Tyler Reddick Interview After Winning the Daytona 500 | VICTORY LAP

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

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4.8 • 523 Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Daytona 500 champion Tyler Reddick joins Kevin Harvick for this week’s Victory Lap to break down his thrilling victory in the 2026 Daytona 500, walking through the chaotic final laps and how he positioned himself to capitalize when it mattered most. Reddick explains what it meant to finally win at Daytona, the emotion of celebrating in Victory Lane alongside team owner Michael Jordan, and why the moment carried extra weight after a winless season and personal challenges his family has faced. He reflects on the belief inside his team, the support system that kept him grounded, and how this breakthrough victory changes expectations heading into the rest of the NASCAR season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Daytona 500 is a race, but when you win this race, you become a champion.
0:04.0	It's just that whole lap, man. It was really crazy.
0:06.0	Some drivers go their whole career without getting the kind of opportunity I had at the end of the race.
0:10.0	The craziest part for me as a driver in the seat is it just felt calm.
0:14.0	Yeah, I'm two by five.
0:15.0	California's Kevin Hartman does it. Let's get. Come back here, man. Welcome to Kevin Harvick's
0:20.9	California's Kevin Harvick does it.
0:24.7	Welcome to Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour, presented by NASCAR on Fox.
0:29.5	And today we have the 2026 Daytona 500 champion.
0:35.4	Tyler Reddick, that has to sound pretty good, man.
0:39.4	It's sinking in. It really is. It's, uh, yeah, I mean, gosh, I'm, uh, I'm,
0:46.7	unfortunate that number eight was, was the one that, that I was able to get the job done. You know,
0:52.2	it's, it's crazy, man.
1:00.5	You know, you go, sometimes some drivers go their whole career without getting the kind opportunity I had at the end of the race yesterday.
1:03.5	And just to be in that spot after so many years of it really falling apart early in the race
1:09.7	or pretty much being out of it with about 15 to go
1:12.9	To come up one spot short last year but survived to the end and and and have a shot at it was a huge step in the right direction
1:21.7	And then last last last night yesterday to be able to do the execution part that we needed to be in the mix.
1:29.5	And obviously, I mean, just find our way through the madness.
1:34.0	And once that's just that whole last lap, man, it was really crazy.
1:38.3	Watching it back, just the amount of things that were taking place.
1:42.0	But the craziest part for me as a driver in the seat is it just felt calm.
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