Growing up in Wilmington, N.C., Michael Jordan would hop on his bicycle, meet his buddies from junior high and head down to Hoss Ellington’s nearby garage.
This fascination with stock car racing continued even as basketball earned Jordan boundless fame, a $2 billion fortune and even his own Jordan Brand.
Decades since Jordan began his rise on Tobacco Road at UNC, the 57-year-old’s roots in NASCAR country have inspired him to field a Cup Series team of his own.
