Denny Hamlin Distances Himself from NASCAR's Big 3 as 23XI Receives Extraordinary Honor

Denny Hamlin Distances Himself from NASCAR's Big 3 as 23XI Receives Extraordinary Honor

In NASCAR, there is an old order. Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Team Penske, the Big 3, have won 18 of the 21 Cup Series championships since 2005. Between them, they field 11 drivers, share decades of institutional knowledge, and operate with financial and technical resources that most teams can only aspire to have. So, when Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin launched 23XI Racing in 2020 with a single car and fewer than 25 employees, …