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Back in 2020, Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk launched 23XI Racing with the intention of immediately competing for NASCAR Cup Series titles. It made its Daytona 500 debut in 2021, and five years later, Jordan finally got a chance to lift a trophy.
I mean, it's been quite some time for Jordan after all.
Coming off a second-place finish at Daytona last year, Tyler Reddick redeemed himself on Sunday to claim the checkered flag in a thrilling finish to beat Ricky Stenhouse Jr. It was Reddick's first win since 2024 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But for as fired up as Reddick was about winning NASCAR's biggest race, Jordan might have been even more excited.
Just take a look at the NBA legend when it came time to lift the trophy on stage.
It really was giving Nikola Jokić after his horse wins a race. Jordan hasn't looked happier than that in decades.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Michael Jordan was so fired up after Tyler Reddick's Daytona 500 win
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I mean, it's been quite some time for Jordan after all.
Coming off a second-place finish at Daytona last year, Tyler Reddick redeemed himself on Sunday to claim the checkered flag in a thrilling finish to beat Ricky Stenhouse Jr. It was Reddick's first win since 2024 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. But for as fired up as Reddick was about winning NASCAR's biggest race, Jordan might have been even more excited.
Just take a look at the NBA legend when it came time to lift the trophy on stage.
It really was giving Nikola Jokić after his horse wins a race. Jordan hasn't looked happier than that in decades.
This article originally appeared on For The Win: Michael Jordan was so fired up after Tyler Reddick's Daytona 500 win
Continue reading...
