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Daytona 500 winner Tyler Reddick follows up with another victory

AP photo by Colin Hubbard / Tyler Reddick raises his trophy in victory lane after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Reddick is 2-for-2 to start the regular season in the 23XI Racing No. 45 Toyota, having also won the Daytona 500.
AP photo by Colin Hubbard / Tyler Reddick raises his trophy in victory lane after winning Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series race at EchoPark Speedway in Hampton, Ga. Reddick is 2-for-2 to start the regular season in the 23XI Racing No. 45 Toyota, having also won the Daytona 500.

By The Associated Press 5 min read

HAMPTON, Ga. — These days, when it comes to NASCAR, all Michael Jordan does is win, win, win.

For the second consecutive Sunday to open the 2026 Cup Series schedule, the basketball great and co-owner of 23XI Racing celebrated in victory lane with driver Tyler Reddick. This time, it came after a thriller at Echo Park Speedway.

Jordan’s team — which he owns with his longtime business manager Curtis Polk and Joe Gibbs Racing driver Denny Hamlin — now has the top two drivers in the Cup Series points standings with Reddick in the No. 45 Toyota and Bubba Wallace in the No. 23 (yes, those are nods to numbers he wore while starring for the Chicago Bulls three decades ago).

The six-time NBA champion already added a ring last week with Reddick in the Daytona 500, a NASCAR crown jewel event known as “The Great American Race.”

Oh, and Jordan also settled a federal antitrust lawsuit with NASCAR in December, a major legal victory that secured a permanent charter (akin to a franchise in other professional sports leagues) and ensured his team would remain in business for the long haul.