Denny Hamlin’s Provocation Causes Michael Jordan’s NASCAR Team to Face Financial Losses
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Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing team is in a precarious spot, owing to Denny Hamlin’s prior provocations. Winner of the 2021 Daytona 500, Michael McDowell on Sunday joined the exclusive club of drivers who have won both at Daytona and Indianapolis.
Denny Hamlin’s confession
Riling up the Phoenix native behind the curtains was Denny Hamlin, who unleashed a series of gibes on Twitter directed at McDowell. Having had enough of Hamlin’s taunts, Michael McDowell took up the burden on his shoulder’s to shut Hamlin up once and for all with his road course performance.
McDowell's win
Fast forward to Indianapolis, the Front Row Motorsports driver handed Hamlin his answer. Inviting Michael McDowell for a chat on his Actions Detrimental podcast, Hamlin made a confession. “Now Talladega, I’m gonna give you the nod on that one, I mean Daytona. In my mind, you’re a top-5 superspeedway racer. You’re just, you’re really good. It’s not by happenstance that you always put yourself in the right position at the right time. I try to put myself in the statistically the best, make the best decision to say which two guys would make it,” the 23XI Racing co-owner said.
Revealing how McDowell’s win could potentially jeopardize his team financially, Hamlin further added, “However, however, this is why people defy the odds. Michael McDowell defied the odds and put himself in the playoff picture. What people don’t know is that knocked my #23 car out of the owner’s playoffs. Now Bubba’s [Wallace] in it but we’re not in 23XI [Racing]…Bubba is in on drivers, currently out on owners.” With McDowell displacing 23XI Racing from the owners’ playoffs, Michael Jordan’s team could potentially lose out on earning huge sums of money.
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