Tyler Reddick made NASCAR history on February 15 by winning the 2026 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway. This dramatic finish delivered a landmark victory for 23XI Racing, the NASCAR Cup Series team co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin.

After legendary NBA player Michael Jordan went viral after the Daytona 500 for a moment with 2026 winner Tyler Reddick’s young son, Beau, the 2026 winner absolved the six-time NBA Champion from any wrongdoing.

Tyler Reddick's Daytona 500 win represents the dawn of a new day after a challenging 2025 fraught with obstacles on and off the track.

Social media users have aired accusations of Jordan being a pedophile in the aftermath, and debate ensued on what the interaction really meant. Beau Reddick’s father had just won the Daytona 500, and the incident occurred as confetti rained down during the championship ceremony.

Winning the Daytona 500 was a dream come true for Tyler Reddick, his bosses, Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, and the whole 23XI Racing team as a whole, touching everyone in different ways. Reddick finally got the Rolex Cosmograph Daytona he had been chasing since entering the Cup Series in 2019,