Tyler Reddick's last-lap move, his fifth win, and a pace not seen since Dale Earnhardt in 1987
None of the past four NASCAR Cup Series champions managed to win more than four races in their entire season. Puts into perspective the kind of roll Tyler Reddick is on right now. The driver for the 23XI Racing team co-owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan picked up his fifth win of the season on Sunday, when he made a last-lap pass of reigning series champ and defending race winner Kyle Larson to win at Kansas Speedway.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — None of the past four NASCAR Cup Series champions managed to win more than four races in their entire season. Puts into perspective the kind of roll Tyler Reddick is on right now.
The driver for the 23XI Racing team co-owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan picked up his fifth win of the season on Sunday, when he made a last-lap pass of reigning series champ and defending race winner Kyle Larson to win at Kansas Speedway. It wasn't just Reddick's fifth win of the season. It was his fifth through nine races, a pace matched only four times in NASCAR's top series, and not since Dale Earnhardt started off the 1987 season that way.
Earnhardt went on to win six more times while claiming the third of his seven championships, and there's little to make it seem that Reddick can't do the same thing. “I mean, it's early,” Reddick said after joining Jordan in a post-race celebration. “Certainly over these next 17 races (before the playoffs), the ones that are missing it a little bit here and there are going to start hitting.
I think the competition will certainly continue to tighten up as we get through this year. We've done a really good job of making the most of our days. " Scoring a lot of points, too.