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Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Tyler Reddick Wins the Daytona 500! Full Race Recap and Atlanta Preview

Kevin Harvick's Happy Hour presented by NASCAR on FOX

Fox Sports

Leisure, Sports, Automotive

4.8523 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Kevin Harvick, Kaitlyn Vincie, and Mamba Smith recap a record-breaking and chaotic Daytona 500 on this episode of Kevin Harvick’s Happy Hour, beginning with a look back at their live show from Daytona where Cleetus McFarland and Travis Pastrana joined and hundreds of fans packed the NASCAR Fan Experience. The crew then breaks down Tyler Reddick’s dramatic Daytona 500 victory, examining how he survived multiple late-race incidents, what the win means for 23XI Racing and Michael Jordan, and why the moment felt like a defining breakthrough after a turbulent year on and off the track. They analyze standout performances from Bubba Wallace, Chase Elliott, and Brad Keselowski, discuss Kyle Busch’s pole run, Corey Heim’s impressive debut, and evaluate Trackhouse and Shane van Gisbergen on superspeedways. The conversation also dives into pit strategy decisions, the 17-car wreck, record number of leaders, and the key moments that shaped the race weekend before shifting to an Atlanta Motor Speedway preview, predictions, and fan engagement in Mamba’s Social Sips as the 2026 NASCAR season is officially underway. 0:00 - Intro 2:28 - Live Show Recap 4:23 - Daytona Weekend Recap 15:26 - Michael Jordan Celebrates First Daytona 500 Championship 38:14 - Atlanta Preview 48:04 - Mamba’s Social Sips 54:44 - Last Call Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Great week, great finishes.

0:01.9

That is really good for our sport.

0:03.6

If anyone had any question on if Michael Jordan loved NASCAR and what his intentions are here,

0:09.4

that should be completely gone.

0:11.2

And it's been so cool seeing the NASCAR community really embracing Cletus and what he's brought over to our community.

0:16.8

Ultimately, we had one of the guys that we had pinned as a guy who needed to make something happen in Tyler Reddick as our Daytona 5-500 champion.

0:24.1

We are on to 5'5.

0:25.6

California's Kevin Harbock does it.

0:31.6

Welcome to Kevin Harvick Saphiar, presented by NASCAR and Fox. I'm Kevin Harvick. She's Caitlin Vinci. And Momba's here. Yep, he is here. Hey, you nailed the open. Got it. Got it down. You know, look, it's been a whirlwind. We got stuck in Daytona last night. When we drove out from the booth, it started raining. And by the time I got

0:55.1

dressed and was driving to the airport, they said, don't get in a hurry. Airport shut. So we sat there

0:59.8

for like three and a half hours waiting for the airport to reopen. There were some pretty

1:04.1

nasty storms that rolled through there. So kudos to everybody on our team from Fox and NASCAR pushing

1:10.6

that race up to get the whole race. It's been a long time since we had a Daytona 500 go off on time. And we had a tree. Yeah, we had a good one. Yeah. Yeah. It was a busy speed weeks for everybody, right? Yeah. Speed week, I guess. And I had to move. Kevin's talking about the, you know, almost getting caught up in the rain. My flight got delayed. And then I moved, I had to get permission from Ram to, like, jump early so I could make sure I made it to the show today. And they were like, yeah, no problem. We appreciate it. I'm like, thank you guys so much. So I jump on the standby at 1.30. I get there. I sit down. Keelan and Delaney are in there. They're delayed from a 12 o'clock flight.

1:47.7

Or the Thunderbird. on the standby at 1.30. I get there. I sit down. Keelan and Delano are in there. They're delayed

1:45.9

from a 12 o'clock flight. For the Thunderbirds. For the Thunderbirds. Yeah. Thunderbirds had closed all the airspace. So everything was late. Because we moved up an hour. So they probably were, you know, they're probably ready to go. And then they're, oh, well, I guess we're just going to see fights get in and which runs down.

1:59.6

It was awesome.

2:00.2

But the good news is that Daytona 500 got in.

2:02.5

Yes.

2:02.9

That's all that we care about.

2:04.2

I guess that're just going to see what flights get in and which ones don't. It was awesome, though. But the good news is that Daytona 500 got in.

2:02.5

Yes.

2:02.9

That's all that we care about, because that is a big thing. All right, welcome in to Happy Hour, everybody. Daytona 500 edition. We'll recap everything that happened out at Speedweek in Florida. We'll preview Atlanta, which is coming up next. And you have a big list of social sips today, Mamba.

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