Brad Daugherty was a star center for the Cleveland Cavaliers who helped lead the team to the playoffs five times before the LeBron James era began for the franchise.
Four of those five playoff appearances ended in losses to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, including Jordan’s famous buzzer-beating shot over Craig Ehlo.
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Former Cavalier Brad Daugherty greets fans before a game against the Indiana Pacers on October 26, 2019 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. (David Liam Kyle/NBAE via Getty Images)
On Sunday, Daugherty finally managed to stop Jordan, but he arrived at the race track.
Daugherty is part owner of the JTG Daugherty Racing Team, which drove the car Ricky Stenhouse Jr. drove to Victory Lane Sunday night when he finished first in the Daytona 500. The five-time NBA All-Star became the first Black primary owner of a race team to win the Daytona 500.
Chicago’s Michael Jordan, dodging Brad Daugherty, heads for the basket at the Coliseum. (fake images)
NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and co-owner of 23XI Racing watches from the 23XI Racing pit box during the NASCAR Go Bowling Cup Series at The Glen at Watkins Glen International on August 8, 2021 , in Watkins Glen, New York. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images)
Jordan, who co-owns 23XI Racing with Denny Hamlin, has yet to win «The Great American Race.»
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«I talked to him for a few minutes,» JTG Daugherty co-owner Jodi Geschickter said after Stenhouse’s win Sunday night, via the Charlotte Observer. «He said he and Michael Jordan are already talking trash.»
Geschickter also made history with the win. She became the second female owner to win a Daytona 500 after Teresa Earnhardt.
Michael Jordan, co-owner of 23xi Racing, watches the action on pit road during qualifying for the second annual Ally 400 on June 25, 2022 at Nashville SuperSpeedway in Tennessee. (Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
«It was more about the team and more about my partnership with my husband and doing this project with him,» she added. «He’s always been a great support to me, and we’re a great support system for each other.»
Daugherty has been a race owner since the late 1980s, with teams in the Late Model Series, Xfinity Series, and Truck Series before joining JTG Motorsports.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr., driver of the #47 Kroger/Cottonelle Chevrolet, celebrates with his crew after winning the 65th annual NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 19, 2023. (Mike Ehrman/Getty Images)
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JTG Daugherty debuted his first NASCAR Cup Series car at the 2008 Brickyard 400. He made his official debut in what is now known as the Xfinity Series in 1996.