2 weeks Ago By Jonathan Howard, 5 GOATs
Following Tyler Reddick ’s huge win at Homestead to advance to the NASCAR Championship 4, Bubba Wallace made sure to find and congratulate his teammate. 23XI Racing is going to the championship race for the first time in team history. Bubba Wallace knows what this means for 23XI and for his friend and teammate Tyler Reddick .
With a week between now and Martinsville, he has a little bit of extra time to prepare for Phoenix. That’s massive. Looks like 23XI is going to be partying in the 305 tonight! Beast Unleashed will be provided by the 45 team.
On to the Champ 4 LFG @TylerReddick !! pic.twitter.com/D1BuHvAJnt Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick have been friends for years.
To see his buddy and teammate accomplish something so great has to be satisfying for Wallace and the entire organization at 23XI. These moments raise standards for everyone, and that improves teams. This race is going to be remembered for years to come.
The final restart and battle between Reddick, Ryan Blaney, and Denny Hamlin was one of the best you will ever see. With his back, and right side of his car, against the wall Reddick pulled out all of the stops on the final lap of the race. When it mattered most, he performed his best.
While Bubba Wallace gave Reddick a big huge, no one was more excited than Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan, Bubba Wallace congratulate Tyler Reddick Immediately after the finish, Michael Jordan was walking to Victory Lane to see his driver. Except, he couldn’t wait that long.
He ran out onto the track during the postrace interview to celebrate and brag about his athlete. When MJ got into NASCAR, he did it to win. That’s kind of his thing.
Amid this lawsuit with NASCAR, it has to make the victory and trip to Phoenix that much sweeter . “Almost thought we were gonna run out of gas, but we knew we needed a caution at the end, and anything can happen after that,” Jordan told NBC Sports after the race. “Denny was up there and lil kid drove his ass off.
I’m proud of him. He just let go, he just went for it, and I’m glad, we needed it. We needed it.
” Michael Jordan could become a NASCAR championship team owner. That would be massive for 23XI Racing and for the sport of stock car racing. What a race and what a finish to this race at Homestead-Miami.
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