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Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Tyler Reddick Interview After Winning at COTA | VICTORY LAP

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8523 Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2026

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Fresh off his victory at Circuit of the Americas, Tyler Reddick joins Kevin Harvick on this week’s Victory Lap to break down his historic third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series win to open the 2026 season. Reddick discusses how he and 23XI Racing have built early-season momentum, what has clicked across the organization, and how the team has elevated its performance to championship level. He details his intense battle with road course standout Shane van Gisbergen at COTA, the strategy and execution that helped him secure the win, and what it means to become the first Cup driver to win the first three races of a season. Reddick also reflects on his viral 3-peat photo tribute to team owner Michael Jordan, the confidence inside the garage, and how this dominant start shapes expectations for the rest of the year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Like, oh boy, great.

0:01.3

I just had this feeling, you know, that I was going to have to go toe to with him to win this race. You know, he finds a way in the second. And now we got 17 or so laps to go. And I've got to keep him behind me. You know, on two, all the time. California's Kevin Hartford doesn't. Hey, good. Hey, good. See, man. Well, Tyler, welcome's Kevin Harding does it.

0:24.8

Well, Tyler, welcome back to the show again.

0:28.2

And now three wins in a row.

0:33.7

I mean, at this point, it has to just feel like you guys just can't be stopped. And on a weekend like that, going to a road course no chance involved you just

0:38.4

straight up whooped them it kind of looked that way huh um it was it was a tough fight all day

0:46.5

honestly um you know i didn't um i had to make some adjustments in the beginning of the race

0:53.4

you know certainly certainly. I just

0:54.7

wasn't getting going very good in the start of the race the way that I should have. And

1:00.7

thankfully, you know, we kind of got going back in the right direction when it was time to flip for

1:06.0

the end of stage one. And yeah, we, we lined up, you know, on the front road next to Blaney there.

1:11.2

And just the way that start kind of went, you know, Byron was able to give me a really big shove. And yeah, from that point on, I knew, I mean, I saw how fast the 12th car was in stage one. So I was like, man, I've just got to find a way to keep them stuck behind me here for as long as I can. And yeah, we're able to do that in stage two and stage three.

1:28.2

And yeah, when we got to that final caution there in stage three, I saw Shane and Connor, they were

1:34.1

back there. You know, they're like, they're right there. Like, hey, man, we see you up there. And

1:39.4

yeah, when we got through that first corner, and of course, Shane clears Ryan.

1:45.8

I'm like, oh, boy, great, the one guy.

1:48.8

You know what I mean?

1:49.6

I just had this feeling, you know, that I was going to have to go toe to toe with him to win this race.

1:55.8

Even though he was starting, you know, midpack, he got up there right away in stage one.

1:59.6

But yeah, I just thought it was so fitting that, you know, he finds a way in the second and now we got 17 or so laps to go and I've got to keep him behind me. So, yeah, it's just, it was, it was tough, man. It really was. You know, I had to hit my marks. I had to be disciplined. And yeah, just every time he kind of closed in,

2:19.7

I was able to position myself in a good spot and kind of take away, you know, limit his options

2:26.0

and we were able to keep him back there. It seemed like to me your car was, it was good in all the

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