Reddick Matches Earnhardt Mark with Fifth NASCAR Win

Reddick Matches Earnhardt with Fifth NASCAR Win David Jensen - Getty Images Tyler Reddick used an overtime finish in Kansas Speedway’s AdventHealth 400 to register an achievement that hasn’t been recorded since seven-time NASCAR Cup champion Dale Earnhardt did it in 1987—win five of the season’s first nine races. “That’s a guy on the Mount Rushmore of NASCAR drivers. To be able to accomplish things that someone like him (Earnhardt) did is truly incredible,” said Reddick, who gave the checkered flag to team owner Michael Jordan who walked from the team’s pit to the track’s finish line to celebrate with the crew.

Reddick’s 13th career Cup victory gave 23XI Racing its fourth win in the last nine races at the 1. 5-mile Kansas track. The organization also had all four of its cars finish in the top 15 for the first time in the organization’s history.

Bubba Wallace placed fifth, Riley Herbst took 14th, and Corey Heim finished 15th. “23XI, all the guys drove well today,” Jordan said. “That says a lot about the program.

” Toyota drivers have now won seven of the season’s first nine races, the most for any OEM since 2007. Sean Gardner - Getty Images Headed to the white flag in Sunday’s race, it appeared Reddick would have to settle for second behind the race’s top lap leader Denny Hamlin. With two laps remaining in the scheduled 267-lap race, Reddick told his crew his Toyota had run out of fuel, and he had to switch to pump two.