Tyler Reddick close to Carl Edwards’ decade-old statistic highlighting advantage over the competition

Tyler Reddick has inched closer to the 2025 NASCAR Hall of Famer Carl Edwards' decade-old feat of having the largest difference in the top 10s with the next closest driver. The 23XI Racing driver reigned supreme at the Michigan International Speedway after pulling away from William Byron on the second overtime restart on Monday, August 19.

Reddick started the FireKeepers Casino 400 in second place but stooped to a 12th-place finish in Stage 1. His performance dipped in the second stage as he rounded up a 27th-place finish. However, as the chaotic final stage progressed, the #45 Toyota driver placed his ride among the frontrunners.

As Hendrick Motorsports' Byron led the overtime restart, with Reddick second on the inside lane, the latter got a push by Ty Gibbs and took the lead on the backstretch. Though the HMS driver tried to reclaim domination, he fell shy of 0.168 seconds and finished second.

With his Michigan win, Tyler Reddick added 17th top-10 to his 2024 season. Moreover, the difference between his top 10s and the next driver having the most, William Byron, stands at four.

Trey Ryan, who's known for providing NASCAR-related statistics, recently revealed that Reddick's difference in the top 10s to Byron is the largest since Carl Edwards' five in 2011.

The Michigan triumph has put Tyler Reddick first in the regular season standings, dethroning Kyle Larson, who's now in fourth.

Tyler Reddick dedicates his Michigan win to late model racing legend Scott Bloomquist

Despite having the front row start, things didn't go merrily for Tyler Reddick for the first two stages. However, after capitalizing on the second overtime restart, the 23XI Racing driver claimed his career's seventh Cup Series win.

While standing next to his race-winning car on the two-mile track, the Californian dedicated his triumph to Late Model racing legend Scott Bloomquist who died on August 16 in a plane crash.

"I can't help but sit here in victory lane and think of Scott Bloomquist man. Huge mentor to me and incredible role model and legend of dirt racing and motorsports. So, last couple of days have been tough and this really helps him. So this win should go for him and his family, his friends and all that means a lot to him," Reddick said (via NASCAR on NBC on X).

Aged 60, Bloomquist died after crashing into a barn near his private airstrip. The incident occurred at around 7:50 am local time when Bloomquist was piloting his 1938 Piper Cub J3C-65 N21811 aircraft but crashed at his Mooresburg property.

He was flying the aircraft alone. Upon learning about the accident, authorities reached the crash site and Bloomquist was declared dead on the scene.

Bloomquist's resume boasts highly-coveted titles like the 2004 World of Outlaws Late Model Series championship, 8x Dirt Late Model Dream race wins, and three titles in the Late Model Dirt Series, to name a few.