{"id":57335,"date":"2026-04-18T19:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T00:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racedaysa.com\/?p=57335"},"modified":"2026-04-19T11:54:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T16:54:18","slug":"tyler-reddick-claims-third-2026-pole-position-in-kansas-time-trials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/18\/tyler-reddick-claims-third-2026-pole-position-in-kansas-time-trials\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Reddick claims third 2026 pole position in Kansas time trials"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service <\/em><\/p>\n

KANSAS CITY, Kan.\u2014A fourth victory from the pole position would suit Tyler Reddick just fine, after the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota prevailed in Saturday\u2019s highly competitive qualifying session at Kansas Speedway.<\/p>\n

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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – APRIL 18: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Supply House Toyota, drives during practice for the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway on April 18, 2026 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by David Jensen\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Reddick toured the 1.5-mile speedway in 29.142 seconds (185.300 mph) to claim his third Busch Light Pole Award of the season, his second at Kansas and the 14th of his career.<\/p>\n

In doing so, Reddick edged his car owner, Denny Hamlin (185.179 mph), by 0.019 seconds for the top starting spot in Sunday\u2019s AdventHealth 400, the ninth NASCAR Cup Series race of the year.<\/p>\n

The pole was the fifth in the last six Kansas races for Toyota drivers.<\/p>\n

The 2026 season already has been a remarkable one for Reddick, who won the first three races and added a fourth victory March 22 at Darlington Raceway. Reddick\u2019s last three wins have come from the pole position, at EchoPark Speedway near Atlanta (starting on metrics after a qualifying rainout), Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, and at Darlington.<\/p>\n

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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – APRIL 18: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Supply House Toyota, poses for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway on April 18, 2026 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

Should Reddick win on Sunday, he would become the fourth driver in Cup Series history\u2014and the first since Dale Earnhardt in 1987\u2014to win five of the first nine events of a season. Reddick currently tops the series standings with a 62-point edge over second-place Ryan Blaney.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a lot of good handling in our car for Atlanta,\u201d Reddick said of his and his team\u2019s ability to convert qualifying speed into race wins. \u201cCOTA obviously I felt like the 12 (Blaney) and Shane (van Gisbergen) were really strong. I think just good handling, handling that you can trust, handling that stays with you in the long run. So, Darlington, same thing.<\/p>\n

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KANSAS CITY, KANSAS – APRIL 18: Tyler Reddick, driver of the #45 Supply House Toyota, poses on a toy car for photos after winning the pole award during qualifying for the NASCAR Cup Series AdventHealth 400 at Kansas Speedway on April 18, 2026 in Kansas City, Kansas. (Photo by Sean Gardner\/Getty Images)<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cHere, the speeds were a bit higher, and I didn’t know if we’d be able to get the pole, but it was really nice to see that the handling that we have, the short-run speed that we have appears to be all there today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bristol winner Ty Gibbs and defending series champion Kyle Larson posted identical times (29.192 seconds for 184.982 mph) and will start third and fourth, respectively, with Gibbs getting the nod on owner points. Larson is the two-time defending winner of the spring race at Kansas.<\/p>\n

Chase Briscoe qualified fifth at 184.938 mph, as Toyotas claimed four of the top five starting positions. Carson Hocevar was sixth, followed by Chris Buescher, Daniel Suarez, Blaney and Bubba Wallace.<\/p>\n

Interview: NCS Pole Winner – Tyler Reddick (No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota) – <\/strong><\/p>\n

By Reid Spencer, NASCAR Wire Service  KANSAS CITY, Kan.\u2014A fourth victory from the pole position would suit Tyler Reddick just fine, after the driver of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota prevailed in Saturday\u2019s highly competitive qualifying session at Kansas Speedway. Reddick toured the 1.5-mile speedway in 29.142 seconds (185.300 mph) to claim his third […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":676,"featured_media":57349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[213,16,496],"class_list":["post-57335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nascar","tag-kansas-speedway","tag-nascar","tag-tyler-reddick"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/racedaysa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2271965583-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7hzTZ-eUL","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/676"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57335"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57353,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57335\/revisions\/57353"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/racedaysa.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}