​Tyler Reddick says the work NASCAR drivers do away from the track has grown a lot. He also explained how that workload follows him home during a slump.Reddick discussed it with Dale Earnhardt Jr. on The Dale Jr. Download. Dirty Mo Media posted the clip on X Wednesday.”Y’all do way more as drivers than I ever did”Dale is impressed with how drivers like Tyler Reddick divide up their time with all the demands of being a Cup Series driver. pic.twitter.com/tTWWLbcoNp— Dirty Mo Media (@DirtyMoMedia) October 21, 2026“The amount of preparation that takes place and the amount of work that takes place on the driver side away from the track, I feel like, has gone up a lot,” Reddick said.“And so yeah, when you go on a dry spell or the year’s not going right, it can weigh on you a lot because you’re home, but you’re not home,” Reddick said.He described a conversation with his wife shortly before the interview.“I was actually before I got on here talking to my wife; she’s like, ‘Where you at? What do you got going on this week? When do you think you’re gonna be done today, tomorrow?’ And I’m like five o’clock, six o’clock,” Reddick said.“And she doesn’t love that, which I understand because we’re gone every weekend. So it’s a tricky balance,” Reddick said.He made clear he was not complaining about the opportunity.“You laugh sometimes like we want to race. That’s awesome. It’s like, oh crap, I’m gonna be really, really busy this week now, but that’s okay. These are good problems,” Reddick said.He said the extra work is part of competing at the top level of motorsports.According to EssentiallySports, Reddick stopped short of saying drivers today have it harder than past generations.His comments about a dry spell fit his 2026 season. Reddick won five of the first nine Cup races, including the Daytona 500, then went 23 races without a win.That streak ended Sunday at Phoenix Raceway. Reddick took the lead from Chase Briscoe and beat Ryan Blaney by 0.801 seconds, according to Jayski.It was his sixth win of the season and his first at Phoenix. Reddick, who drives the No. 45 Toyota for 23XI Racing, is seventh in the Chase standings, 56 points behind Kyle Larson.Larson, the points leader, finished 34th after a late tire failure.Denny Hamlin, who co-owns 23XI, has predicted crashes at Talladega as contenders fight for stage points. He named Reddick, 56 points back, among the drivers in that fight.Reddick and the rest of the Cup field race Sunday at Talladega Superspeedway.