23XI Racing sweeps front row for first time ever
AUSTIN, Texas — For the first time in the history of 23XI Racing, their drivers swept the front row for a NASCAR Cup Series race.
Tyler Reddick will start on the pole for Sunday’s EchoPark Automotive Grand Prix at Circuit of the Americas. It is Reddick’s 10th career pole in the Cup Series and sixth with 23XI Racing.
Teammate Bubba Wallace will start second. Starting has never been an issue for Wallace, as he has started 10th and 11th the last two years at COTA, but finishing has. Last year, he saw the checkered flag for the first time in a race at the track.
Wallace has Charles Denike as his crew chief, replacing Bootie Barker who worked with him for four seasons. Denike was crew chief for Christian Eckes during his historic season in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series last year.
Filling out the top-10 starting spots behind Reddick and Wallace are Chase Elliott, Carson Hocevar, Daniel Suarez, Shane van Gisbergen, Kyle Larson, Kyle Busch, Ross Chastain and Todd Gilliland.
Favorites AJ Allmendinger, Connor Zilisch and William Byron will start 12th, 14th and 15th, respectively.
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Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick's final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen's stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers' stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com