{"id":493732,"date":"2026-02-23T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493732\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:30:09","slug":"michael-jordan-wins-second-straight-nascar-race-as-tyler-reddick-delivers-dazzling-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/493732\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Jordan wins second straight NASCAR race as Tyler Reddick delivers dazzling victory"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAMPTON, Ga. \u2014 Whether on or off the racetrack, all Michael Jordan does is win in NASCAR.<\/p>\n

For the second consecutive Sunday to open the season, the basketball great and co-owner of 23XI Racing celebrated in victory lane with driver Tyler Reddick. This time, after a thriller at Echo Park Speedway.<\/p>\n

Jordan\u2019s team now has the top two drivers in the Cup Series points standings with Reddick and Bubba Wallace. The six-time NBA champion already added a ring last week with Reddick in the Daytona 500<\/a>, the crown jewel of stock-car racing.<\/p>\n

\"MichaelMichael Jordan is pictured Feb. 22. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Oh, and Jordan also settled a federal antitrust lawsuit with NASCAR in December, a major legal victory that secured a permanent franchise-style model and ensured his team would remain in business for the long-term.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe guys worked hard all summer, and I know we had our little ordeal,\u201d Jordan said after Reddick\u2019s victory Sunday, referring to the bruising court battle that ended with him making peace with NASCAR CEO and chairman Jim France. \u201cThey kept working hard and this is the fruit of their labor. They put forth the effort, and for us to come out and win the first two races says a lot about our whole team.\u201d<\/p>\n

It especially says a lot about Reddick, who put on another dazzling performance the week after he became the fourth driver in history to win the Daytona 500 by leading only the final lap.<\/p>\n

This time, he led a race-high 53 laps on the 1.54-mile oval south of Atlanta \u2013 including the final two in a double-overtime restart. He snatched the lead from Wallace despite the right-front fender of his No. 45 Toyota being damaged in a nine-car crash on the 224th of a scheduled 260 laps. Reddick fell two laps down for repairs but came roaring back from 27th for his 10th career victory.<\/p>\n

\"TylerTyler Reddick celebrates on top of his car after winning a NASCAR Cup Series race. AP<\/p>\n

\u201cI mean, that\u2019s crazy, ain\u2019t it?\u201d said Reddick, who became the first driver since Matt Kenseth in 2009 to win the first two NASCAR Cup Series races of the season. \u201cI just found a way to get back in the top five, and I tried to stay committed to somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

He got a helpful push from runner-up Chase Briscoe. Ross Chastain finished third, followed by the Spire Motorsports tandem of Carson Hocevar (who triggered a large crash in the first overtime) and Daniel Suarez.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyler had like another gear,\u201d Chastain said. \u201c(He had) no fender, and he pulled us so fast.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a race that featured a track-record 57 lead changes, Wallace was first entering the final restart but shuffled to eighth. He still gained the second-most points (48) by winning the second stage and leading 46 laps.<\/p>\n

\u201cTyler did an unbelievable job,\u201d Jordan said. \u201cI feel bad for Bubba because he had an unbelievable day. But Tyler drove his ass off. I\u2019m very happy for Tyler. I\u2019m very happy for 23XI.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HAMPTON, Ga. \u2014 Whether on or off the racetrack, all Michael Jordan does is win in NASCAR. For…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493733,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,3004,634,82],"class_list":["post-493732","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493732","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=493732"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493732\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493733"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493732"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493732"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493732"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}