Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin share bittersweet….
Following an exciting NASCAR Cup Series race at Darlington Raceway, Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin had plenty reasons to celebrate, but they still felt the need for more.
With a 10th-place result in the Cook Out Southern 500 on Sunday, Tyler Reddick narrowly defeated Kyle Larson by one point in the standings to win the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season Championship. Although Hamlin was overjoyed to witness a 23XI driver win the championship, the 43-year-old was a little disappointed that he could not do it himself.
He posted a picture of himself with Reddick and Jordan next to the trophy from the Regular Season Championship with the message, “Finally won a championship… as
In any case, given that 23XI did not even exist four years ago, their achievement is all the more remarkable. Hamlin discussed the significance of a regular-season championship for 23XI ahead of Sunday’s regular-season finale.
“It truly does mean a lot. He revealed on the Actions Detrimental podcast, “I mean, I am really pleased of what we have established over there [at 23XI Racing], and building it from scratch has not been easy, a lot of things take time.” “Even so, there are certainly some items on the list at the moment where I say, ‘Okay,
Our pit crew facility is still under construction and will take three more months to complete. When the season ends, it will be completed on schedule. It just takes time, you know. I therefore recognized that five years was a reasonable amount of time to establish a championship-contending organization.
Despite being upset by his other driver’s result, Jordan, the basketball icon, was ecstatic to see Reddick at the top of the podium. On Lap 345 of the Southern 500, fellow 23XI driver Bubba Wallace
