Season in review: Tyler Reddick, No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota
Crew chief: Billy Scott
Final 2023 ranking: 4th

‍Key stats: Three wins, 12 top fives, 21 top 10s, three pole positions, 597 laps led

How 2024 ended: Reddick’s playoff ride was loaded down with wild swings in momentum, but his points edge from securing the Regular Season Championship and a well-timed triumph at Homestead-Miami Speedway were enough to thrust him into his first Championship 4 appearance for the Nov. 10 season finale at Phoenix. Reddick and the No. 45 Toyota group struggled to contend in the year-ending event, finishing last among the title-eligible quartet in sixth place overall.

Best race: Two top candidates for this accolade stand out — one race that Reddick won, and one that he didn’t. Reddick drove to a signature victory in the middle race of the postseason’s Round of 8, claiming the pole position and then rallying with a bold final lap at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 28-year-old driver went from third place at the white flag, bypassing Denny Hamlin and Ryan Blaney in the course of the final mile and a half for his third victory of the year and a berth in the final. In the race that he didn’t win, Reddick overcame a significant midrace bout with illness at the demanding Darlington Raceway, gutting out a 10th-place finish to ice the regular-season title by just one point over Kyle Larson.

Other season highlights: Reddick sealed two more victories in 2024, landing his first superspeedway win at Talladega in April, then adding an August triumph at Michigan just before the regular season ended. He also set the tone for the season ahead with a victory in a Daytona 500 qualifying race. His most consistent work, however, came as springtime gave way to summer, when he assembled a string of 10 top-10 finishes in an 11-race stretch. That solid run put Reddick in the points lead, the first time a 23XI Racing driver has topped the Cup Series regular-season standings since the organization’s debut in 2021.

Stat to Know: Reddick established personal-best marks in four statistical categories last season — top fives (12), top 10s (21), laps led (597) and average finish (13.2). He was also one of just five drivers to notch at least three wins and three poles during the 2024 campaign.

Quotable: “I think it’s something that I’ve always had, but a good reminder of it this year, just determination. Pushing through the tough days. That word comes to mind the most: determination.” — Tyler Reddick, asked what he learned about himself during his playoff march and his season overall.

Looking ahead: Reddick said at the season-ending NASCAR Awards that he’ll find time to reflect on the 2024 season after “catching up on life” with a personal offseason to-do list. The California native provided a small competition look-ahead, however, saying that he and the No. 45 group learned plenty about each other last year, and that the team will aim to find more speed at Phoenix — which is again the site of the championship race in 2025. No major changes are in store for the No. 45 team’s personnel lineup, but the 23XI Racing organization will grow next season with the addition of a third car — the No. 35 Toyota driven by Riley Herbst, who makes the jump up from the Xfinity Series to team with Reddick and fellow 23XI driver Bubba Wallace.