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Bubba Wallace received a contract extension with 23XI Racing toward the end of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season, but expectations are higher moving forward. The driver of the No. 23 car missed out on the playoffs in 2024.
Wallace had some good finishes in 2024, though ultimately, he and his team were just too inconsistent. They missed out on the Cup Series playoffs in disappointing fashion. Still, 23XI Racing, co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, decided to reward Wallace with a contract extension.
But that doesn't mean that they are completely satisfied with his performance. In fact, they are pushing for him to be better in 2025. Wallace has been warned: it's playoffs or bust moving forward.
Icon Sportswire/Getty Images “Yeah I mean the 23 team needs to make the playoffs every year,” Hamlin said, via Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports . “I think that that’s our expectation and then make a deep run and finish in the top ten in points. That’s kind of our expectation of where we’re at right now.
Just getting in, it’s hard for me to say that that’d be the only expectation but it is an expectation given the standards that we’re giving ourselves. “He knows he needs to get better, I think he has gotten better, so as long as he continues that. Last year when he made it in on driver points he was 14th, this year 12th.
While it won’t look great in the final box score because once you get in who knows where you go, you know your floor is only 16th. Certainly this year the end results going to look worse than last year but we know given the stats he’s had, laps led, all that, everything has improved over what he had last year. Just got to take that next step.
” 23XI Racing announced a contract extension for Bubba Wallace earlier this week. What team co-owner Denny Hamlin said about extending Wallace, who failed to make the playoffs this year. pic.
twitter.com/QiduNZGJrG Wallace feels the same way, but he'll need to step up in 2025. Related: Travis, Jason Kelce's Parents Waited To Get Divorced For Important Reason.
