there is still a strong possibility that he finishes the year with most wins. He will also have a 14% winning percentage at the minimum (5/36 =13.88)

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Greg said:
With nine races completed, the 2026 season is at the 25% completion mark; it can also be expressed as the end of the first quarter.

The five drivers with a win are also in the top 5 when it comes to average finish. Reddick is much better than anyone else in those two categories, and it is not even close.

He has won over half the races (55.6%). When it comes to the Average Finish he is almost as twice as good as his nearest competitor.

If Tyler Reddick doesn't win another race this season: there is still a strong possibility that he finishes the year with most wins. He will also have a 14% winning percentage at the minimum (5/36 =13.88)

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At some point, the field is going to catch up. This is why I love the Chase.

That points lead WILL give an advantage. You are this good, this fast all year? Great. You have 10 points paying races to do it a bit longer and seal the deal. At this point, if someone else out performs you, not just by scoring more points, but by making up at least a 15 point gap in 10 races with your performance this year, you aren't the deserving champion.

This is what's great about the chase. The season's best team has a chance to do it again over a 2.5 month stretch, with a small advantage. Insurmountable if you really ARE that much better. If you are just good enough to be barely the second best in the chase, you are probably good enough.

Someone is gonna make this chase interesting.
 
jaqua19 said:
At some point, the field is going to catch up. This is why I love the Chase.

That points lead WILL give an advantage. You are this good, this fast all year? Great. You have 10 points paying races to do it a bit longer and seal the deal. At this point, if someone else out performs you, not just by scoring more points, but by making up at least a 15 point gap in 10 races with your performance this year, you aren't the deserving champion.

This is what's great about the chase. The season's best team has a chance to do it again over a 2.5 month stretch, with a small advantage. Insurmountable if you really ARE that much better. If you are just good enough to be barely the second best in the chase, you are probably good enough.

Someone is gonna make this chase interesting.
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No disrespect intended (we all have a right to our opinion), but that is one of the reasons I hate the chase and the resets.

I want the champion to be the driver with the best results for the entire season, with no second chances for being off early in the season.

If they want a chase, they should just count points for the last 10 races and nothing else. I can't state how much I hate the resets; they are a cherry-picked distortion. If someone gets behind by an insurmountable amount of points, they just weren't good enough, and they don't deserve a second chance.

If they want to be the champion they should bring their A game to the track every week, for the entire season.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
Wiping out the larger advantage the best team accumulated over the first 26 races.
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Yup. And giving them a mini advantage, with a chance to prove it in a mini season. Now, prove it when the field has caught up, with a margin for error.

I love it. The conversations we were having about TRD'S advantages, to me as a fan, just feel so much higher stakes and engaging knowing that I as a fan, get to slowly watch teams close the gap, and see if the 45 can do what they did against other contenders that are closer.

Personally, I would like the regular season champ to have a slightly bigger point reward and I think bonus points for wins should stack into the seeding.


But man, I wouldnt be bothered speculating whether or not the field will catch up without the reset. :)
 
Greg said:
No disrespect intended (we all have a right to our opinion), but that is one of the reasons I hate the chase and the resets.

I want the champion to be the driver with the best results for the entire season, with no second chances for being off early in the season.

If they want a chase, they should just count points for the last 10 races and nothing else. I can't state how much I hate the resets; they are a cherry-picked distortion. If someone gets behind by an insurmountable amount of points, they just weren't good enough, and they don't deserve a second chance.

If they want to be the champion they should bring their A game to the track every week, for the entire season.
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On the contrary, in my eyes, if you were this good for 26 races, you should be able to back it up for another 10 - that's not a tiny sample size. We aren't even halfway through the season, and Reddicks points lead is huge.

But, if starting next week, the 5, 12, 9 or 11 starting matching his pace, and slowly creeping into that lead, and finishing the season that way, we'd be looking at Reddick being so much better than the field for the first quarter of the season in terms of points, that the fact that another driver or two has out performed him for the remaining 3/4th of the season, marginally, doesnt really matter with an insurmountable lead. I want the leader to have an advantage, but if the field is closing the gap, or has closed the gap on pace, execution and results, you bet I want to see that points lead tighten up, and the 45 to prove it in a higher stakes mini season. And if one of those other guys, who has caught up in performance, scores more points than the 45 to where they can win it all, then they are more deserving than the driver who built a cushion early in the season.

I hated the playoffs, thought it was awful. But this? I like. I as I said to Charlie, regular season champion should get more bonus points than we do.

I love it. I would prefer a chase to a full season format. I've felt this way since 2004 and its part of the NASCAR I know.

But maybe that's because I spent about 5 seasons with the full season format, then 9 with the chase - it just makes more sense to me than a full season.
 
jaqua19 said:
Now, prove it when the field has caught up,
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I might agree IF the field had 'caught up'. It didn't. It was given an edge at the expense of the best team.
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But, if starting next week, the 5, 12, 9 or 11 starting matching his pace, and slowly creeping into that lead, and finishing the season that way, we'd be looking at Reddick being so much better than the field for the first quarter of the season in terms of points, that the fact that another driver or two has out performed him for the remaining 3/4th of the season,
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But that 'outperforming' will be done via a gift of points at the 3/4 point.

You, and (I'll take the liberty of adding) Greg and I, aren't going to agree on this. No big deal, it's just sports.
 
Charlie Spencer said:
I might agree IF the field had 'caught up'. It didn't. It was given an edge at the expense of the best team.

But that 'outperforming' will be done via a gift of points at the 3/4 point.

You, and (I'll take the liberty of adding) Greg and I, aren't going to agree on this. No big deal, it's just sports.
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Yeah, I know. Wasn't trying to change anyone's mind :)

Really just trying to share why I enjoy it. It's just passion.
 
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