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Tyler Reddick Tames Darlington Raceway To Win Goodyear 400

by Hunter Thomas March 22, 2026 0 comments

DARLINGTON, SC – Despite being in a class of his own, Tyler Reddick overcame a great deal of adversity to secure the win in the Goodyear 400 at Darlington Raceway.

Reddick paced practice, sat on the pole and was the fastest driver during the race, but early in the race, his 23XI Racing No. 45 Xfinity Toyota developed an issue with an alternator, which meant he had to race with his cooling suit turned off because the team chose not to change the battery. With temperatures in the 90-degree range on Sunday, that made the road to victory even more difficult for Reddick.

“I think it’s very fitting that when we finally get our first win here at Darlington that the Lady In Black would test us like that,” Reddick said. “We’ve been so close so many times. I mean, lap one we had the charging problem where the battery wasn’t charging at all. All day long just not running fans. Sweat my tail off inside the race car, and we knew it was going to be physical.”

Brad Keselowski had command of the race, when Reddick chased him down and passed by with 28 laps to go. The race stayed green, and Reddick went on to win his fourth race of the season. Sunday’s win marked Reddick’s first Darlington victory, which is surprising because he three runner-up finished at the Lady in Black. Toyota now becomes the first OEM to win five of the first six races in a season since Chevrolet did so back in 2007.

“Yeah, I mean, ever since I made my first lap here in an O’Reilly Auto Parts car, there’s just something about this racetrack that’s so special, so challenging,” Reddick said. “It’s been really fun for my evolution as a driver over the years, my time in O’Reilly Auto Parts car, my time at RCR and what we’ve perfected, my time here at 23XI.”

Keselowski held on to finish runner-up in the RFK Racing No. 6 Solomon Plumbing Ford. Keselowski had a dominate performance as he led a race high of 142 laps and swept Stages 1 and 2; however, at the end of the day, he just didn’t have the speed that Reddick’s car had.

“Tyler was really, really fast,” Keselowski said. “Those problems earlier in the race that he got kind of buried and he was just methodical. He did a great job. He took the fastest car and ran an amazing race. When he was by me he was way faster. We had to fall into racing the track and even at the end I think he was managing it pretty hard, so, all in all, it’s a great day for us. We won two stages, led a lot of laps, scored a bunch of points, so a lot to be proud.”

Ryan Blaney, Carson Hocevar and Austin Cindric rounded out the top-five. Completing the top-10 was Ty Gibbs, Daniel Suarez, William Byron, Chris Buescher and Erik Jones.

There were 16 lead changes among eight drivers.

The caution waved on four occasions for 26 laps. Only two cautions were for accidents.

On Lap 112, Denny Hamlin got into the back of Jones and turned him in Turn 3.

On Lap 198, Riley Herbst spun the frontstretch.

Reddick leads Blaney by 95 points in the standings, and he’s 120 points over Bubba Wallace in third.

The NASCAR Cup Series will visit Martinsville Speedway on Sunday, March 29, for the Cook Out 400. Live coverage will broadcast on FS1 at 3:30 p.m. ET.

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