KANSAS CITY, Kan. — Tyler Reddick is riding the kind of hot streak on the race track that Michael Jordan once enjoyed on the basketball court.
You can bet the NBA legend is enjoying this one, too.
The 23XI Racing No. 45 Toyota roared by the Hendrick Motorsports No. 5 Chevrolet of reigning NASCAR Cup Series champion Kyle Larson on the final lap of overtime Sunday afternoon at Kansas Speedway, making Reddick just the fourth driver to win five of the first nine races of any season on stock-car racing’s top circuit.
Chase Briscoe wound up third, followed by Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin and 23XI’s Bubba Wallace as Toyota drivers took four of the top five spots. RFK Racing’s Brad Keselowski was sixth in the best finish for a Ford, with Hendrick teammates William Byron and Chase Elliott, JGR’s Ty Gibbs and RFK’s Chris Buescher rounding out the top 10.
Hamlin — who with Elliott, Gibbs and Team Penske’s Ryan Blaney is one of the other four drivers to win a Cup Series race this year — co-owns 23XI Racing with Jordan and Curtis Polk, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer’s longtime business manager.