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CONCORD, NORTH CAROLINA – OCTOBER 04: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Jordan Brand Toyota, poses with the ROVAL 400 Pole Award trophy after winning the pole during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series Bank of America ROVAL 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 04, 2025 in Concord, North Carolina. (Photo by David Jensen\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Tyler Reddick and the No. 45 Toyota 23XI Racing team roared to the Charlotte Roval Pole Award on Saturday. This was his second pole in 2025 and 11th NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series career pole as he bested four-time race winner Shane Van Gisbergen, who will start second.<\/p>\n Heading into Sunday\u2019s NCS race, Reddick sits 11th in Playoff standings needing to make up 29 points for a berth into the Round of 8. In 2023, Reddick scored the top spot for this race. In five Roval starts, he\u2019s earned three-top 10 finishes with his best of second place in 2021.<\/p>\n Starting behind Reddick and SVG is non-playoff contender Ty Gibbs, defending race winner Kyle Larson, Chris Buescher and Micheal McDowell.<\/p>\n Tire Fall Off a Factor<\/p>\n In years prior, tire fall off wasn\u2019t as prevalent as during Saturday\u2019s practice and qualifying sessions. Reddick said it will definitely be a something to contend with during Sunday\u2019s 109-lap race.<\/p>\n \u201cI feel like when we raced at Sonoma in the past, we\u2019d have the high fall off,\u201d Reddick said. \u201cBut the track certainly took rubber, but a lot of rubber and rubber buildup off-line too. I feel like I\u2019ve seen this before.<\/p>\n \u201cProbably, when I did the Watkins Glen tire test. I believe it\u2019s on this tire combination that we have been racing this year. It did a lot of that at that tire test, and we really haven\u2019t seen it to the level that it did today.<\/p>\n \u201cThe way it acted today was somewhat reminiscent of that test, but obviously, when we returned to race it was much different. You had some fall off, but it wasn\u2019t rubbering the whole track.\u201d<\/p>\n Sunday Strategy Altered<\/p>\n Whatever teams learned in past Roval<\/a> races could be at risk. With how the track rubbered up and Goodyear tires fell off regarding speed and handling, the pole sitter thinks some teams will be starting from scratch in how to race Sunday.<\/p>\n Another factor for Reddick and the No. 45 Toyota team is where they are in Playoff points coming into the Roval race.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s how we played it the last two years, but we weren\u2019t quite as far back on points as we are right now going into tomorrow\u2019s race,\u201d Reddick said. \u201cSo, I think everybody that had a plan, an idea on the strategy for this race just had it completely ripped in half and all the teams are now looking at what the fall off was like today, and refiguring what the strategy\u2019s going to look like.<\/p>\n \u201cI would imagine that tires are going to be important to have late if there\u2019s a caution based on what we saw today.\u201d<\/p>\n SVG Factor Also in Play<\/p>\n All eyes are on SVG and the No. 88 Chevrolet team of Trackhouse Racing.<\/a> With those four wins to his credit on the left and right layouts, Reddick and every driver in the race knows SVG will be the one to watch.<\/p>\n \u201cI think what you would define a long run \u2013 the long run seems like it comes quick with the way these tires go away,\u201d Reddick said. \u201cI believe he was the standout in that regard, on long run pace. So, I will try to look at what I\u2019m doing with the car.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ll try to look at what we can change on the car to see what more we can do to help that. Outside of that, I thought my car handled pretty well over the course of the long run. We just have to just look through everything and see if there\u2019s anything more there that we can find to help us.<\/p>\n \u201cI think we\u2019re okay when you look at the field minus the No. 88 (Shane van Gisbergen). Shane\u2019s obviously very good at what he does. He\u2019s proven that this year and other years with this car.<\/p>\n \u201cFor us, we\u2019ve got to kind of figure out how we can close that gap. It\u2019s a pretty big one, but we\u2019re up for that challenge.\u201d<\/p>\n The challenge begins at 3 p.m. ET on USA TV, NASCAR Network Radio and Sirius XM NASCAR Radio Ch. 90.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\tTim Packman<\/a> Tim Packman is a journalist for Heavy.com covering NASCAR. He grew up around the short tracks of Western New York watching his dad, stepdad and step brother race. His uncle was the head starter at many area tracks and member of the FOAR Score Hall of Fame.
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\nTim’s passion for racing took him to the announcer’s tower and writing program stories for multiple tracks in the area, namely Lancaster National Speedway. In 2000, he moved to Mooresville, NC to become an award-winning journalist for NASCAR.com. He took a job with Dale Earnhardt, Inc. as the team’s Communications Director and was part of two Daytona 500 wins and two NASCAR Championships.
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\nThe announcing experience led to becoming a Pit Reporter and News Director for MRN Radio. A return to the team side at Richard Childress Racing as the Director of Corporate Communications took place, which also included another Championship.
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\nFrom 2015 to 2018, Tim returned to where his career began in 1994 – Lancaster National Speedway & Dragway – as the Track President. He earned Short Track Promoter of the Year awards in 2016 and 2017.
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\nUpon returning to NC, he joined The Garage Shop as Communications Director and host of it’s Podcast and MAV-TV docuseries “Legacy of Speed” talking about Land Speed Racing at Bonneville, and other places.
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\nTim has hosted two other Podcasts, namely “Pub Table Racers,” and wrote three books. One was with NASCAR Hall of Famer Bobby Allison titled, “Bobby Allison, a Racer’s Racer” and two Children’s books, “Funny Dan the Race Car Man” and “Petey the Pace Car.”
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\nHe also served in the US Navy. More about Tim Packman<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n