{"id":556763,"date":"2026-03-24T04:50:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556763\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T04:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T04:50:16","slug":"roof-is-soon-to-follow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/556763\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Roof is soon to follow’"},"content":{"rendered":"

23XI Racing is making a strong case that the \u201cBig Three\u201d of the NASCAR<\/a> Cup Series should actually be a \u201cBig Four.\u201d The race team has started the 2026 season as hot as you can be, with Tyler Reddick winning four of six races and Bubba Wallace sitting third in the points standings.<\/p>\n

Some might even argue 23XI is already there. 23XI co-owner Denny Hamlin said Monday it\u2019s like building a house; only one part is currently missing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re in the neighborhood,\u201d Hamlin said on Actions Detrimental<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve got the framing up, foundation\u2019s built, sticks are going up, walls \u2014 roof is soon to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n

23XI Racing has arrived as one of NASCAR\u2019s best teams<\/p>\n

At the very least, 23XI is certainly knocking on the door of the Big Three of Hendrick Motorsports, Joe Gibbs Racing, and Team Penske. It\u2019s remarkable the discussion is even worth having given that 23XI is just six years into its operation. <\/p>\n

Reddick put the team on the map in 2024 when he won the regular season championship. Wallace picked up the team\u2019s first Crown Jewel triumph with his Brickyard 400 win last season. Reddick then opened the 2026 season by becoming the first driver to win the opening three races of a season.<\/p>\n

On \u201cThe Teardown<\/a>\u201d following Sunday\u2019s race, Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi of The Athletic discussed 23XI\u2019s place in NASCAR. Gluck said he wasn\u2019t ready to put 23XI over Penske, seen as No. 3 in the Big Three. If it\u2019s about this season only, Hamlin believes he\u2019s wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you\u2019re talking about just this year, then he\u2019s wrong. If he\u2019s talking about over the course of the first six [years], he\u2019s right, because we\u2019ve been around for six and Penske\u2019s won more races, they\u2019ve won a couple of championships, at least,\u201d Hamlin said. \u201cSo, Jeff is right if we\u2019re talking about since our inception. If we\u2019re talking about 2026, then he\u2019s wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"23XI Racing is making a strong case that the \u201cBig Three\u201d of the NASCAR Cup Series should actually…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":556764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":["post-556763","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\/556763","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=556763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}