The NASCAR Cup Series is back in Virginia this weekend, with the Cook Out 400 on the half-mile short track at Martinsville Speedway.
Can anybody stop Tyler Reddick? is the question in the garage after Reddick scored his fourth victory in six races in 2026 last weekend at Darlington.
Not that it’s been wire-to-wire for the 23XI Racing star in any of his wins.
“You could say three of the four wins, we’ve had to fight through some level of adversity, whether it’s issues with the car, getting caught up in an accident, or having to hold off the field basically like in COTA,” Reddick said Sunday after his Darlington victory.
“For us to be put through these things, that in my opinion kept us from winning a year ago, to fight through these things, and then still win is very remarkable. It’s very fulfilling. It’s the stuff that, you know, you just got to kind of take a step back and say, Wow, that was incredible. Yeah, I’m definitely in that place right now. Just really proud of my team,” Reddick said.
Cook Out 400
Track: Martinsville Speedway (Martinsville, Va.)
Day/Time: Sunday, 3:30 p.m. ET
TV/Radio: FS1, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Reddick leads the season points race by 95 points over Ryan Blaney, with 23XI teammate Bubba Wallace in third, Denny Hamlin in fourth and Chase Elliott in fifth.
Hamlin drives for former Washington Redskins coach Joe Gibbs, but is the co-owner, with NBA legend Michael Jordan, of 23XI.
I keep bringing this up in my regular NASCAR columns, but it shouldn’t be lost here, that 23XI sued the pants off NASCAR over the charter system, and won in the settlement that ended the case last December.
And now, 23XI owns two of the top three spots in the standings, four of the six wins, and Hamlin, while driving for another team, is in the Top 5, and has one of the two wins that .
Karma.