What racing team does Denny Hamlin race for?

Denny Hamlin is a well-known name in NASCAR racing. He has been racing in the sport for over 10 years now and he is the 2010 NASCAR Cup Series runner-up. Denny Hamlin found his way into the list of the 75 greatest drivers of NASCAR in 2023. The NASCAR maestro has 54 wins in his NASCAR Cup Series career and has 352 appearances in the top 10 finishes during a race as of September 22, 2024.

Denny Hamlin was among the top-5 drivers in the 2023 season. He has won three races in 2024 and is currently in the NASCAR Playoffs Round of 12 as of September 22. He is a three-time Daytona 500 winner and the driver with the most wins in the Great American Race in the current paddock. Denny Hamlin is 43 years old, as of March 2024. He was born on November 18th, 1980 in Tampa, Florida.

Denny Hamlin Racing Team

Denny Hamlin races for Joe Gibbs racing and sports no. 11 on his Toyota Camry XSE. Hamlin has been racing at Joe Gibbs for the past 19 years and achieved his career-high finish of second in the driver's championship while driving for them.

Denny Hamlin finished fifth for Joe Gibbs in 2023 for the second year in a row. He fought bravely winning in Pocono, Bristol, and Kansas, and scored a total of 19 top-10 finishes and 14 top-fives in the 2023 season.

Denny Hamlin has been the star driver for Joe Gibbs ever since his entry into NASCAR. He secured a third-place finish in his very first season in the sport and recently signed a contract extension with Joe Gibbs.

Denny Hamlin’s win at Pocono this year tied him with Jeff Gordon for most wins at the track with a record seven wins. Denny Hamlin has won three out of the four ‘Crown Jewel’ races and he is a multiple winner of the Southern 500.

Michael Jordan-Denny Hamlin NASCAR Team

Denny Hamlin is not only a racer but also the owner of a fairly successful team in NASCAR. Michael Jordan is one of the oldest friends of Hamlin. The name 23XI is a combination of Jordan’s jersey no. 23 and Hamlin’s car no. 11. 23XI has a technical alliance with Joe Gibbs Racing.

In 2020, it was announced that Michael Jordan-Denny Hamlin NASCAR Team 23XI Racing will be competing full-time with a single car from the 2021 season. Bubba Wallace was their first driver and he gave the team their very first victory at Talladega on October 4, 2021.

In their second season, 2004 NASCAR Cup Series Champion, Kurt Busch joined the Michael Jordan-Denny Hamlin NASCAR Team. The arrival of Busch meant that Monster Energy would now sponsor Team 23XI.

Kurt Busch led them to their second victory at the Kansas Speedway, leading 116 out of 267 laps during the race. Kyle Busch was later on replaced by Tyler Reddick who joined 23XI after Busch’s retirement from NASCAR

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Michael Jordan-Denny Hamlin NASCAR Team Statistics

The 23XI racing team has sported three cars during its time in NASCAR. The 23XI Racing team was immensely successful during its 2024 championship campaign. Their no.45 driver Tyler Reddick managed to secure the NASCAR Cup Series Regular Season championship in 2024. Tyler Reddick is third in the driver standings with 2038 points and 2 wins as of September 22, according to the NASCAR official site.

Car no. 23: The no. 23 Toyota was raced by their debut driver, Bubba Wallace, Tyler Gibbs and Daniel Hemric. It gave the team their first win in the 2021 season in the Talladega race.

Car no. 45: The car was driven by Kurt Busch initially, but it was passed to Bubba Wallace, Tyler Gibbs, John Hunter Nemechek, and later on to Tyler Reddick. Busch managed to grab their second win during the 2022 AdventHealth 400 and Bubba Wallace won during the Hollywood Casino 400. Tyler Reddick was added to the list of wins in 2023 with the 2023 EchoPark Automotive GP and the 2023 Hollywood Casino 400.

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