Tyler Reddick wins first 3 races of season, making NASCAR history - ESPN

AUSTIN, Texas — Tyler Reddick became the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win the first three races of the season with a victory Sunday at the Circuit of the Americas.

Driving a Toyota co-owned by Michael Jordan, Reddick won the season-opening Daytona 500 and was victorious a week later at Atlanta, then won from the pole in the first road course race of the year.

Reddick held off hard-charging Shane van Gisbergen, the Trackhouse driver and the series' dominant road driver, over the final 20 laps. Jordan, the basketball Hall of Famer, was with Reddick's 23XI pit crew, exchanging high-fives as Reddick crossed the finish line.

Van Gisbergen, who won five of six road course races in 2025, lost his bid for a record-tying sixth consecutive road win. The only road course race he didn't win last season was in Austin.

Reddick was just too good all weekend in pursuit of history. His 11th career victory was also his second at COTA, a track built for Formula 1, and the first time he has had multiple victories at a track. He won at COTA in 2023.

It wasn't easy. Reddick had van Gisbergen on his bumper for several laps in the final stage, but kept him behind. Van Gisbergen began to fall farther and farther behind over the final six laps.

Rough day for rookie

Trackhouse Cup Series rookie Connor Zilisch came into the weekend expecting that he might be the one to end van Gisbergen's dominance on road courses.

But Zilisch's weekend began with a surprisingly poor qualifying position of 25th and got worse Sunday, when he got spun on the restart for Stage 2. Zilisch fought back into contention for the win in the final stage, but his race effectively ended when he was spun again in a restart out of a caution with 16 laps to go.