1. Tyler George Reddick was born on January 11,1996 and is an American professional stock car racing driver.
56 Facts About Tyler Reddick
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Tyler Reddick competes full-time in the NASCAR Cup Series, driving the No 45 Toyota Camry XSE for 23XI Racing.
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Tyler Reddick is a two-time champion in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, winning consecutive titles in 2018 and 2019.
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In 2018, Reddick set a NASCAR record at Daytona for the closest finish in NASCAR Xfinity Series history by 0.0004 seconds.
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Tyler Reddick began his racing career at the age of four, competing in Outlaw Karts; soon after he was competing in mini sprints, midgets, dirt late models, and sprint cars.
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Tyler Reddick was the youngest driver to qualify for the pole position at Eldora Speedway World 100, the youngest driver to win at the East Bay Winter Nationals, and the youngest winning driver in the Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series.
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Tyler Reddick is the youngest driver ever to qualify for a feature race in World of Outlaws sprint car racing.
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Tyler Reddick made his debut in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in April 2013, driving for Ken Schrader Racing at Rockingham Speedway; he was involved in an accident during the race, and finished 30th.
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In November 2013, it was announced that Tyler Reddick had been signed by Brad Keselowski Racing to compete in the Camping World Truck Series; he was scheduled to drive the team's No 19 Ford in 16 events in the series in 2014, before running the full series schedule for the team in 2015.
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On February 20,2015, Tyler Reddick got his first career victory in the Camping World Truck Series at Daytona.
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Tyler Reddick led the points during the later stages of the summer until wrecking at Mosport, at which point he surrendered the lead to eventual champion Erik Jones.
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In 2016, Tyler Reddick returned to BKR switching the No 19 to the No 29, with his new BKR teammate Hemric using his previous No 19.
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Tyler Reddick started the season with a crash at Daytona, finishing 18th.
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Tyler Reddick would have been in contention for the championship in 2016, but he failed to make it into the playoffs.
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Eight days after the BKR announcement, Tyler Reddick joined Chip Ganassi Racing to drive the No 42 Chevrolet Camaro in the Xfinity Series on a part-time basis starting in 2017.
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On September 14,2017, Tyler Reddick was signed by JR Motorsports to a full-time schedule for the 2018 Xfinity season, replacing William Byron, who was promoted to the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, in the No 24 car.
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On February 17,2018, Tyler Reddick beat teammate Elliott Sadler in a photo finish to win the season-opening race at Daytona.
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Tyler Reddick explained that his move to RCR was for a better chance to run in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in the near future.
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At the 2019 O'Reilly Auto Parts 300 at Texas Motor Speedway, Tyler Reddick scored his fourth pole of the season and would lead 32 laps before crashing and finishing 29th in the final order.
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Tyler Reddick won at Homestead to claim his second consecutive Xfinity Series championship.
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Tyler Reddick returned to the Xfinity Series for the 2021 season opener at Daytona, driving a newly opened No 03 car for Our Motorsports.
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Two weeks later at Homestead, Tyler Reddick moved to RSS Racing's No 23 in a partnership with Our; he finished second behind RCR's Myatt Snider, but was disqualified when his car failed the rear height requirements during post-race inspection.
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In 2022, Tyler Reddick drove the Big Machine Racing No 48 to the team's first win at Texas.
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In 2023, Tyler Reddick would drive the No 24 Toyota for Sam Hunt Racing for select races.
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In 2024, Tyler Reddick returned to Sam Hunt Racing behind the wheel of the No 26 Toyota at Nashville.
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On February 1,2019, it was announced that Tyler Reddick would make his Cup Series debut at the 2019 Daytona 500, driving the No 31 car for RCR.
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Tyler Reddick was involved in two incidents during the race: on lap 159, as he was about to pit, contact by Cody Ware sent him airborne before being hit by Jimmie Johnson, ripping Johnson's left side; on lap 191, he was involved in "The Big One" that collected 20 other drivers.
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Tyler Reddick was 29th fastest, but Gaughan started at the rear for the race under NASCAR's driver change rules.
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Tyler Reddick scored his first top ten of the 2020 season at the first Darlington spring race, finishing 7th.
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Tyler Reddick nearly won the 2020 GEICO 500 at Talladega, controlling the lead in the late stages but ultimately losing it with four laps to go and finishing 20th.
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Tyler Reddick contended with RCR teammate Austin Dillon for the victory at Texas after opting not to pit during a caution caused by fellow rookie Quin Houff spinning out, which moved him to the lead with 23 laps to go as a result.
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Tyler Reddick was in playoff contention for most of the year, being 19th in points heading into the regular-season finale in the Coke Zero Sugar 400, the regular-season finale.
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Tyler Reddick nearly won the race, but in the late stages, he attempted to clear the No 18 of Kyle Busch, but had not fully passed him and instead collided with Busch.
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Tyler Reddick again was close to winning, this time at Homestead-Miami Speedway.
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Tyler Reddick climbed up to fourth with roughly ten to go and battled with Martin Truex Jr.
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Tyler Reddick was eliminated from the playoffs following the conclusion of the Round of 16 at Bristol.
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Tyler Reddick finished the season 13th in the points standings.
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Tyler Reddick began the 2022 season with a 35th-place finish at the 2022 Daytona 500.
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At the Bristol dirt race, he battled Chase Briscoe for the lead on the closing laps when Briscoe lost control and caused both cars to slide on the final turn, leading to Tyler Reddick finishing second to Kyle Busch.
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At Road America, Tyler Reddick held off Chase Elliott to score his first career Cup Series win.
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On July 12,2022, it was announced that Tyler Reddick had signed with 23XI Racing for a full-time Cup ride in 2024.
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At the Indianapolis Road Course, Tyler Reddick held off the field in overtime to win his second race of the season.
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Tyler Reddick was eliminated in the Round of 16 after being involved in a multi-car pileup at the Bristol night race.
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Tyler Reddick retired from the Martinsville playoff race early, as he was not feeling well.
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Tyler Reddick finished the season 14th in the points standings.
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Tyler Reddick started the 2023 season with a 39th place DNF at the 2023 Daytona 500.
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Tyler Reddick was eliminated at the conclusion of the Round of 8.
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Tyler Reddick started the 2024 season with a 29th-place DNF at the 2024 Daytona 500.
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Tyler Reddick scored his first win of the season at Talladega by overtaking Brad Keselowski on the final stretch after Keselowski spun Michael McDowell and triggered a multi-car crash.
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Tyler Reddick drifted high and contacted Buescher, who had nowhere to go but to bounce off the SAFER barrier to his right.
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Tyler Reddick scored his second win of the season at Michigan.
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At Homestead, Tyler Reddick passed Ryan Blaney while in turn 4 on the final lap, winning the race and securing him a spot in the Championship 4 at Phoenix.
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Tyler Reddick was born in Corning, California and grew up most of his life in DuQuoin, Illinois.
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Tyler Reddick attended DuQuoin Christian Fellowship School before transferring to homeschooling for the last 2 years and graduating in 2014.
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Tyler Reddick is the grandson of Benny Brown, founder of BBR Music Group.
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In late 2019, Tyler Reddick's then-pregnant girlfriend, Alexa DeLeon, did not agree on what to name their first born child, a boy; they made a bet, which Tyler Reddick won by winning the 2019 NASCAR Xfinity Series championship, they would name him Beau.