There are some similarities between Jordan and Reddick, their wild disparity in height notwithstanding. Jordan was notorious for playing well when he was sick. Reddick clinched the regular-season championship this year at Darlington, a race where he was ravaged by a virus and drove while fearing that he would get sick in his helmet or worse.

Tyler Reddick won in a 23XI car co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. Yes, the same team that's suing NASCAR. And yes, it could get awkward.

Michael Jordan won a championship in Phoenix in 1993. Tyler Reddick ensured that his car owner will have a chance to win another title there this year. Reddick went high and overtook Ryan Blaney on the final turn to win at Homestead-Miami on Sunday to secure a spot in NASCAR's winner-take-all finale in Arizona in two weeks.