CHARLOTTE — Locally based NASCAR team owner Brad Daugherty is one of two Black owners in the sport — the other is former UNC Chapel Hill basketball teammate Michael Jordan — and his barrier-breaking milestone this year is part of HBO’s latest episode of “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel.”
The broken barrier featured in the report? In February, Daugherty became the first Black team owner to win the Daytona 500, the biggest race in American motorsports.
Daugherty is principal owner of JTG Daugherty Racing, a Harrisburg-based team now in its 15th season in NASCAR’s top-tier Cup series.
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. is JTG Daugherty’s driver. He won this year’s Daytona 500 — the team’s first win since 2014, according to NASCAR.com.
A fellow Tar Heel (of the journalism program, not basketball), CBS Sports’ Jonathan Jones, a correspondent for “Real Sports,” interviewed Daugherty and hosts the feature about the NASCAR owner in the “Real Sports” episode.
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