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02/15 16:50 CST Tyler Reddick wins the Daytona 500 for Michael Jordan-owned
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Tyler Reddick wins the Daytona 500 for Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing
By JENNA FRYER
AP Auto Racing Writer
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) --- 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 Denny Hamlin.
Hamlin, who drives for Joe Gibbs Racing, was involved in the final caution when
he and teammate Christopher Bell collided with nine laps remaining. It set up
the final push to the finish over the final four laps.
Elliott had control on the final lap after leader Carson Hocevar was spun off
the track and it appeared the son of NASCAR Hall of Famer Bill Elliott would
finally win his first Daytona 500.
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 was the face of the December federal antitrust lawsuit that NASCAR
settled on the ninth day of trial. The settlement changed the revenue-sharing
model in the United States' top motorsports series.
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