Denny Hamlin details the shift in culture and expectations at 23XI, saying the team is no longer an underdog at NASCAR's highest level.
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00:02 - How do you feel about 2311's 2023 season?
00:14 - Yeah, I was pretty happy with that.
00:15 - Tyler Redick gets his first win at Koga
00:18 and his first win in 2023.
00:20 - Tyler Redick will score the win and advance.
00:25 - I feel like they're on track to meet the goals
00:28 that I set forth for them in the future.
00:31 You know, I said it was a five year plan
00:32 to build a championship contending organization.
00:35 They were in year three last year
00:36 and for them to have five wins already,
00:38 you know, to have two cars in the top 10,
00:41 we were very, very happy with that result.
00:43 And now we just, the bar will continue to move up.
00:46 I'm not gonna be happy with just two cars in the top 10.
00:49 We have to continue to progress
00:51 and march our way to that final four.
00:53 - Redick makes up some serious ground this time on four.
00:56 - He's doing a really good job all day.
00:58 Way to make the most of it, man.
00:59 - So now what are the expectations?
01:01 - We're not the underdogs.
01:02 We give them everything that they need to succeed.
01:05 - Checkered flag is in the air.
01:06 Tyler Redick gets their first.
01:08 - And his erroneous Michael Jordan is here.
01:11 - The underdog mentality really needs to go away.
01:14 Some words that Booty said actually,
01:15 and I'm an underdog, we're a battleship, right?
01:17 And we have all the tools necessary to go out
01:20 and compete and race for race win.
01:22 And they've only got one more year left
01:25 before I expect at least one car in that final four.
01:28 While that might be a tall task,
01:29 I feel as though the resources are there,
01:31 our driver talent is there,
01:33 and we're giving them everything they need to succeed.
01:35 - Bubba Wallace finishes up in the fifth spot here tonight.
01:37 - Here comes Bubba Wallace.
01:39 He moves into the fourth position.
01:41 - Michael Jordan won his first title in year seven
01:44 in the NBA.
01:46 Bubba is entering year seven
01:47 of his NASCAR Cup Series career.
01:49 How do you feel about Bubba Wallace's effort?
01:51 And can the 23 be a title contending team this season?
01:54 - I knew what his capability was.
01:57 I think we're just now seeing it playing out on the racetrack.
02:00 Like Michael Jordan said in his documentaries,
02:02 I never expect them to do anything
02:04 that I wasn't willing to do myself.
02:06 And I think that that is raised Bubba's game.
02:09 He's fortunate as though he's got many, many years
02:11 ahead of him, far more than I do.
02:13 So his ceiling is through the roof.
02:15 - Gonna be a fun year.
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