Tyler Reddick wins New Hampshire pole over Josh Berry

NXTbets Pro | Published On: August 22, 2026

Reddick pole win

23XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series Dollar Tree 301 at New Hampshire Motor Speedway and did it with a lap that left almost no margin at the top. Reddick turned 29.054 seconds at 131.094 mph in the No. 45 Toyota and beat Josh Berry by 0.015 seconds. Berry qualified second and lined up beside Reddick on the front row. William Byron took third and Denny Hamlin followed in fourth. Shane van Gisbergen qualified fifth and Christopher Bell was sixth. That put six of the day’s quickest drivers in a tight group at the front of the field, with Reddick the one who put down the cleanest lap when it mattered. The pole also gave him a clean answer after a difficult start in practice, and it put his car at the top of the starting grid for the race at New Hampshire.

Reddick practice rebound

Reddick said he was “really unhappy” with the car in practice, and the early speed sheet backed that up. He ranked 31st in single-lap practice speed before qualifying, leaving his team with work to do before the session that set the lineup. Reddick said the group figured out what to work on, then made the changes that gave him a car he could attack with in qualifying. He also made his goal clear. He wanted to avoid another poor starting spot like Richmond, where he started in the 30s. The pole solved that problem in one shot. Reddick went from a slow-looking practice run to the top qualifying position, and the swing put him in position to start ahead of a front row that included Berry. The result also showed how fast the No. 45 Toyota found speed once the team settled on the right direction. Nothing in the practice results suggested Reddick was set up for the pole, but his qualifying lap changed the day quickly.

Jones tops practice

Erik Jones set the pace in the 50-minute practice session before qualifying and posted the fastest lap of the group at 29.242 seconds and 130.251 mph. That made him the quickest driver in practice before the track tightened up for qualifying runs. Jones’ pace added another name to a session that already featured several strong laps near the top of the board. After Reddick, Berry, Byron, Hamlin, van Gisbergen and Bell filled the first six spots, Ty Gibbs, Ryan Blaney, Kyle Larson and Alex Bowman rounded out the top 10 starting positions. The field had little room to separate itself, and the qualifying order reflected that. Reddick’s pole lap beat Berry by only 0.015 seconds, while Jones’ practice speed showed how close the front-runners were even before the qualifying session began. The top 10 combined a race winner’s pace in practice, a pole-winning lap in qualifying and a cluster of familiar Cup Series names that kept the front of the grid tight from first through 10th.