Bubba Wallace has always been known as quite a passionate driver. But that attitude goes quite far back to 2016 when he was racing in the #6 car for Roush Fenway Racing in the Xfinity series. In fact, he revealed that his team probably hated him because of the way he was.

But alas, it’s all out of passion.

Back in 2016, Wallace took an interview for NESN fuel, where he answered many questions about his racing, and the music he likes. But one of those questions was about what his team thinks about him, and what are they saying behind his back.

Interestingly enough, the driver revealed, “I don’t know. They’re probably talking crap about me.” It is pretty fascinating that he believes his teammates don’t think too highly of him.

But, turns out it’s all out of passion, “I give my team a really hard time and we all wanna do well and push each other to our limits. It’s been really fun working on our team, we have a great team and we’re number 16, but we just gotta keep working harder.”

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But this is the attitude we know Wallace for, and he has carried it to 23XI as well, as they contest for more wins. But Bubba is not Michael Jordan’s biggest asset at 23XI.

Bubba Wallace is not Michael Jordan’s best asset

23XI started back in 2021, with only one driver, Bubba Wallace in the #23 car, representing Jordan. And he has been one of the biggest reasons the team got so much attention. But he is not the most important person in the team.

In fact, in an episode of Door, Bumper, Clear! NASCAR Spotter, Brett Griffin revealed the most important person at 23XI, and that’s Jordan’s Billionaire investor, Curtis Polk.

Griffin said, “When they were so excited Michael Jordan got here, guess what he brought with him? A bunch of smart people. He’s the game changer, he’s the guy that would come in with all of his experiences in other sports and entertainment and licensing. Because guess what the Jordan brand is. A fu*king licensing genius.”

He adds, “So here comes this guy to the fight. Guess who you want on the table? This guy.”

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Interestingly, his name has never popped up, but he is more than important than many might think.