Tyler Reddick’s early success puts him sitting pretty for 2026.

Tyler Reddick was winless in 2025, and I don’t think even Reddick himself could’ve predicted how the 2026 season would begin for him. As we’d discussed before, Reddick went on a tear to open the season, winning the first three races on the NASCAR Cup Series schedule, he brought it home 8th at Phoenix in the 4th race of the year and 13th at Las Vegas, a race where his co-owner Denny Hamlin found his way to victory lane.

The Cup Series came back east and found their way to Darlington, S.C. to what is historically one of NASCAR’s most challenging tracks. The “Lady In Black” was not too tough to tame for Reddick on Sunday as he found himself in a hole early with several mechanical issues in a race that saw Brad Keselowski dominating a majority of the race, but when it was all said and done Reddick’s #45 Toyota Camry found its way to victory lane to secure his 4th win of the season.

Reddick finds himself with a 95-point advantage over second place driver Ryan Blaney as the Cup Series heads to Martinsville before taking the weekend off for Easter. Martinsville is a track that has historically not been too kind to Tyler Reddick as since 2020 in 12 starts, he’s only found his way to the top 10 twice.

Can Reddick keep it up or will it be time for someone else to break through? We’ll have to wait until this weekend to find out. Until next time!