Nobody Was More Ecstatic About Tyler Reddick’s Daytona 500 Win Than Michael Jordan

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 how excited he was on pit road,” Hamlin said during his post-race press conference. “And I was like, you know, you guys understand [the] responsibilities that you have? You have the power to bring joy to Michael Jordan. You have that power, and nobody else can do it. There’s nothing else that can bring him the joy that seeing his team [win] can do. And they took it to heart today.” So after Reddick’s season-opening and first Daytona 500 victory, here are 10 awesome photos of him and Jordan celebrating with all the joy.