Tyler Reddick and 23XI Racing team owners Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin are Daytona 500 champions, and MJ is ready for his ring to prove it.
Behind the wheel of the No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota, Reddick won the 2026 Daytona 500 by surviving a wild, crash-filled finish to win The Great American Race for the first time. And when he finally found himself celebrating in Victory Lane at Daytona International Speedway, no one was happier for him than Jordan.
“I reminded [the team] about Talladega [where Reddick and Bubba Wallace have won] and the way excited he was on pit highway,” Hamlin mentioned throughout his post-race press convention.
“And I used to be like, you understand, you guys perceive [the] tasks that you’ve? You’ve gotten the facility to convey pleasure to Michael Jordan. You’ve gotten that energy, and no one else can do it. There’s nothing else that may convey him the enjoyment that seeing his group [win] can do. And so they took it to coronary heart at the moment.”
So after Reddick’s season-opening and first Daytona 500 victory, listed below are 10 superior pictures of him and Jordan celebrating with all the enjoyment.
Tyler Reddick and Michael Jordan rejoice after successful the 2026 Daytona 500 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway. (Photograph by Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs)
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Michael Jordan, NBA Corridor of Famer and co-owner of 23XI Racing reacts in Victory Lane after Tyler Reddick received NASCAR’s 2026 Daytona 500. (Photograph by James Gilbert/Getty Photographs)
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FOX Sports activities’ Jamie Little interviews Michael Jordan after Tyler Reddick’s Daytona 500 win in 2026. (Photograph by James Gilbert/Getty Photographs)
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NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France congratulates Michael Jordan after Tyler Reddick received the 2026 Daytona 500 at Daytona Worldwide Speedway on February 15, 2026. (Photograph by Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs)
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(Photograph by Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs)
