Billy Scott jokes that while he may be tall, he’ll never be confused for a basketball player. Nonetheless, the crew chief for NASCAR championship finalist Tyler Reddick, who drives for 23XI Racing, the team Jordan co-owns, has the full trust of his boss to hit a clutch shot should they find themselves on the basketball court. He’s passed Jordan’s enervating test, something conveyed to him with the highest praise from someone whose career is defined by being clutch.
Hearing that is what gives you the confidence to keep believing in what we’re doing. Similar to the iron-will drive that was the hallmark of Jordan’s career on the hardwood, a characteristic that has defined the march by the No. 45 team to Sunday’s Championship 4 finale at Phoenix Raceway is grit.
Each time the No. 45 team needed to come up big in the playoffs, they have. Jordan attended each of these races, watching all these moments up close either perched atop the No. 45 team’s pit box with Scott or in the pit stall alongside the crew. Having a person of Jordan’s stature, let alone someone whose competitive zeal is legendary, observing their every move has undoubtedly motivated the team to perform their best.
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