Even though Michael Jordan’s NBA career is over, the former Chicago Bulls great still has a strong desire to win. The 62-year-old NBA star now finds his competitive fix in auto racing as a co-owner of the 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series. However, Front Row Motorsports and Jordan’s team are involved in a legal battle with NASCAR. Last October, the two teams sued the stock car series and its CEO, Jim France, for antitrust violations. “His Airness” longtime advisor Curtis Polk, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports were the targets of a countersuit filed by NASCAR earlier this March, according to Dustin Long of NBC Sports. Jordan took off to Saint Lucia in the midst of this unfolding legal crisis.
Jordan posted for a picture with a customs agent at the airport, according to a post on the tourism authority’s Facebook page for the eastern Caribbean island nation. Although the six-time NBA champion’s actual reason for visiting Saint Lucia is unknown, it’s reasonable to assume that he was only on holiday. At the conclusion of the 2002–03 season, Jordan, a five-time NBA MVP and 14-time NBA All-Star, announced his permanent retirement from the NBA. Since then, Jordan and Hamlin have become friends, and when the Basketball Hall of Famer was still an investor in the Charlotte Hornets, they would go to games together. Jordan and Hamlin eventually found an agreement to share ownership of 23XI Racing in
