Michael Jordan Celebrates With Tyler Reddick on Video After 2026 NASCAR Daytona 500 Win

Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing earned its first Daytona 500 win on Sunday, as Tyler Reddick finished ahead of Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Joey Logano, Chase Elliott and Brad Keselowski to claim the crown jewel of the NASCAR season.

"I love it," Jordan told The Athletic's Jordan Bianchi after the race. "I absolutely love it."

"I can't even believe it. It's so gratifying, "he said on the Fox broadcast. "We have four guys who were really fighting, helping each other out. You never know how these races are going to end, right? It's like you just try to survive. ... We just hung in there, all day. Great strategy by the team. We gave ourselves a chance at the end. Look, I'm ecstatic. I don't even know what to say. It feels like I won a championship. Until I get my ring I won't even know."

It was also the first Daytona 500 victory in Reddick's career.

"Last year was really hard for all of us, hard for me," he told Fox Sports' Jamie Little. "When you're a Cup driver, and you get to this level and drive for Michael Jordan, it's expected you win every single year. For us to go on that drought we did made us look hard in the mirror, and really proud of everyone on our Toyota Camry. Worked really hard in the off-season, and there was many points in this race where we weren't making decisions we wanted to, but we just reset, and every opportunity we got to reset we went back at it. Just speechless. I didn't know if I'd ever win this race. It's surreal, honestly. Honestly, the best part is my son asked before this race, 'Are you finally going to win this race?' Something about today just felt right... Just true Daytona madness. It's going to be a long night if I've already lost my voice from screaming. Never thought I'd be Daytona 500 champion."

Reddick pulled out the win in the very end, making a move to the outside to slide into second and then another move to the inside to overtake first on the final turn, just before a crash occurred behind him.

It was Reddick's first lead in the entire race. He picked the perfect moment for it, leading to a very jubilant Jordan.