Michael Jordan’s $150 Million NASCAR Investment Ensures ‘Brother’ Derek Jeter Has a Special Seat For Their Unlikely Reunion

Two legends of American sports, five-time World Champion Derek Jeter and six-time NBA Champion Michael Jordan, carry a long-term friendship and one of the greatest cross-sports bonds. Ever since meeting for the first time in the Arizona Fall League, Jeter has considered Jordan as his older brother and immensely respects him. And this friendship extends even today. The pair talks about each other with towering commendation. Along those lines, Jeter will be reuniting with Jordan as his guest in the upcoming weekend.

Back in September 2020, Michael Jordan, along with popular American stock car racer Denny Hamlin, decided to field a NASCAR team in the 2021 season called 23XI Racing for $150 million. Now, as Daytona International Speedway in Florida prepares to host race weekend, the 20-year-long Yankee has received a special invitation from the NBA GOAT Michael Jordan.

NASCAR weekend reunites Michael Jordan and Derek Jeter

Reporter Adam Stern reached his Twitter with an update on the hospitality area for the upcoming race and made the revelation about Jordan’s super loved and popular guest.

Stern said, “@NASCAR set up Michael Jordan with a backstretch hospitality area once again here @Daytona, and one of Jordan’s guests this weekend is @MLB legend @DerekJeter.”

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With the conclusion of the 2022 season, 23XI Racing had 3 wins. Two wins were spearheaded by Bubba Wallace while the other one came from Kurt Busch.

Jordan and Jeter first met in the Arizona Fall League, when the future Yankees captain was still doing rounds of the Minor Leagues. When Jordan shifted to baseball, Jeter, or Captain Clutch, believed that he had the ability to eventually move to the Major Leagues.

While talking about that in an interview, Jeter had said, “Michael Jordan played baseball in Little League and then the next time he played, he’s playing in Double-A baseball. The biggest jump is from A to Double-A. If you can play in Double-A baseball, at some point, you can play in the major leagues.”

Fans are delighted to watch their two favorites come together again

Given their long history with each other, and their era of dominance in their respective sports, fans were in complete adoration to watch their two favorite legends and friends reunite.

This is how they reacted on Twitter:

Even a Reddit thread was filled with positive reactions about the duo’s upcoming meet. “Yeah, Jeets!”, “Jeeeeeeetah”, “EL CAPITAN!”, was amongst the few reactions.

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