Tyler Reddick secured his fifth win in nine races so far in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season, with boss Michael Jordan in attendance to celebrate Sunday at Kansas Speedway.
KANSAS CITY, Kansas -- In front of both bosses in the Heartland, Tyler Reddick secured his fifth win in nine races so far in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series season.
Reddick mounted a fierce charge on the final lap to take the lead from Kyle Larson and win in a thrilling overtime finish to Sunday's AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway.
"Was that nuts or what? I couldn't believe it," Reddick said.
In a matter of minutes, Reddick went from losing the lead to Denny Hamlin as the laps clicked down to getting a caution that sent the race into overtime and gave him another chance at the win.
In overtime, Reddick restarted on the front row alongside Denny Hamlin. After Larson took Hamlin three-wide in turn one, Reddick was in the middle of Larson and Christopher Bell until contact put Bell in the wall and let Larson get away.
Reddick faced the tough task of running him down with one lap to go and didn't blink. In turn one, Reddick drove hard into the corner and was side-by-side with Larson in turn three where he outdrove Larson and secured the pass for the win.
"I obviously had a run on the 5. I was shocked I was able to get to his inside there," Reddick said. "Got to deliver for boss, man. If he's going to hang out for us, we got to get him dubs."
In front of both owners of 23XI Racing, Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, Reddick joined Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough and Dale Earnhardt as the only drivers to win five of the first nine races in a Cup season.
"This kid's on fire right now, I don't know if I can cool him down," Jordan said while celebrating with Reddick.
Reddick led just four times for 10 of 274 laps, paling in comparison to others, like Hamlin. He wasn't as happy about the finish as his business partner was.
Hamlin won the first stage en route leading a race-high six times for 131 laps. He had the white flag in sight once until Cody Ware spun and sent the race into overtime.
Hamlin's No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota led everyone else off of pit road but it wasn't strong enough to hold off Larson maneuvering by him in the No. 5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet.
"Frustrated. Obviously, it's not winning. It's Cody Ware, six laps down, wrecking. I don't know, it added up. I fell for the same move the 5 got when I was on the inside so I have to learn from those mistakes and not executing those last few laps," Hamlin said.
Second to Hamlin for laps led, Larson led three times for 78 laps and won the second stage that he dominated. However, he lost the lead during pit stops in the second stage break and never had the same speed and handling to get it back.
In overtime, Larson fought to get the lead but fought a bigger battle with handling, ultimately losing it to Reddick by just over a tenth of a second.
"When it all worked out like that, I thought we had it. But when I went through three and four, I was plowing and nervous and then he had a huge run. I thought when I got to the banking [in turns one and two, it would load and cut but it didn't," Larson said. "We're getting closer but we'll keep trying."
Larson remains winless after nine races, which is the deepest he has ever gone into a season without winning since 2019.
Lost in the shuffle of the finish was Chase Briscoe, whose No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing team went for four tires for overtime instead of two. The call nearly netted Briscoe a win as he charged from 10th to third in the final two laps.
"Definitely would've been nice to have another lap or corner. I lost a lot of momentum racing the 11. I was grateful for that last caution because we were going to run 11th or 12th. James [Small, crew chief] made a great call to put us on offense. For us to have a break, for as bad as we have run before, it was good to have something go our way," Briscoe said.
Briscoe is back in Chase contention after a race for the first time since EchoPark Speedway Atlanta two months ago.
TOP-10 FINISHERS (LAP 274): Tyler Reddick, Kyle Larson, Chase Briscoe, Denny Hamlin, Bubba Wallace, Brad Keselowski, William Byron, Chase Elliott, Ty Gibbs, Chris Buescher.
Carson Hocevar finished 13th after running inside of the top-10 for much of the day. Hocevar ran as high as fourth but struggled to maintain track position due to issues on pit road that cost him at least 19 positions.
Christopher Bell finished 20th, one lap down, after hitting the wall while racing for the lead in overtime and then spinning. Reddick was remorseful in his post-race interview about the contact.
"I mean, first off, I feel like I have to say obviously just for how I feel. I never like being on the inside of it. Really hate that for Christopher Bell. Good, hard racing. The 11 came up, I mean, I took off tight. Not thrilled I got Christopher there. I hate that for him because he was having a good, solid day," Reddick said. "I tried to cover the 20. He got outside. We were three-wide and just all ran out of room."
Reddick's teammates, Riley Herbst and Corey Heim, finished 14th and 15th to put all four 23XI Racing cars inside the top-15 finishing positions. It's a big step forward from last season when, in this exact same race, Reddick finished 17th.
Finishing 17th to Reddick this year was Todd Gilliland, who followed up a sixth-place finish at Bristol with a solid top-20 run. He moved up two positions in the points standings.
Rounding out the lead lap were Alex Bowman and Daniel Suarez in 18th and 19th, respectively.
Ryan Blaney finished 24th, one lap down, after struggling with handling and getting damage in a pit road incident with A.J. Allmendinger. Teammate Joey Logano also struggled, finishing 30th, two laps down, after going a lap down almost immediately.
All three Trackhouse Racing cars finished no better than 26th. Ross Chastain led the way in 26th, followed by Connor Zilisch in 29th and Shane van Gisbergen in 36th.
Kyle Busch finished 35th, four laps down, after the team struggled to make it through the mostly caution-free race without succumbing to massive tire wear issues that were mostly isolated to their team.
Just one caution for cause fell all race long, with two laps to go for Cody Ware spinning in turn four.
STAGE ONE TOP-10 (LAP 80): Denny Hamlin, Kyle Larson, Tyler Reddick, Ty Gibbs, Christopher Bell, Chase Elliott, Chase Briscoe, Carson Hocevar, Bubba Wallace, Corey Heim.
STAGE TWO TOP-10 (LAP 165): Larson, Hamlin, Reddick, Elliott, Bell, Wallace, Brad Keselowski, Gibbs, Chris Buescher, Hocevar.
Reddick leads the NASCAR Cup Series points standings by 105 points over Hamlin, 120 over Blaney, 138 over Gibbs, 143 over Larson and 152 over Elliott, who sits in the elusive sixth-place in points.
Next: Talladega Superspeedway, April 26, 3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio Channel 90. Austin Cindric and Chase Briscoe won last year's Cup races at Talladega.
