Tyler Reddick claims back-to-back victory with double overtime comeback at EchoPark Speedway: Tyler Reddick answered his DAYTONA 500 victory a week ago with a dramatic double overtime comeback win Sunday evening in the AutoTrader 400 at EchoPark Speedway, marking the first time in nearly two decades a driver has won the first two races of the NASCAR Cup Series season. Even though Reddick’s No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota’s right front fender was damaged in an earlier incident, he was able to persevere, zigging-and-zagging and making a strong move to the front on the very last lap. He finished a mere .164-second ahead of fellow Toyota driver, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Chase Briscoe who gave Reddick the crucial winning push to get ahead of his 23XI teammate Bubba Wallace and the Chevrolets of Carson Hocevar and Ross Chastain.[Read More]
#45-Tyler Reddick won the Autotrader 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway. The win is his second win of the year, first at Atlanta and tenth career win. He is the sixth driver in NASCAR history to win the first two races of the season.
#19-Chase Briscoe finished 2nd followed by #1-Ross Chastain, #77-Carson Hocevar, #7-Daniel Suarez, #97-Shane van Gisbergen, #38-Zane Smith, #23-Bubba Wallace, #60-Ryan Preece, and #12-Ryan Blaney.
Reddick started from the pole and led 53 laps. He was caught in an accident on lap 160 but the team was able to make repairs and keep him on track. He ran the final portion of the race without a right front fender. The race ended after two overtimes. Reddick started on the inside of the second row on the final restart and took the lead before the white flag.
Stage 1 was won by #2-Austin Cindric. Stage 2 was won by #23-Bubba Wallace.
The fastest lap bonus a earned by #34-Todd Gilliland.
There were 57 lead changes among 14 drivers and 10 cautions for 67 yellow flag laps.
The average speed of the race was: 117.865mph.
See race details at: Race Results, Driver Points Standings, Owner Points Standings, Cumulative Report, Infraction Report.
Race Fast Facts – Atlanta:
Tyler Reddick won the Autotrader 400, his 10th victory in 220 Cup Series races.
This is his second victory and second top-10 finish in 2026.
This is his first victory and fifth top-10 finish in 12 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Chase Briscoe (second) posted his first top-10 finish in 11 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway. It is his first top-10 finish in 2026.
Ross Chastain (third) posted his fifth top-10 finish in 13 races at Atlanta Motor Speedway.
Connor Zilisch (30th) was the highest finishing rookie.
Tyler Reddick leads the point standings by 40 points over Bubba Wallace.
2026 Driver Points/Chase Standings:
Race 2 of 26 in the regular season:
1) #45-Tyler Reddick, 125
2) #23-Bubba Wallace, 85
3) #9-Chase Elliott, 81
4) #77-Carson Hocevar, 74
5) #38-Zane Smith, 71
6) #22-Joey Logano, 68
7) #7-Daniel Suarez, 67
8) #12-Ryan Blaney, 67
9) #17-Chris Buescher, 61
10) #6-Brad Keselowski, 61
11) #1-Ross Chastain, 51
12) #4-Noah Gragson, 50
13) #24-William Byron, 50
14) #60-Ryan Preece, 49
15) #19-Chase Briscoe, 45
16) #97- Shane van Gisbergen, 45
Outside the top 16:
17) #10-Ty Dillon, 44
18) #16-A.J. Allmendinger, 43
19) #42-John Hunter Nemechek, 43
20) #71-Michael McDowell, 43
See the Driver Points Standings and Owner Points Standings.
Race updates:
Checkered flag for Tyler Reddick. He wins again. Over Briscoe Chastain Hocevar Suarez SVG Smith Wallace Preece Blaney.
White flag for Reddick over Hocevar Briscoe and Wallace.
Lap 270 – Green flag for the second overtime attempt. Wallace and Hocevar on the front row. Reddick and Chastain behind them. Briscoe and Suarez in the third row.
Lap 267 – Now Wallace Hocevar Reddick Chastain Suarez Briscoe Preece SVG Smith and Blaney as the run under caution.
Lap 266 – CAUTION back out as Bell into the outside wall on the restart after contact with Hocevar.
Lap 266 – Green flag for the first overtime attempt. Wallace the leader with Bell outside. Reddick behind Wallace, Hocevar lines up behind Bell. Then Briscoe and Chastain.
Lap 260 – Pit road is open. Leaders obviously stay out.
6:48 pm/et – Back to yellow flag. The red flag was 10 minutes, 30 seconds.
6:37pm/et – Lap 260 – Race is red flagged for track cleanup.
Lap 259 – Under caution: Wallace Bell Hocevar Reddick Chastain Suarez Briscoe Preece Smith SVG the top 10. Will have an overtime finish.
Lap 257 – Wallace still leads but Hocevar to second. And then a CAUTION out for a wreck in turn 3. Custer Gilliland Gragson Byron ADillon Cindric Logano Ware among those involved. Byron may have had a tire go down to start it.
