23XI Racing now has seven wins on the Cup stage, however it is going to be exhausting to high this. The group, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 Denny Hamlin, was based in 2021.
Final yr, the group secured its first crown jewel when Bubba Wallace was victorious within the Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. A couple of months later, Tyler Reddick has gained the game’s greatest race after main only one lap, and he could not have accomplished it and not using a push from teammate Riley Herbst.
Daytona 500 winner Tyler Reddick with 23XI co-owner Michael Jordan
Photograph by: Chris Graythen – Getty Photographs
After arriving in Victory Lane, Michael Jordan spoke on to NASCAR on FOX, giving his preliminary response to the large win:
“I can not even consider it,” stated Jordan, who’s simply two days away from his 63rd birthday. “Yeah, I imply it was so, so gratifying. I imply, we had 4 guys that have been actually combating, that was serving to one another out. I imply, you by no means know the way these races gonna finish proper? It is such as you’re simply attempt to survive.
“I assumed Riley [Herbst] did an unbelievable job by pushing on the finish. Yeah, that exhibits you what teamwork can actually, actually do. He did not get sufficient credit score. He will not get sufficient credit score, however we really feel the love. We perceive precisely what he did.
“I imply, we simply hung in there all day. Nice technique by the group and we gave ourselves an opportunity on the finish. Look I am ecstatic. I do not even know what to say. It looks like I gained a championship, however till I get my ring I will not even know.”
Behind Reddick within the winner’s circle, Herbst crashed throughout the road, ending a career-best eighth. Wallace, who led essentially the most laps at 40, positioned tenth. And Corey Heim, making his Daytona 500 debut in a fourth 23XI entry, completed twenty eighth.
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