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 "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.Bubba Wallace Jordan wrapped his arms around Wallace from behind and spoke closely into Wallace's ear in a brief speech of encouragement. "I don't want my emotions to take away from the monumental day they just accomplished. Happy birthday, MJ. That's a massive birthday present," Wallace said."I thought this was our week, the best 500 I've ever had, and come up short, sucks.Getty Images Hamlin was also in victory lane after finishing 31st and falling short in his bid to become the third four-time Daytona 500 winner.Instead, Reddick made a huge surge, hit Elliott to cause Elliott to crash and sailed past to take Jordan to the Daytona International Speedway victory lane.Jordan watched the win from a suite overlooking the superspeedway built by the France family he just beat in federal court. "I can't even believe it. It was so gratifying," Jordan said."You never know how these races are going to end. You just try to survive. We hung in there all day. Great strategy by the team, and we gave ourselves a chance at the end. Look, I'm ecstatic." The victory marked a Daytona sweep for three team owners heavily involved in the trial. Bob Jenkins, who joined 23XI in suing NASCAR, opened the weekend with a victory when, who testified on behalf of 23XI and Front Row and was the subject of disparaging text messages by since-departed NASCAR chairman Steve Phelps, was the winning team owner Saturday when Then came"The Great American Race" and Jordan and Hamlin, the two front-facing litigants got their first Daytona 500 victory. It was an early birthday present for Jordan, who turns 63 on Tuesday.finished second and third as Toyota, Chevrolet and Ford each placed a driver on the podium. Elliott wound up fourth and sat dejected and in disbelief on the outside wall of the track after climbing from his car. "We ended up kind of getting gifted the lead...and then at that point in time, you're just on defense. Man, that's a really, really tough place to be, truthfully," Elliott said."Obviously looking back, you can run it through your mind 1,000 times, do you do something different -- I feel like if I had thrown a double block on , probably would have just crashed us at that point in time.
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