Tyler Reddick is well-aware of “vibe change.” As quickly as race fans cheer on a team’s big success, they often suffer fatigue of it as well. With five wins in the opening nine races of the season, the 23XI Racing driver smiled Saturday when asked about the reception he currently receives.
He’ll start his No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota from pole position in Sunday’s Jack Link’s 500 (3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio), going for his second Talladega victory.
“It is weird to be in this spot. I will say that,’’ Reddick allowed. “There’s certainly a lot of noise out there, a lot of speculations, but for me, it’s easy to not get caught up in it because we know what we’re doing, we know how we’re doing it, when we’ve been successful with it.
“So, yeah, I feel bad for those that are tired of it,’’ he added, noting what a challenge his winless 2025 season had been for the team.
“We are enjoying it. We want to keep winning and doing the things that we’re doing. Yeah, I don’t feel bad because I remember how I felt all of last year. I know how my team felt about last year, and so we don’t want to go back to not winning and we’re going to keep working really hard to find ways to get a to victory lane.”
“I found out last year, it’s really hard just to win any race, and so for us to put together like we have and start the year strong like, it’s hard to do, but we’re really thankful that it’s happened, and certainly, I think, with how last year went for us at no point are we like, ‘we’re good.’ I think if anything, we’re hungrier now than we were to start the year to just keep after it and keep winning races.”
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