Car No. 23 history ;Bubba Wallace (2021–present) On September 21, 2020, Jordan and
Denny Hamlin announced the formation of a Cup team to begin competition in 2021 with Jordan as majority owner, Hamlin as minority owner, and Wallace, who eleven days prior had announced his departure from Richard Petty Motorsports, as their first official driver. The team bought a guaranteed starting spot in every 2021 race by purchasing a charter from
Germain Racing. The team's name, car number and manufacturer were not revealed at the time of the announcement. Hamlin later said that the two had discussed owning a team but that it never came to fruition. On October 22, the team announced its name, 23XI Racing, and would use the number 23 (Jordan's number during his basketball career). On October 30, the team revealed that they will run
Toyotas with a technical alliance with
Joe Gibbs Racing (whose No. 11 car is driven by Hamlin) and operate out of a shop owned (and formerly used) by
Germain Racing. On February 3, it was announced that former Germain driver
Ty Dillon (who attempted to make the Daytona 500 with fellow Toyota team
Gaunt Brothers Racing) would run the car in the
2021 Busch Clash, as Wallace was not eligible to run the clash. Wallace finished second in his Duel and finished seventeenth at the
2021 Daytona 500 after being involved in a last-lap crash. At the Daytona road course he had troubles all day and finished 26th. Wallace struggled out the gate until Phoenix, which was his first strong run of the season. Wallace was running top-fifteen for most of the day before working his way into the top-ten. Following a caution and most of the field pitting, while Wallace stayed out, he restarted first. This move did not work out well for Wallace. Due to him being on old tires and the rest of the field being on new tires, Wallace was quickly cycled out of the first position, dropped back, and wound up making contact with
Cole Custer. He ended up finishing 16th. At the
2021 GEICO 500 at Talladega, Wallace had a strong car the entire day. Wallace was running top-ten for a good portion of the day and ended up winning stage 2. This was Wallace's first career stage win. After an overtime restart, Wallace was cycled to the back of the pack and wound up finishing nineteenth. At Dover, Wallace finished eleventh. At Pocono, Wallace finished the first race in fourteenth, but finished the second race fifth, scoring the team's best finish and their first top-five. He finished third at the
2021 Coke Zero Sugar 400 at Daytona, but he was officially scored with a second place finish after
Chris Buescher was disqualified post-inspection. On September 16,
Bootie Barker was named crew chief for the remainder of the season after Wheeler was promoted to Director of Competition. Wallace scored his first career win at the rain-shortened
2021 YellaWood 500 at Talladega, becoming only the second Black driver after
Wendell Scott to win a Cup race. Wallace finished the season 21st in points. Wallace began the
2022 season by finishing in second place at the
2022 Daytona 500. On March 29, 2022, Barker was suspended for four races due to a tire and wheel loss during the
2022 Texas Grand Prix at
COTA.
Dave Rogers was announced as Wallace's crew chief for Richmond, Martinsville, Bristol, and Talladega. Later in the regular season, Wallace showed strong form, posting four consecutive top-10s at
New Hampshire,
Pocono,
Indianapolis road course, and
Michigan. After failing to make the driver playoffs at Daytona, it was announced that
Ty Gibbs would switch to the No. 23 to allow Wallace to compete in the owners championship with the No. 45. At the
Texas playoff race, Gibbs veered into
Ty Dillon on pit road, nearly sending Dillon towards a NASCAR official and a group of pit crew members; he was subsequently fined 75,000 and the No. 23 was docked 25 owner points. At Phoenix,
Daniel Hemric substituted for Gibbs after the death of his father,
Coy Gibbs. Hemric finished seventeenth. Wallace started the
2023 season with a twentieth place finish at the
2023 Daytona 500. He improved his finishes enough to make the playoffs for the first time in his career. Wallace was eliminated from the Round of 12 at the conclusion of the
Charlotte Roval race. During the
2024 season, Wallace was fined 50,000 for intentionally door-slamming
Alex Bowman during the cool-down lap after the
Chicago street race. Following the
Martinsville playoff race, the No. 23 was docked fifty owner and driver points and Wallace and the team were each fined 100,000 for race manipulation, when Wallace faked a tire failure and slowed down to allow fellow Toyota driver
Christopher Bell to pass him in an attempt to make the Championship 4. In addition, Barker was suspended for the
Phoenix finale. Wallace started the
2025 season with a 29th place DNF at the
2025 Daytona 500. He won at
Indianapolis to break a 100-race winless streak and make the playoffs.
Car No. 23 results Car No. 35 history ;Riley Herbst (2025–present) in the No. 35 car at
Sonoma Raceway in 2025 On November 20, 2024, 23XI announced that
Riley Herbst would drive the No. 35 for the
2025 season. The No. 35 was chosen by 23XI as an homage to Jordan's
Minor League Baseball career. Shortly after the
Charlotte Roval race, the No. 35 car was disqualified for failing post-race height inspection.
