Tyler Reddick has turned 23XI Racing into NASCAR’s hottest team, and Bubba Wallace feels stuck watching from the side. Reddick will try to win a fourth straight race at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday and team co-owner Michael Jordan will again be in attendance.
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It freezes griefFederal judge rules Trump administration's actions to dismantle Voice of America are illegal Here's who is most at risk and symptoms to watch forCallers to Washington state hotline press 2 for Spanish and get accented AI English insteadThe Dubai chocolate craze is now about much more than bars'Christ is king' becomes a loaded phrase in US political debates, especially on the rightEvidencia indica que explosión que mató a 165 personas en escuela iraní fue por ataque de EEUU23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, right, congratulates teammate Tyler Reddick on his win during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Team co-owner Michael Jordan celebrates by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan, left, reacts with Bubba Wallace, right, after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Hampton, Ga. 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, right, congratulates teammate Tyler Reddick on his win during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. 23XI Racing’s Bubba Wallace, right, congratulates teammate Tyler Reddick on his win during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Team co-owner Michael Jordan celebrates by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. Team co-owner Michael Jordan celebrates by 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick during a NASCAR Cup Series auto race in Austin, Texas, Sunday, March 1, 2026. 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan, left, reacts with Bubba Wallace, right, after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Hampton, Ga. 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan, left, reacts with Bubba Wallace, right, after a NASCAR Cup Series auto race, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Hampton, Ga. with Jordan in attendance, and the Pro Basketball Hall of Famer will be at Phoenix Raceway on Sunday when Reddick goes for four in a row.and Reddick and Wallace are 1-2 in the Cup Series standings. Wallace can find solace in how he’s running — he had chances to win at Daytona and Atlanta — but is still disappointed the wins have gone solely to Reddick. The difference between the Toyota teammates, Wallace joked, is that Reddick inherited the mythical lucky horseshoe Jimmie Johnson had for seven Cup championships. “You know, Tyler’s been driving his off, simple as that, I couldn’t be more proud of him and the way he’s turned around from his season from last year,” Wallace said. “It’s been pretty cool to witness that. I wish it was our team.” Reddick can empathize with Wallace and noted he had a tinge of jealousy last season when Wallace won the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis as Reddick was slumping. “I’ve experienced it other places that I’ve raced and feel like I contended to win, didn’t win and teammates did, so I understand where he probably would be with that part of it,” Reddick said. “I think he’s doing a good job of remaining positive and it’s a good start to the year for him.” Reddick and Wallace are winless at Phoenix. Reddick was third in 2023 and 2024, while Wallace has an average finish of 20th and failed to finish either race at Phoenix last year.Anthony Alfredo has spent hundreds of hours over the past four years inside a racing simulator doing test work for Hendrick Motorsports. That thankless job has finally led to a breakthrough opportunity driving in a Cup Series race for NASCAR’s winningest team.It will be Alfredo’s first Cup start of the season — he qualified for the Daytona 500 driving for tiny Beard Motorsports, butof the field. Alfredo has 43 career Cup starts for smaller teams so Sunday will be the best car he’s ever driven. Bowman had to give up his seat during last weekend’s race in Texas and has since been diagnosed with vertigo. It’s left Alfredo with mixed feelings. “It’s just weird, right? I don’t want to see anyone in the position Alex is in, so it’s hard for me to be excited,” Alfredo said. “That makes it certainly disappointing, because a lot of people are asking me how excited I am, and I’m not excited that I have to fill in for someone who’s not able to be in their own car this weekend. “But it is, of course, a huge opportunity for me to go out there and do a good job and maybe turn some heads, but I don’t even feel like I have to prove anything to anybody. Honestly, I don’t think they would have picked me if they didn’t think I could do it right, so it’s not about that. I think it’s more going out there and just do what’s asked of me and doing a good job behind the wheel filling in.”AJ Allmendinger had to be medically treated after last week’s race in Austin, Texas, when his cool suit failed and caused Allmendinger to overheat while driving.“Cool suits are a tough thing because they are not designed in our environment to fail,” said Brad Keselowski. “So when they fail, it’s fairly devastating.” A cool suit is a specialized, liquid-cooled garment meant to prevent heat stroke and manage core temperatures in extreme environments. It circulates chilled water through tubes embedded in a shirt or vest, connected to a small cooler box.“Definitely when it works, it’s great. But I feel like there’s definitely a handful, if not more times, that it doesn’t work,” Byron said. “That shirt is very insulated. I was at a Martinsville test one time and was wearing it and didn’t turn it on for most of the day and just started to feel sick because just the way it insulates your body and kind of has the opposite effect when it’s not on.” Byron teammate Kyle Larson said he was trying a different cooling system this weekend at Phoenix. He planned to use the version teammate Chase Elliott has been wearing in which a pad connects to the core and a fan pushes cool air in.Ryan Blaney, winner at Phoenix in November’s season finale, is the BetMGM favorite at +475. Blaney has 10 top-five finishes in 20 career starts here. ... Joe Gibbs Racing drivers have led 56% of the laps — most of every team — in each of the past four races at Phoenix. But this season the organization has opened with an average finish of 21st, their worst opening three races since 2017. ... All three Spire Motorsports cars are currently inside the top 10 in Cup points, while none of the 4 JGR cars is inside the top 16.Fryer primarily covers motorsports for The AP with an emphasis on NASCAR, F1, IMSA and IndyCar. She is a New Jersey native based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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