Tyler Reddick 2025 season in review
Driver: Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Crew Chief: Billy Scott
Final 2025 Ranking: 9th
Key Stats: 0 wins, 7 top fives, 14 top 10s, 169 laps led
How 2025 ended: The 2024 Regular Season Champion netted five finishes of 11th or better in the final six races of 2025, leading the No. 45 group toward a better conclusion of a shaky season. Much of Reddick's focus shifted away from racing through the final month of the season as off-track priorities -- namely the health of his newborn son, Rookie -- took precedence over anything on the track. Nonetheless, with his son now in better health, Reddick returned to the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs for the fifth consecutive season and finished the year inside the top 10 in the final standings for the third consecutive season.
Best race: Reddick was twice a runner-up in 2025, placing second both in the season-opening Daytona 500 as well as the playoff-opening Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway. Of the two races, Darlington was where Reddick shone most, consistently pressuring eventual race winner Chase Briscoe for the crown-jewel victory before settling for the second spot. Reddick's evasive maneuvers led him through a last-lap crash at Daytona in February, narrowly avoiding a spinning Denny Hamlin and giving chase to William Byron, who prevailed in the "Great American Race" for the second straight year.
Other season highlights: Reddick had a front-row seat to an electric finish at Circuit of The Americas, where he won the pole and finished third after a fierce battle between Kyle Busch, Christopher Bell and William Byron resulted in a win for Bell. The No. 45 car was also up front for 42 laps in the spring race at Darlington, leading to a fourth-place finish. A three-race stretch through the summer produced consecutive top-six finishes for Reddick at EchoPark Speedway (fourth), the Chicago Street Course (third) and Sonoma Raceway (sixth).
Stat to know: Reddick's average finish of 14.5 was tied for seventh-best with William Byron in 2025, proving the No. 45 was firmly in the mix all season. However, Reddick's other stats took a notable step back in 2025, going winless and posting his fewest top fives, poles and laps led since 2021 and his fewest top 10s since 2022.
Quotable: "My focus was not on racing at all, but I felt like we were still able to go out and perform well. I was able to, in a very condensed way, look back at my notes, do sim. Only a couple times through the process was I able to do some preparation, which, again, wasn't a high priority. Things just fell in the right place, where I was able to still go race. But, yeah, I mean, in a lot of ways, it's hard to say how it affected my performance because racing was the last thing on my mind for a long period of time." – Reddick on racing through his son Rookie's health concerns.
Looking ahead: Although the No. 45 team statistically regressed in 2025, there's plenty of reason to believe Reddick will be back to winning form in 2026. Six of his seven top fives in 2025 came on different styles of tracks, collecting multiple top fives at Darlington while also placing there at a traditional superspeedway (Daytona), a 1.5-mile superspeedway (EchoPark), street course (Chicago), road course (COTA) and intermediate (Las Vegas). This year marked Reddick's first winless season since 2021, but the No. 45 team showed impressive resolve under unusual circumstances, particularly late in the season. Expect Reddick to contend for a deep playoff run again in 2026.