Car No. 35 results Car No. 45 history in the No. 45 at
Auto Club Speedway in 2022 ;Kurt Busch (2022) On August 27, 2021, 23XI Racing announced that
Kurt Busch will pilot the No. 45 Toyota Camry in 2022 (With the number 45 being a reference to a jersey number Jordan wore during his baseball career and for 23 games during the
1994–95 NBA season.) His long time sponsor
Monster Energy would follow him over. Following the end of the 2021 season, 23XI purchased the former
StarCom Racing's charter for 13.5 million, making it the most expensive charter purchase since the implementation of the system in 2016. Busch began his
2022 season with a nineteenth place finish at the
2022 Daytona 500. Despite a promising start with top-five finishes at
Phoenix and
Atlanta, he suffered from poor finishes at
COTA,
Richmond,
Bristol dirt,
Dover, and
Darlington. However, he rebounded with a win at
Kansas. At the
Pocono race, Busch was not medically cleared after a crash during qualifying, and subsequently missed the last five races of the regular season. Xfinity Series driver
Ty Gibbs substituted Busch for the next six races. He finished sixteenth at Pocono and seventeenth at
Indianapolis. A 10th-place finish at
Michigan earned Gibbs his first top-10 finish. The following week at
Richmond, Gibbs finished 36th, last due to an engine failure. Gibbs finished 26th at
Watkins Glen. On August 25, Busch announced he withdrew his request for a playoff waiver. Six days later, it was announced that
Bubba Wallace would swap rides with Gibbs as the No. 45 entry was still eligible for the owner's championship. Wallace finished ninth at
Darlington to open the playoffs. He scored his second career win at
Kansas. On October 16, Busch announced he would step away from full-time competition in 2023, with the possibility of running the season on a part-time basis. At
Las Vegas,
Kyle Larson charged aggressively past
Kevin Harvick and Wallace, causing Wallace to scrape the outside wall. Wallace retaliated with a right rear hook on Larson, wrecking both cars down the frontstretch and severely damaging
Christopher Bell's car in the process. During the caution, Wallace engaged in a shoving match with Larson. Wallace was suspended for one race for the incident;
John Hunter Nemechek was assigned to drive the No. 45 at
Homestead. ;Tyler Reddick (2023–present) in the No. 45 at
Auto Club Speedway in 2023. On October 15, 2022, 23XI Racing announced that it bought out the remainder of
Tyler Reddick's contract from
Richard Childress Racing to replace Kurt Busch in the No. 45 for the
2023 season. Reddick originally signed with 23XI for 2024, but Busch's concussion and subsequent retirement from full-time competition led to this move. Reddick started the 2023 season with a 39th place DNF at the
2023 Daytona 500. A month later, he scored his first win of the season at
COTA in triple overtime. On May 16, NASCAR docked the No. 45 team ten owner and driver points for unapproved ballasts during inspection prior to qualifying at
Darlington. During the playoffs, Reddick won at
Kansas to advance to the Round of 12. Reddick started the
2024 season with a 29th place DNF at the
2024 Daytona 500. He scored his first win of the season at
Talladega by overtaking
Brad Keselowski on the final stretch after Keselowski spun
Michael McDowell and triggered a multi-car crash. He scored his second win of the season at
Michigan. Following the
Southern 500, Reddick clinched the regular season championship, beating
Kyle Larson by just one point. During the playoffs, he locked himself into the Championship 4 by winning at
Homestead. Reddick started the
2025 season with a runner-up finish at the
2025 Daytona 500. Despite having no wins, he stayed consistent enough to make the playoffs until he was eliminated after the Round of 12, finishing ninth in the points standings. Reddick began the
2026 season by winning the
2026 Daytona 500, as well as
Atlanta and
COTA, becoming the first driver in Cup Series history to win the first three races in a season. In addition, Reddick won at
Darlington and
Kansas, becoming the first driver since
Dale Earnhardt in
1987 to score five of the first nine races in a season.
Car No. 45 results Car No. 50 history . On March 13, 2024, it was announced that Kobayashi would once again compete in a race for the team, this time at
COTA. The car number would race as the No. 50 instead of the No. 67 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of sponsor
Mobil 1. The team planned to run the No. 50 for two more races during the season with different drivers. On May 10, 2024, 23XI Racing announced that Corey Heim would drive the No. 50 Mobil 1 Toyota Camry at Nashville Superspeedway. Heim finished 29th after crashing out in one of five overtimes. On August 2, 2024, the team announced that
Juan Pablo Montoya would make his NASCAR Cup Series return for 23XI at Watkins Glen on September 15. This would be the 3rd and final start for the No. 50 Mobil 1 entry in 2024. Montoya finished 32nd in his return to stock car racing.
Car No. 50 results Car No. 67 history ;Part-time (2023–present) On January 17, 2023, 23XI announced that
Travis Pastrana would attempt to enter the No. 67 Toyota Camry for the
2023 Daytona 500 with sponsorship coming from
Black Rifle Coffee Company. On February 14, Pastrana made the entry field by scoring the second fastest lap among the non-chartered teams. He suffered an accident in the qualifying duel and started in the back for the race. Pastrana ended up finishing eleventh in the race. On June 7, it was announced that
Kamui Kobayashi would make his Cup debut in the No. 67 at the
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course, he would end up finishing 33rd in the race after getting caught up in several wrecks. On February 23, 2025, 23XI announced that
Corey Heim signed a developmental deal that includes Cup races in the No. 67, and Xfinity races in the
Sam Hunt Racing No. 24 car.
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