Lap 256 – Five laps remaining. Wallace still leads over Bell Chastain Reddick and Hocevar.
Lap 251 – Ten laps to go: Wallace leads Bell Reddick Hocevar Chastain Cindric Suarez Smith Byron Blaney.
Lap 249 – Wallace leads Bell Reddick Hocevar and Blaney.
Lap 247 – Now Bell and Wallace out front together. Then Keselowski Chastain and Cindric.
Lap 246 – Two by two up front. Bell leads Cindric
Lap 243 – Green flag with 18 laps to go. Bell is the leader.
Lap 241 – Under caution the top 10 are: Bell Cindric Blaney Wallace Chastain Keselowski Hocevar Smith Byron Elliott.
Lap 239 – CAUTION with 22 laps remaining. Logano through the infield grass after coming off the front bumper of Hocevar.
Lap 236 – 25 laps remaining. Cindric still leads Blaney Bell Chastain and Wallace. Zilisch is officially out.
Lap 232 – Back to green with 29 laps remaining. Cindric leads Blaney Chastain Elliott Keselowski Bell Logano Wallace Gragson and Byron.
Lap 228 – Leaders say out but several cars pit.
Lap 226 – Under caution it’s Cindric Blaney Chastain Elliott Keselowski Bell Logano Gragson Wallace and Briscoe.
Lap 224 – CAUTION for and accident on the frontstretch. Involved: Hamlin Reddick Bowman Buescher McDowell Zilisch and others.
Lap 222 – Cindric to the lead.
Lap 221 – Blaney leads again.
Lap 216 – 45 laps remaining: Reddick Blaney Hamlin Cindric Wallace Keselowski. Fords on the inside, Toyotas on the outside.
Lap 210 – Reddick to the lead.
Lap 208 – Hamlin just ahead of Reddick at the line. Much of the field two by two right now.
Lap 206 – Reddick back to the lead.
Lap 205 – Green flag with 56 laps remaining. Hamlin leads.
Lap 202 – Leaders come in for what could be the final pit stops of the day. Off pit road: Hamlin Reddick Blaney Elliott Logano Briscoe Keselowski Byron Allmendinger Cindric. The top 8 did not take any tires.
Lap 200 – CAUTION for SVG sliding off turn 4 and into the infield grass. Briscoe leads Wallace Hamlin Blaney and Byron.
Lap 199 – Briscoe back out front.
Lap 198 – Blaney takes the lead over Briscoe Hamlin Byron and Wallace.
Lap 181 – Busch officially done for the day.
Lap 180 – Briscoe now leads Hamlin Blaney Byron and Chastain. 81 laps remaining.
Lap 173 – Larson officially done for the day. Hamlin now leads Byron Keselowski Smith and Briscoe.
Lap 170 – Green flag for the start of the final stage. 91 lap remaining. Blaney leads Smith.
Lap 165 – Pit road is open. Leaders are in. Off pit road: Blaney Smith Buescher Preece Keselowski. Drivers off first only took two tires.
Lap 161 – CAUTION for a spin involving Larson coming to the end of of stage 2. Wallace wins the stage over Byron Briscoe Reddick Elliott Hocevar Blaney Preece Keselowski SVG. Larson made contact with SVG, spun and hit the outside wall. He will be done for the day.
Lap 157 – Larson back to the lead with four laps to go in stage 2.
Lap 151 – Ten laps left in stage 2. Briscoe now leads Larson Wallace SVG Reddick Byron Elliott Bell Preece and Chastain.
Lap 145 – Larson back to the lead.
Lap 144 – Wallace ahead of Larson at the line.
Lap 141 – Twenty laps left in stage 2: Larson ahead of Chastain and Wallace
Lap 135 – Larson the leader again.
Lap 132 – Back to green with 29 laps left in stage 2. Reddick leads Wallace Briscoe Byron and Larson.
Lap 128 – Pit road is open. Leaders stay out. Some in the back come in for service.
Lap 126 – CAUTION for Busch into the inside wall on the backstretch. He will be done for the day. Reddick continues to lead Wallace.
Lap 121 – Reddick still leads over Wallace Briscoe Byron and Chastain. 40 laps remaining in stage 2. McLeod done for the day.
Lap 111 – Back to green. Reddick Wallace Briscoe Larson Byron Logano Chastain Hamlin Cindric Zilisch the top 10. Stenhouse officially done for the day.
Lap 107 – Pit road is open. Many stay out Several fuel only stops. Blaney Hocevar Keselowski Suarez and Jones off first. Hocevar too fast on pit road.
Lap 103 – CAUTION out. Pileup in turn 2 involving a number of cars: Herbst Stenhouse McLeod Gilliland ADillon with the worst of it. Reddick now the leader.
Lap 102 – Wallace back out front over Larson Reddick Byron and Briscoe. Berry and Gibbs officially done for the day.
Lap 93 – Back to green. Larson leads Reddick.
Lap 88 – Pit road is open after track cleanup. Most leaders come in. Off pit road: Larson Reddick Byron Logano Chastain Zilisch Cindric McDowell Wallace. Mostly fuel only stops.
