Tyler Reddick Does It Again! Atlanta Chaos, Overtime Drama & JGR’s Lawsuit

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2026

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie, and Mamba Smith break down a chaotic Atlanta Motor Speedway weekend on this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, starting with Tyler Reddick’s incredible comeback victory that makes him the first driver since 2009 to win the season’s first two NASCAR Cup Series races. The crew analyzes how Reddick and 23XI Racing backed up their Daytona 500 statement, Michael Jordan’s presence and pride at the track, Bubba Wallace’s strong points day, and Carson Hocevar’s aggressive overtime drive, while also diving into major incidents involving Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch, Austin Cindric, Denny Hamlin, and others in a caution-filled final stage. They examine Trackhouse Racing’s impressive pace, pit strategy decisions, and what Atlanta revealed about the new points format before shifting to the breaking news of Joe Gibbs Racing filing a federal lawsuit against former competition director Chris Gabehart and what that could mean competitively across the garage. The episode closes with a COTA preview, Mamba’s Social Sips, and fan mailbag questions as the 2026 NASCAR season continues to heat up. 0:00 - Intro 2:47 - Atlanta Weekend Recap 31:49 - JGR Files Lawsuit Against Chris Gabehart 37:04 - COTA Preview 44:30 - Mamba’s Social Sips 51:05 - Last Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	They either need to stop talking about them or do something about it.
0:02.7	The way I would approach it is, you know, I'd probably reckon the first chance I got.
0:06.0	But any data you're actually copying or reproducing or disseminating officially, big no-no.
0:11.8	Adam Andrade.
0:12.3	What about that guy?
0:14.6	Welcome to California's Kevin Harvick does it. Welcome to Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour. Presented by NASCAR on Fox. I'm Kevin Harvick. She's Kate from Vincy, and I think your mom is going. I'm present. I'm ready to talk some racing. You are? Yeah. What's about time? Some NASCAR racing. Yeah. Hey, let's do it.
0:38.5	Hey, he's got the beard again.
0:39.4	He looks more like himself.
0:52.8	Yeah. I think I'm going to have to agree with her on this one. I think that the... I'm going to get comfortable. Yeah, you've been a long day. Yeah. Get settled in. I think it's... I think it's better with the beard.
0:53.4	Yeah.
0:55.7	It's as in like my face.
0:56.0	Yeah.
0:57.8	It's more mamba.
0:56.0	Yeah. It's, it's as in like my face. Yeah.
1:08.4	You, it's kind of it. It's more mamba. Yeah. I mean, look, man, I can't come into the new season with old energy. So I like to switch it up. So when you shave, it's new energy. Yeah, it goes new hairs. It's new everything. So we're... New beer, new me.
1:09.4	We're three weeks in. And now
1:10.9	you're old energy. No, now I'm back to normal
1:12.8	energy. Normal energy. Yeah in, and now you're old energy.
1:11.9	No, now I'm back to normal energy.
1:13.3	Normal energy.
1:13.9	Yeah.
1:14.1	Okay.
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