{"id":510521,"date":"2026-03-03T00:57:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/510521\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:57:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:57:18","slug":"tyler-reddick-makes-nascar-history-with-win-at-cota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/510521\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Reddick makes NASCAR history with win at COTA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to start a season with three consecutive wins after taking home the top spot at the DuraMax Grand Prix on Sunday at Austin&#8217;s Circuit of the Americas. <\/p>\n<p>Reddick, driving for the team co-owned by fellow Cup Series driver Denny Hamlin and NBA legend Michael Jordan, started at pole position and held off charges from Team Penske driver Ryan Blaney and Trackhouse driver Shane Van Gisbergen.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"On the far left people are shown from the neck down holding up three fingers as a NASCAR racing car is shown among smoke at right at a race track. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499430_643_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick&#8217;s team holds up three fingers as he parades in front of them after winning the DuraMax Grand Prix. Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR history to open the Cup Series season with three consecutive wins. <\/p>\n<p>Reddick\u2019s win makes him the first Cup Series driver to win twice  at COTA since the race started here. He also won the race in 2023. Reddick&#8217;s win also snapped Van Gisbergen\u2019s streak of fives consecutive Cup Series wins around road and street courses. <\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR cars race around a corner at a racetrack.\"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499430_349_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy Weatherby <\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Chumba Casino, leads the field during the final laps.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"NASCAR cars race around a corner at a racetrack that has red, white and blue stripes in the foreground. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499431_517_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>From left, Chris Buescher, AJ Allmendinger, Tyler Reddick and Chase Elliott race at Circuit of the Americas during the NASCAR Cup Series on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A NASCAR pit crew works on a car at a race. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499433_687_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>John Hunter Nemechek\u2019s pit crew changes his tires and refuels his car.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Cars race around a corner at a NASCAR race. One of the cars is going the wrong way. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499434_396_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Erik Jones spins out on lap 52 during the NASCAR Cup Series race.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"Cars race along a track with a large tower in the background. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499435_839_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>From left, Chase Elliott, Tyler Reddick and William Byron race past the tower at Circuit of the Americas.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A NASCAR racer holds up three fingers from the window of his car. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499436_655_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy Weatherby <\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick holds up three fingers after winning the DuraMax Grand Prix at COTA.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man holds up three fingers and looks at. a race car driver who is holding a young child during a celebration with other team members. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499437_423_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Michael Jordan, co-owner of the 23XI team, holds up three fingers as he celebrates with Tyler Reddick, who is holding his son, Beau. Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR history to open the Cup Series season with three consecutive wins.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Image\" alt=\"A man in a helmet and racing suit stands on top of a car in front of a big crowd with his arms raised in the air. \"  width=\"880\" height=\"587\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1772499438_847_.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Lorianne Willett<\/p>\n<p>\/<\/p>\n<p>KUT News<\/p>\n<p>Tyler Reddick celebrates after winning the NASCAR Cup Series DuraMax Grand Prix.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to start a season with three consecutive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":510522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,98681,21622,3140,3004,634,8354,582,82],"class_list":["post-510521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-circuit-of-the-americas","tag-cota","tag-cup-series","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nascar","tag-nascar-cup-series","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/510522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}