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Tyler Reddick Joins Exclusive Club of Three Straight Race Winners

With his win at Circuit of the Americas on Sunday, Tyler Reddick made history as the first driver ever to open a NASCAR Cup Series season with three consecutive wins. He was already in rarefied air by winning the Daytona 500 and the following race at EchoPark Speedway. Now, he’s in a new one-man club.

As unprecedented as Reddick’s scorching start to the 2026 season is, one element of his achievement has gone largely unrecognized. He now has the 30th three-race win streak in NASCAR’s modern era (1972-present), becoming the first driver to do so since Christopher Bell early last year.

Joining Elite Company

In the 2020s so far only Tyler Reddick, Christopher Bell, and Kyle Larson have strung together three straight wins. Only four total drivers did it in the 2010s, an increase from just two in the 2000s.

Of all the drivers who have won three straight in NASCAR’s modern era, all are either in the NASCAR Hall of Fame today or are working on a career that will likely land them there. At 30 years old with 11 career wins and a Daytona 500, the odds Reddick will join those ranks one day appear to be steadily rising.

The seemingly relentless onslaught of Tyler Reddick victories has clearly begun to wear at the competition, and his teammates at 23XI Racing are no exception.

“I’m ‘bout tired of you freaking winning,” Bubba Wallace told Reddick with a laugh and a hug after the COTA win.

Four in a Row?

Also simmering in the conversation is the possibility Reddick could join yet another exclusive club this weekend at Phoenix Raceway: four victories in a row. Not only would he be the first driver ever to start a season on four wins, but he’d also be only the ninth modern era driver to win any four races consecutively.

One of those nine drivers is Harry Gant, who was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame earlier this year. As it so happens, Reddick took note of the historic run that immortalized Gant with NASCAR’s greatest.

“I was able to go to this year’s Hall of Fame inductions,” Reddick said. “I got to see Kurt Busch inducted, Harry Gant, a number of other guys—Ray Hendrick. Seeing Harry Gant up there talking about his stretch…” Reddick recalls. “I don’t know if it had anything to do with it [his current streak], but just seeing him talk about that run he had there, it’s just so cool.”

Looking Forward

Meanwhile, Reddick is focused on finding a way to continue the No. 45 team’s domination with what would be his first ever win at Phoenix. Then, it’s on to Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

“We’ve worked hard to kind of rethink how we get around Phoenix, and we’ve just kind of doubled down on the things that we’ve been improving at Vegas,” Reddick continued. “Honestly, I’m very excited to see what kind of pace we have at Phoenix and Vegas as it comes up.”