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=== 23XI Racing === [[File:Michael jordan admad rashad (51276390562) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Jordan at [[Pocono Raceway]] in 2021]] On September 21, 2020, Jordan and [[NASCAR]] driver [[Denny Hamlin]] announced they would be fielding a [[NASCAR Cup Series]] team with [[Bubba Wallace]] driving, beginning competition in the [[2021 NASCAR Cup Series|2021 season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.jayski.com/2020/09/21/denny-hamlin-forming-nascar-cup-series-team-bubba-wallace-to-drive/ |title=Denny Hamlin forming Cup team with Michael Jordan; Bubba Wallace to drive; charter from Germain Racing |website=[[Jayski's Silly Season Site]] |date=September 22, 2020 |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media |access-date=October 30, 2023 |archive-date=October 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201002014520/https://www.jayski.com/2020/09/21/denny-hamlin-forming-nascar-cup-series-team-bubba-wallace-to-drive/ |url-status=live}}</ref> On October 22, the team's name was confirmed to be [[23XI Racing]] (pronounced twenty-three eleven) and the team's entry would bear No. 23.<ref>Albert, Zack (October 22, 2020). [https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/10/22/michael-jordan-denny-hamlin-team-name-23xi-racing-bubba-wallace/ "Jordan, Hamlin announce team name and number: 23XI Racing and No. 23"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175526/https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/10/22/michael-jordan-denny-hamlin-team-name-23xi-racing-bubba-wallace/ |date=October 22, 2020 }}. NASCAR. Retrieved October 30, 2023.</ref> After the team's inaugural season, it added a second car with No. 45, driven by [[Kurt Busch]] in [[2022 NASCAR Cup Series|2022]] and [[Tyler Reddick]] in [[2023 NASCAR Cup Series|2023]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Taranto |first=Steven |title=Kurt Busch joins Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing team for 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season in new No. 45 Toyota |work=CBS Sports |date=August 27, 2021 |url=https://www.cbssports.com/nascar/news/kurt-busch-joins-michael-jordans-23xi-racing-team-for-2022-nascar-cup-series-season-in-new-no-45-toyota/ |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Long |first=Dustin |title=Tyler Reddick to drive for 23XI Racing in 2023 |publisher=NBC Sports |date=October 15, 2022 |url=https://nascar.nbcsports.com/2022/10/15/tyler-reddick-to-drive-for-23xi-racing-in-2023-kurt-busch/ |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> [[Ty Gibbs]], [[John Hunter Nemechek]], and [[Daniel Hemric]] also drove for 23XI as substitute drivers during the 2022 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/07/24/ty-gibbs-to-make-cup-series-debut-in-place-of-kurt-busch-at-pocono/ |title=Ty Gibbs to make Cup Series debut in place of Kurt Busch at Pocono |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. |date=July 24, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2022/10/18/bubba-wallace-suspended-after-las-vegas-incident-no-18-team-penalized/ |title=Bubba Wallace suspended after Las Vegas incident; No. 18 team penalized |website=NASCAR.com |publisher=NASCAR Digital Media, LLC |date=October 18, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://racer.com/2022/11/06/hemric-stands-in-for-gibbs-at-23xi-for-phoenix-finale/ |title=Hemric stands in for Gibbs at 23XI for Phoenix finale |first=Kelly |last=Crandall |magazine=[[Racer (magazine)|Racer]] |date=November 6, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The team fielded a third car, No. 67, driven by [[Travis Pastrana]] in the [[2023 Daytona 500]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2023/02/15/cup-series-2023-daytona-500-qualifying-johnson-pastrana/ |title=Jimmie Johnson, Travis Pastrana lock up berths in Daytona 500 field |first=Zack |last=Albert |website=[[NASCAR]] |date=February 15, 2023 |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> Reddick won the [[2024 NASCAR Cup Series]] regular season championship, the first for the team.<ref name="Reddick">{{cite web |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2024/09/01/tyler-reddick-clinches-2024-regular-season-championship/ |title=Tyler Reddick clinches 2024 Regular Season Championship |date=September 1, 2024 |access-date=September 17, 2024 |publisher=NASCAR}}</ref> 23XI Racing acquired a third charter from the defunct [[Stewart-Haas Racing]], the No. 35 driven by [[Riley Herbst]] beginning in [[2025 NASCAR Cup Series|2025]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tobychristie.com/nascar/cup-series/23xi-racing-adds-riley-herbst-to-2025-roster-in-third-full-time-car/ |title=23XI Racing Adds Riley Herbst to 2025 Roster in Third Full-Time Car |website=TobyChristie.com |date=November 20, 2024 |access-date=November 20, 2024}}</ref>
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