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Tony Kanaan and Jimmie Johnson were INDYCAR teammates for two years at Chip Ganassi Racing, competing in the twilight of their storied racing careers. Just three years later, both were running race teams, the 51-year-old Kanaan as the team principal of Arrow McLaren in INDYCAR and the 50-year-old Johnson as the controlling owner of Legacy Motor Club in NASCAR. Both of them could have abandoned the sport and lived good […]

Pato O’Ward loves him some INDYCAR. So it is understandable that he's slightly frustrated ahead of the INDYCAR-NASCAR Cup weekend at Phoenix. "I'm sick and tired of INDYCAR being, like, the support race," O’Ward told me and other INDYCAR beat reporters during his media session last Friday morning in St. Petersburg. In the same conversation, O’Ward said, "It is a good thing" and "I’m neutral," on the opinion of whether […]

Michael Jordan's 23XI has been the belle of the ball this year, as the team has won the first three races of the NASCAR season. More specifically, Tyler Reddick — the driver of the No. 45 car — has won the first three races, getting into Victory Lane at the Daytona 500, at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta and at Circuit of the Americas. Not only has that winning streak made […]

After the next couple of weeks, the power rankings will have a more complete view of what the 2026 season will look like because on the horizon are races at a short track (1-mile Phoenix) and an intermediate track (1.5-mile Las Vegas). Here’s a look at where my rankings stand after Daytona, Atlanta and the most recent race, the road course at Circuit of the Americas. Of course, there wasn’t […]

What's the formula behind Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing's scorching hot start to the 2026 NASCAR season? How has Tyler Reddick emerged from the pack to win three consecutive races? "Is it the car? Is it the driver? First and foremost: What is it that Michael Jordan brings to that organization?" Will Buxton asked fellow co-host Kevin Harvick on Monday's episode of "SPEED With Harvick And Buxton." "I would answer that […]

Tyler Reddick became the first driver to ever win the opening three races of a NASCAR Cup Series season when he raced to victory at the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix on Sunday. So, surely he was named the driver of the week on the latest episode of "SPEED With Harvick And Buxton," right? Right?! Well, that wasn't the case. Neither Kevin Harvick nor Will Buxton picked Reddick as their driver […]

Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Tyler Reddick knows how difficult it is to win one race, let alone three in a season. But three in a row? That's hard for even him to fathom. And he just accomplished it. "What I see out of our competitors, it's really hard to, week in and week out, be in contention to win," Reddick said in the news conference Sunday […]

Tyler Reddick and Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing have done it again. The No. 45 car has won its third race in a row to start the 2026 NASCAR season, racing to victory at the DuraMAX Texas Grand Prix Powered by RelaDyne on Sunday. Reddick, who opened the year with a victory at the Daytona 500, became the first driver to ever win the first three races of a NASCAR season. […]

Alex Palou won eight INDYCAR races during a historic 2025 season, including a victory in the 109th running of the Indianapolis 500. He picked up right where he left off on Sunday, beginning the 2026 season with a dominant performance at the Firestone Grand Prix of St Petersburg. The Winner Is … Alex Palou, driver of the Chip Ganassi Racing No. 10 car, earned his second consecutive victory at the […]