A “massive” change might be coming quickly to 23XI Racing.
It has been an up and down season for 23XI Racing within the NASCAR Cup Collection. Tyler Reddick is presently in sixth place, whereas Bubba Wallace is in tenth place. Riley Herbst, the third full-time Cup Collection driver for 23XI Racing, is down in thirty second place.
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23XI Racing entered the 2025 season hoping to contend for a championship, however that hasn’t occurred.
NASCAR insider Jeff Gluck is taken into account by what he is seeing from the Cup Collection workforce.
“23XI, they’re bizarre, man. They’ve fallen off,” . “What’s up with that? I don’t get that in any respect. Reddick would possibly’ve had the quickest automotive at Texas, he simply by no means bought the observe place. However then he informed me at Texas, ‘Oh yeah, I really feel like what occurs, the velocity we’ll have at Texas will translate to Kansas, regardless that they’re completely different tracks,’ after which they only didn’t actually present something.
“I assumed, you recognize, I suppose Bubba was up there. When he had his concern, he was possibly sixth or one thing. He had a penalty after which he was gone, you recognize, which occurs lots today, proper? If in case you have a setback, you’re sort of performed, except it’s early within the race, then you can overcome it. However yeah, I imply, Reddick — we by no means actually noticed what we’d anticipate out of them, proper? So, I don’t actually know.”
NORTH WILKESBORO, NC – MAY 21: Bubba Wallace (#23 23XI Racing Columbia Sportswear Firm Toyota) talks with members of his crew throughout the operating of the NASCAR Cup Collection All-Star Race on Might 21, 2023 at North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Wilkesboro, NC. (Picture by Jeff Robinson/Icon Sportswire through Getty Photos)Icon Sportswire/Getty Photos
A “massive” change might be coming to 23XI Racing because of the struggles.
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Dale Earnhardt Jr. stated on the “Dale Jr. Obtain” that he believes 23XI Racing will find yourself eliminating a driver. Cory Heim has been competing part-time for 23XI Racing within the Xfinity Collection and the Cup Collection. Dale Jr. believes that Heim will finally exchange one of many three major Cup Collection drivers.
“The opinion is that there’s a path there. The opinion, I believe, within the Toyota camp, may be very, very excessive on him. This truck factor is only a placeholder, a stop-gap, a possibility for him to realize data, race, achieve race-craft. I don’t suppose his outcome this previous weekend, good or unhealthy, impacts his future in any approach. I believe it’s there’s already movement in play, proper? I can’t say what I believe that’s,”
“Is he going to push Riley [Herbst] out? What’s going to occur there? … Corey ain’t going to take a seat round perpetually. … I wouldn’t be shocked if he’s in Riley’s automotive subsequent yr.”
There’s been a significant push for Heim recently.
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“We’ve been speaking about Corey Heim. I do not know why he’s nonetheless within the Truck Collection,” “I do know he has nowhere to go, however anyone higher discover someplace for him to go. They higher discover someplace for him to go in a a lot greater capability than, you recognize, the eight, 10, 12 races that is likely to be doable in that Cup automotive subsequent yr.”
Given how they’ve carried out, a significant change wouldn’t be shocking.
first appeared on The Spun on Might 23, 2025
