NASCAR Hall of Famer Kevin Harvick has pointed out that Tyler Reddick's dominance in the Cup Series standings hasn't necessarily been an indication of what's happened on track.

The 2014 champion pointed to performances in a number of the No. 45 car's wins this year, claiming that Reddick hasn't really dominated to this point – and has succeeded by keeping his car in one piece near the front long enough to fight for a win at the end.

Harvick insisted that Reddick's results weren't just flukes, hailing the 'great execution', but pointed to the Joe Gibbs Racing Toyotas for examples of true pace, rather than the 23XI Racing cars.

To his point, JGR's Denny Hamlin has led 756 laps this season, more than any other driver (Kyle Larson is second with 569, nearly half of those accounted for by leading 284 laps at Bristol), and his team-mate Christopher Bell has also led more (398) than Reddick (362).

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Harvick: Hamlin has produced pure dominance

Speaking on his Happy Hour podcast this week, Harvick asked: "Can you think back to a race that Tyler Reddick dominated? The Daytona 500? In the right spot. Atlanta? In the right spot. Phoenix? Did okay.

"He's done a good job of putting them in a position to be there at the end, and then he's just flat beat them getting up on the wheel on some of those last restarts. It hasn't been by sheer speed. I'd say the most speed that they had was at Atlanta.

"At Kansas, I really thought Christopher Bell was going to win that race, and he didn't. But my point is, there hasn’t been that pure dominance of speed. It's been great execution from keeping the car going and keeping yourself in position with great restarts and getting it done behind the wheel. It hasn’t been pure dominance.

I think that we've seen the pure dominance come out of the No. 11, and the No. 20, and the No. 54 at times. I can't of anyone else who's dominated a race like those Gibbs cars."

The mention of the No. 54 might've been a little misplaced – Ty Gibbs has led the 11th most laps in the Cup Series this year, and no more than 25 in a single race – but the Hall of Famer's point is worth heeding.

While Reddick undeniably deserves his current success, new contract and points lead, past race results are not necessarily predictive of performance going forward. His good wreck luck is sure to turn at some point, and the relative flattening of points gaps for the Chase will mean he needs to pull it out all over again.

If he has to choose between team co-owners to approach for advice about peaking for the postseason...it might be time to have a word with the man with six rings.

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