Michael Jordan’s NASCAR team opens 2026 with historic three‑race win streak

WFAE | By Woody Cain

Published March 2, 2026 at 8:37 AM EST

Michael Jordan’s Huntersville‑based NASCAR team has opened the 2026 Cup Series season with a historic streak: three straight wins. Tyler Reddick took the checkered flag Sunday at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, becoming the first driver in NASCAR history to win the first three races of a season.

Reddick said Jordan made it clear he expected the team’s early‑season success to continue.

“He reminded me, earlier this week, he does things in threes, and he expected no less today,” Reddick said. “So I was really, really glad to be able to live up to the standards that he has for us and be able to deliver three in a row. That was really cool to share that moment with him.”

Next up: Phoenix. NASCAR visits Phoenix Raceway this weekend.

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Woody Cain

Woody is a Charlotte native who came to WFAE from the world of NASCAR where he was host of NASCAR Today for MRN Radio as well as a pit reporter, turn announcer and host of the NASCAR Live pre race show for Cup Series races. Before that, he was a news anchor at WBT radio in Charlotte, a traffic reporter, editor of The Charlotte Observer’s University City Magazine, News/Sports Director at WEGO-AM in Concord and a Swiss Army knife in local cable television. His first job after graduating from Appalachian State University was news reporter at The Daily Independent in Kannapolis. Along the way he’s covered everything from murder trials and a national political convention to high school sports and minor league baseball.

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