while Michael Jordan arrived that Daytona International Speedway to support his 23 Z racing team in a critical NASCAR weekend he felt compelled to recognize a brilliant power move from Justin Haley the third-year Cup Series driver continued a historic date at Nascar's most Hallowed Ground by swiftly overtaking Austin syri to grab the lead with just 40 laps remaining a move that left Jordan's mouth hanging open from the luxury accommodations haly looked to complete the stop playoff coup as he led the field during the final stage in Daytona entering the race in 28th Place overall in the Cup Series standings without a career top five finish as a full-time Cup Series driver Saturday evening also proved historic for Haley's reware racing which had just LED four Cup Series lap sever in their near three decade history before Haley's contending effort however a massive crash at the front of the field would implicate Haley and several other drivers forcing the 25 year old to restart in 14th and ultimately slump to a 32 andd Place finish as he was unable to finish the race Haley was among 15 drivers awarded at dnf in Saturday's fiery penultimate Cup Series event with Daniel Suarez and Josh Barry suffering particularly scary wrecks in Florida ultimately it was Harrison Burton who managed to overtake two-time Cup Series champion Kyle bus on the final lap to secure his first event victory victory of the 2024 season Burton's Triumph and punched playoff ticket was made even sweeter by the presence of his father Jeff who was commentating the event and quickly joined his son on the track to celebrate after the race for Jordan's rooting interests it was a relatively disappointing afternoon as Tyler reik slumped the 28th please and missed a chance to further Pat his cup series regular season lead and while Bubba Wallace turned in a stellar sixth place effort he lost ground in the playoff hunt with Burton's Victory and is left with major work to do in next weekend in Darlington Jordan founded the 23 Z Racing Club with NASCAR Legend Denny Hamlin in 2020 purchasing the number 23 Charter ahead of the 2021 season and the number 45 for the year after the NBA icon has become an increasingly present owner in recent years building upon his long-standing passion for stock car racing and I didn't realize that his mom and dad used to take him to the NASCAR races when he was a kid with his brothers and sisters Hamlin explained about Jordan that's right he went to Darlington he went to Talladega he went to Charlotte a lot of the tracks that we go to still today so that grew his passion for RAC