Veteran crew chief Bootie Barker, who served as Heim’s crew chief in his previous Cup Series starts with 23XI, will once again call the shots for the No. 67 team in 2026.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe know the future is really bright for Corey, and we\u2019re working with him to ensure that he is as prepared as possible when his time comes to race full time,\u201d said Denny Hamlin, co-owner of 23XI Racing. \u201cWe\u2019re continuing to stick to our plan and taking a long-term approach, while also remaining focused on what is collectively best for our organization and our partners as we look to continue being a competitive, winning organization each weekend.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cCorey\u2019s development with the team has been impressive and we appreciate his patience and trust in us to prepare him as best as possible,\u201d said Dave Rogers, 23XI Senior Director, Competition. \u201cHe has not only been a great student but has also provided valuable feedback to our team that has helped us grow. We\u2019re looking forward to more races with him this year as he continues to sharpen his skills.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veteran crew chief Bootie Barker, who served as Heim’s crew chief in his previous Cup Series starts with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-458238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}