Lap 82 – CAUTION is out for and accident involving Gibbs and Berry in turn 3. Hocevar will get the free pass and back on the lead lap. Some minor damage to Hamlin Bell Herbst and others
Lap 81 – Larson back to the lead over Wallace Byron Zilisch and Cindric.
Lap 75 – Wallace again the leader.
Lap 69 – Back to green for the start of the second stage. Larson leads.
Lap 65 – A few drivers that did not pit the first time come in now.
Lap 64- Pit road is open and the leaders come in. Off pit road: Larson Byron Wallace Gragson Cindric Busch Reddick Logano Zilisch Berry. Elliott had a slow stop after overshooting his pit. Blaney was too fast on pit road and will have to start in the rear. Ware penalized for pitting outside the box.
Lap 61 – CAUTION for the end of stage 1. Cindric wins it over Wallace Larson Byron Elliott Reddick Busch Logano Zilisch and Blaney. Cindric started the race in30th place. Free pass will be Hocevar but he will still be one lap down.
Lap 59 – Wallace to the lead over Larson Cindric Byron and Elliott.
Lap 58 – Hocevar has fallen back to two laps down.
Lap 56 – Now Elliott back to the lead.
Lap 54 – Larson leads for the first time today.
Lap 51 – Ten laps remaining in stage 1: Elliott Reddick Logano Larson Byron Wallace Berry Zilisch Cindric Blaney the top 10.
Lap 46 – Hocevar unlaps himself and is only one lap down. Elliott is back out front.
Lap 43 – Hocevar is 2 laps down. He had a cut in the sidewall of the right front tire. He’s currently the only driver off the lead lap.
Lap 38 – Logano back to the front, Berry to second, Reddick back to 5th.
Lap 35 – Reddick out front, Keselowski back to 4th
Lap 34 – Keselowski back to the front. There has already been 10 lead changes.
Lap 32 – Hocevar come to pit road with a possible flat tire.
Lap 31 – New Elliott to the lead, halfway through stage 1. Hocevar good look and feel off the pace.
Lap 30 – Reddick’s turn out front again.
Lap 25 – Now Keselowski takes the lead. Then Reddick Berry Logano Stenhouse Byron Elliott Larson Hocevar.
Lap 20 – Reddick back out front.
Lap 16 – Reddick back to second. Much of the field is still double wide.
Lap 14 – Logano still leads. Keselowski up to second, then Reddick Stenhouse and Berry.
Lap 7 – Logano back out front.
Lap 5 – Reddick to the lead.
Lap 2 – Logano leads the first lap.
• 3:21pm/et – Green flag at Atlanta. First stage is 60 laps.
• 3:08pm/et – Engines are fired.
• 3:00pm/et – Pre-race ceremonies are underway.
• 2:00pm/et – Fox Race Day is now on the air.
• Rain will not be an issue today. The National Weather Service forecast is “Sunny, with a high near 48. Northwest wind 15 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph.” Zero chance of rain.
Race Details:
Broadcast: FOX, PRN and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio
Distance: 260 laps / 400.4 miles
Stages: 60 / 160 / 260
Average time of race: 3:16:18
Pit road speed: Sections 1 and 2: 90 mph / Other sections: 45 mph
Caution car speed: 55 mph
Fuel Window: 75 laps
Paint Schemes
Cars to the rear: none reported
Pit Stall Selections: The selections of pit stalls for the Autotrader 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway have been made.
Pole sitter #45-Tyler Reddick chose pit stall 1.
Outside pole sitter #22-Joey Logano took the 6th stall, with an opening in front of it.
See all pit choices on the Atlanta Pit Stall page.
#45-Tyler Reddick will start from the pole for the Autotrader 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway after qualifying was rained out.
The starting lineup was set by the qualifying metric.
#22-Joey Logano will start second followed by #47-Ricky Stenhouse Jr, #9-Chase Elliott, #6-Brad Keselowski, #38-Zane Smith, #17-Chris Buescher, #35-Riley Herbst, #23-Bubba Wallace, and #21-Josh Berry.
See the Autotrader 400 Starting Lineup.
Inspection Update:
No. 3 failed inspection twice
Car chief Ryan Chism has been ejected, and the team will lose pit selection for this weekend.
No. 78 failed inspection twice
Car chief Ryan Henderson has been ejected, and the team will lose pit selection for this weekend.
Note: The 78 will be inspected Saturday morning for their third attempt.
Qualifying Order
There will be no practice at Atlanta.
Crew Rosters
The entry list for the Autotrader 400 NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway is posted, 38 teams/drivers [for 40 spots] are listed.
Open teams entered: #44-J.J. Yeley, #78-B.J. McLeod.
See the full entry list on the Autotrader 400 Entry List page.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Atlanta: Goodyear will bring a new right-side tire for this weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway, aligning the construction with the Goodyear Racing Eagle tires used at other tracks of the same length.
Race rules and information:
