{"id":31486,"date":"2025-07-02T02:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/31486\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T02:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T02:56:11","slug":"nascar-champion-is-worried-about-michael-jordans-23xi-racing-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/31486\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR champion is worried about Michael Jordan&#8217;s 23XI Racing team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick have both struggled in 2025 and NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick has admitted he is concerned about the speed of the 23XI Racing duo<\/p>\n<p>22:33 ET, 01 Jul 2025Updated 22:33 ET, 01 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_NASCAR.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing has struggled in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Michael Jordan&#8217;s 23XI Racing has struggled in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">2014 NASCAR Cup Series champion and FOX Sports analyst Kevin Harvick is worried about Michael Jordan&#8217;s NASCAR team and has raised concerns about the pace of 23XI Racing pair, Tyler Reddick and Bubba Wallace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">On an eventful Saturday night at EchoPark Speedway in Atlanta, home hero <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/motorsport\/chase-elliott-nascar-atlanta-win-1235129\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Chase Elliott clinched a victory in a thrilling finish,Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Chase Elliott clinched a victory in a thrilling finish,<\/a> overtaking Brad Keselowski on the last lap <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/motorsport\/chase-elliott-hendrick-nascar-scheme-1204474\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"after generously donating $500K, which was commemorated with a special paint scheme on his car.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">after generously donating $500K, which was commemorated with a special paint scheme on his car.<\/a> The chaotic race <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/motorsport\/nascar-crash-inseason-bracket-challenge-1234083\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"witnessed 12 competitors unable to complete the event as a huge crash caused chaos for In-Season Challenge brackets.Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">witnessed 12 competitors unable to complete the event as a huge crash caused chaos for In-Season Challenge brackets.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">In the Quaker State 400, Reddick secured fourth place while a visibly irritated Wallace, fresh off his frustrations from the Mexico City race, managed only to finish in a lackluster 22nd position. This underperformance is quite unexpected, especially considering Reddick&#8217;s regular season championship win just the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/motorsport\/dale-earnhardt-jr-chase-elliott-1235267\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dale Earnhardt Jr corrected by Chase Elliott during NASCAR race he won<\/a>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.themirror.com\/sport\/motorsport\/bubba-wallace-christopher-bell-nascar-1235140\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bubba Wallace left raging at Joe Gibbs Racing star after NASCAR race ruined<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Consequently, both Wallace, Reddick, and Riley Herbst are yet to secure their spots in the postseason races. Harvick acknowledged his apprehensions about their speed at this juncture of the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">During his &#8216;Happy Hour&#8217; podcast, Harvick said: &#8220;I would say that there are some concerns about the 23XI speed in general,&#8221; and elaborating further, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think Reddick has been as fast.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I think Bubba started really well and has been kind of average, I&#8217;d say, in a lot of the most recent weeks. So I think that to me, the speed part from the 45 car is concerning to me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;I think that he&#8217;s [Wallace] done a good job with his experience in keeping the cars in races and getting decent finishes out of it. But that overall raw speed I haven&#8217;t seen from either one of them [him or Reddick] in several weeks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_nascar.jpg\" alt=\"Tyler Reddick and Bubba Watson are hovering around the cut line as the playoff race heats up\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>Tyler Reddick and Bubba Watson are hovering around the cut line as the playoff race heats up(Image: GETTY)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wallace, notably, had a tough time in Atlanta, finishing 22nd and marking his second consecutive race outside the top 20. His performance has been dismal; five of Wallace&#8217;s last eight races have seen him finish 22nd or lower, with four ending between 33rd and 36th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wallace is teetering on the edge of the playoff picture, just 23 points above Ryan Preece who is below the cut line. Meanwhile, Reddick&#8217;s fourth-place finish widened his points lead over the cut line to 128.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Wallace, Reddick, and Herbst are all aiming for their first win of the season for 23XI Racing at the Chicago Street Course on Sun. , July 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bubba Wallace and Tyler Reddick have both struggled in 2025 and NASCAR legend Kevin Harvick has admitted he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":31487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[4255,1406,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-31486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-michael-jordan","9":"tag-nascar","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-united-states","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114781394337100619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}