Denny Hamlin is reportedly considering finishing his career driving for himself at 23XI Racing. Justin Haley gets disqualified after a solid COTA run. My latest Power Rankings.
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0:00 Haley disqualified
4:04 Hamlin talks 23XI
9:10 Power Rankings
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Denny going to 23xi isn’t too hard to imagine
And it makes sense too. I mean right now it just seems to be a lot for him to drive for another organization, whereas 2311 they are all on their own now, they aren’t even affiliated really with Joe Gibbs racing even anymore, besides being the same manufacture. So he has to compete against his own team and that doesn’t make any sense, so yes, you’re right it makes too much sense and that is definitely a logical thing for him to do.
Not hard at all. 23Xi is supposedly a building ground for Joe Gibbs so Joe could totally snipe Reddick to replace truex or Hamlin. Then hamlin goes down to 23Xi to try and bring the team up
Owner might not want him lol
To bad …He still ain’t going to win a championship….
@@josuequiles2213 even if he doesn’t win he will be the best driver in nascar without a championship
What a bummer for Justin Haley and Rick Ware Racing…
Wack
Yeah
it seems to me nascar cant stand for these small teams have some decent runs and it also seems to have a issue with ford teams just take notice its always ford that gets hammered very rarely chevy toyota!!!!!!!
I think Corey Heim is gonna drive the 11 for JGR after Hamlin because he is already a relief driver for 23XI and Legacy Motor Club.
Chandler smith will probably get that ride if Denny leaves to drive for his own team!
11 going to 2311
Heim will probably not drive for JGR based on the fact that there’s a rumor that he and Ty Gibbs had beef which is why he’s never had a chance to race at Gibbs in xfinity
@@RacingFan48-en9uz well, Kyle Busch and Richard Childress had beef and now Kyle drives for him…
As long as JGR can get good sponsors for Hamlin, he will stay there.
They can’t. Last year fedex announced that they are trimming fat to cut cost, this year he’s had 5 different sponsors in 5 different races.
Or someone younger comes along that GIbbs thinks is better than Denny. He’s done that several times to his drivers like Matt Kenseth and Erik Jones.
@@andyjennings15 Possibly Chandler Smith But He may be Going to the 19 car
Flash backs to Kyle busch
My guess is Gibbs lets him take the #11 with him to 23XI (just the number, not the charter) and JGR rebrands the 11 as the 18. Once Hamlin’s done driving the #11 car is effectively retired.
Are we retiring #11 from Joe Gibbs Racing, or NASCAR overall?? Because the #11 is the most winningest number in NASCAR, because of Darrell Waltrip and DH11
@@americanwalmarts3565 Unofficially retired/gentlemans agreement/up to Gibbs to allow someone else to use, like some numbers are still held by teams for trademark reasons, etc. (#28 being one that comes to mind)
@@americanwalmarts3565Cale Yarborough won 3 championships in the #11
Denny may just make a deal to effectively buy the number and then eventually the 23 and 11 will both be full time younger drivers
But Kyle Busch’s 18 isn’t? Haha. Denny is nowhere close to KB.
I think people forget that Bowman was leading the points before his injury last season.
He was leading the points but if you watched the races he was clearly behind the 24 & 5 on speed, he led less than 50 laps before his injury and both Byron and Larson had multiple races where they led that many laps in a single race in that same 10 race stretch.
He drives the gay car
@@ovalhead1412w
@MLGProSwag69 while he was slower than the 5 and 24, so is pretty much everyone else in NASCAR, what Bowman has tho is untouchable consistency. Think along the lines of Matt Crafton’s truck championship (or career in general), very VERY few wins, but great consistency and gets a ton of points
@@MLGProSwag69 Okay, but he was still leading them in points despite that, which means he was more consistent and eventually that consistency usually leads to a few wins over the course of a season.
Hearing that Brad helped recruit Haley makes me think someday Haley might be in the 6 eventually
Wouldn’t be shocking. Brad has an eye for talent and likes getting people under contract
100% that’s exactly what Haley is waiting out for
Brad’s 40 and Justin’s almost 25
Wow. Didn’t even know that. Makes sense. And honestly, Haley has been really elevating that team this year.
And the fact Mark Martin was sending praise on Haley’s performance….. it would be fitting if Justin took over Marks famous number 6…
This is the same Denny Hamlin that said he wasn’t interesting in putting more money into the team bc the prize money between 10th and 1st wasn’t enough to put a competitive race team together week in and week out?
Find it a little hard to believe that bell is the 6th best I would say around top 3 maybe even more
Not seeing KYLE BUSCH on the POWER RANKING is CRAZYY
We are only 6 races into 2024.
The scene of this world is changing …
I’ve been saying maybe Denny’s last year can be with 23XI and he could bring the 11 over since it is in the team name. Joe Gibbs could then use the 18 again since it has such prestige with the team with I believe 3 championships.
That was not bells fault Busch was driving like a 5 year old playing nascar heat in that turn
Fun fact: C bell is older than Erik Jones. Thought that was interesting when you hear how they replaced Jones with a young Bell.
Before the DQ, Haley had an average finish of 19.2 with back-2-back 17th place finishes. In addition, he was 26th in the standings, 2 points behind Hocevar for 25th. My bold prediction was Haley would finish top 25 in points. Shame the DQ happened
Truex Jr. pitted lap one because he thought he had a tire going down from the contact but after the pit stop it was found the contact actually broke the rim and it had a piece missing. I believe fully that Denny will most likely retire from full-time driving after driving at least one season for his own team most likely because Gibbs replaces him with a younger driver they need to move up or risk losing.
Can confirm. the Link popped up. Good job Eric!
I know we all notice Justin Haley but what about Kaz Grala in the 15 he’s making some good runs was running top 10 at Bristol was kinda silent at COTA but he’s had some speed as well
I could see kaulig’s cup program being absorbed by trackhouse and kaulig being a big time Xfinity team as a pipeline to trackhouse
That is honestly the best move for Denny. Why wouldn’t he drive for his own team. It would be like whenever Jimmie Johnson runs for Legacy.