23XI Racing, co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, will add a 3rd full-time automobile subsequent yr. Alongside the No. 23 of Bubba Wallace and the No. 45 of Tyler Reddick, they will even discipline the No. 35 Toyota Camry with Riley Herbst behind the wheel.
Herbst, 25, brings Monster Vitality with him as a major sponsor, which already backs 23XI’s Tyler Reddick within the Cup Collection, in addition to Joe Gibbs Racing driver Ty Gibbs. Herbst has spent the previous 5 seasons working each NASCAR Xfinity race with 2024 as his greatest displaying but with two race wins earlier than ending the season seventh within the championship standings. He additionally ended the yr by capturing his third profession victory within the title-decider after a last-lap move on newly topped Xfinity Collection champion Justin Allgaier.
Herbst additionally has eight begins within the Cup Collection over the previous two years, which features a top-ten on debut within the 2023 Daytona 500. He bettered that consequence later that very same yr when he completed ninth at Talladega. Davin Restivo, who labored with Herbst within the Xfinity Collection, will function the crew chief on the No. 35 automobile.
Riley Herbst, Rick Ware Racing, Monster Vitality Zero Sugar Ford Mustang, Denny Hamlin, Joe Gibbs Racing, FedEx Rewards Toyota Camry and Martin Truex Jr, Joe Gibbs Racing, Bass Professional Retailers Toyota Camry
Photograph by: Nigel Kinrade / NKP / Motorsport Photographs
23XI has run three automobiles earlier than, however solely in a restricted capability. They utilized the No. 67 and later the No. 50 on a part-time foundation and featured some notable drivers together with Juan Pablo Montoya, Kamui Kobayashi, and Travis Pastrana.
23XI’s authentic plan was to buy a constitution from the now defunct Stewart-Haas Racing however because of the authorized dispute with NASCAR over the 2025 Constitution Settlement, it is attainable they must run all three as ‘open’ entries that aren’t locked in to any race. A decide denied their request for a preliminary injunction to maintain their charters whereas the antitrust lawsuit takes place, however the determination is now dealing with an enchantment.
They’re the third two-car operation to announce a deliberate growth forward of the 2025 season and the second this week, becoming a member of RFK Racing which can add the No. 60 automobile with Ryan Preece and Trackhouse Racing which can add the No. 88 with Shane van Gisbergen.
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