Inching toward the NASCAR Cup Series midpoint of the season, just two drivers can claim single-digit rankings across all five categories in the year-to-date NASCAR Insights metrics. One is Denny Hamlin, who sits third in the standings with three victories in the bank. The other five-tool player (including pit-crew stats) is Tyler Reddick — Hamlin’s employee at 23XI Racing but a driver still thirsting for his first win of 2025 as he reaches a career milestone this weekend.
Reddick’s spot in the Cup Series Playoffs’ field of 16 drivers is not yet secure, though he holds a relatively comfortable 107-point margin over the provisional elimination line with nine races remaining in the regular season. That cushion has become a bit thinner in recent weeks as Reddick has gone nine races without a top-five finish, coming home a season-worst 32nd last weekend after battling brake issues at Pocono Raceway. During that stretch, the postseason field has swelled with six first-time winners clinching berths in the last eight races.
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Reddick will make his 200th Cup Series start in Saturday’s Quaker State 400 (7 p.m. ET, TNT Sports/truTV, HBO Max, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) at EchoPark Speedway (formerly Atlanta Motor Speedway). If the Georgia track doesn’t hold the key to a rebound, some positive indicators loom for the No. 45 Toyota team in the Chicago Street Race, where Reddick was last year’s runner-up.
Reddick will face a difficult matchup in the opening round of the In-Season Challenge bracket, squaring off against Kyle Larson at Atlanta. Larson is one of five drivers with single-digit ratings in four of the five NASCAR Insights metrics for the season to date. Christopher Bell, William Byron, Ryan Blaney and Chase Elliott are the others.
Other notables from last weekend’s race:
- Brad Keselowski was the only driver with single-digit ratings in all five categories last weekend at Pocono.
- Pocono runner-up Denny Hamlin topped the charts in speed, restarts and defense.
- The top-rated pit crew last weekend belonged to Daniel Suárez’s No. 99 Trackhouse Racing crew. Top-ranked for the season overall is the 23XI No. 23 crew for Bubba Wallace.
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