DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500 in a car owned by Michael Jordan when Chase Elliott crashed as he and Reddick were battling for the win.
Reddick, in a Toyota for 23XI Racing, led only one lap on Sunday — the one to the checkered flag for the team owned by the NBA Hall of Famer and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin.
Just incredible how it all played out. Just true Daytona madness,” Reddick said. “I’ve already lost my voice from screaming. Never thought I’d be Daytona 500 champion.”
Neither did Jordan, who met Reddick in Victory Lane for a bear hug, and the two then jointly hoisted the Harley J. Earl trophy into the air. Jordan, who turns 63 on Tuesday, will get a Daytona 500 ring for his birthday and made it known in Victory Lane he wears a size 13.
“It feels like I won a championship, but until I get my ring, I won’t even know,” Jordan said.
It was a celebration that included multiple stars of NASCAR as Reddick is teammates with Bubba Wallace, who went to Victory Lane in tears after dominating a huge chunk of the race but finished 10th.
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