Kevin Harvick sounds the alarm on Tyler Reddick, 23XI after New Hampshire: 'Big trouble'

Tyler Reddick has not had the type of season he expected after winning the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series regular season championship and making the Championship 4. The playoffs are in full swing, and Reddick remains winless on the season.

His overall raw speed, which stood out last season, has completely evaporated throughout 2025. His frustrations reached a new level after Sunday’s Round of 12 opener at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Reddick qualified fourth, but finished 21st, his fifth finish outside the top 10 in the last six races.

Reddick and the No. 45 team missed the mark again. Kevin Harvick is concerned about their chances of advancing further in the playoffs.

“Big trouble. That’s what I read between those lines,” Harvick said on Tuesday’s Happy Hour podcast. “I think that we’ve talked about the 45 all year and how they haven’t had that speed. You can just tell by his demeanor and the way he’s answering those questions, the way he’s swaying back and forth, there’s just a lot of things that scream I’m pissed, I don’t like where we are, I don’t like anything that’s happening. You can point to the lack of speed, you can point to a lot of rumors from around the race team as to what might happen if things go down the path with the lawsuit.

“So, I just think there’s a number of things in that interview and the things that he says — the speed is one of them, it’s everything. I don’t think you can get away from that. Those cars were awful this weekend. The 23 and the 45 were awful compared to what we expect out of them, and the 45 hasn’t had any speed all year. That is an unhappy driver. Very, very unhappy.”

Tyler Reddick, 23XI miss the mark at New Hampshire

Both of the 23XI Racing playoff cars were off at New Hampshire. Bubba Wallace, who finished 26th, described his afternoon as a “miss all around.” Reddick and Wallace sit 11th and 12th, respectively, in the playoff standings heading into this Sunday’s race at Kansas Speedway.

Normally, Kansas would be a place Reddick is confident in his ability to win at. He won there in September 2023 but right now, he’s not finding the necessary speed needed to compete for the win anywhere.

“I didn’t expect that; that’s for sure. The way the race started I thought we were going to be able to run in the top 10 all day, but between the brake issues we had, and it just got away quick. The balance went away and then next thing you know we were trying to battle for 20th. Just a terrible day,” Reddick said. “Yeah, there’s just a lot of question marks, honestly. Places we have had speed at, we don’t bring speed. That’s been one of them for us. Yeah, we need something special to happen. I’m hoping we find the answer.”