NASCAR analyst Bob Pockrass featured co-owner of 23XI Racing Denny Hamlin in an interview following Sunday’s Talladega Superspeedway race. In the course of the post-race interplay, Hamlin opened up about improvement driver Corey Heim’s future with the staff.
Heim has been piloting the #11 Toyota Tundra within the Truck Collection for the previous three years below Tricon Storage. Following his efficiency within the collection, 23XI Racing determined to signal him as the event driver in February this 12 months. Moreover, he drove the #67 Toyota Camry XSE within the Cup Collection in 5 occasions this season to date.
Nevertheless, the Cup Collection staff has been concerned in an ongoing lawsuit with NASCAR. The scenario rose when the staff refused to signal the brand new constitution settlement final October. Since then, the governing physique and 23XI have been combating courtroom battles, and the lawsuit is ready to go on trial on December 1, 2025. Reflecting on the identical, Denny Hamlin opened up about Corey Heim’s future with the staff and instructed Pockrass:
“Effectively, I imply, I believe that clearly the result of December 1st will dictate lots of issues. However he’s once more a improvement driver for 23XI. He’s bought races on his schedule proper now as of now, and we don’t see any altering.”
Corey Heim drove the #67 Toyota Camry XSE for Denny Hamlin’s co-owned staff, at Kansas Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, Chicago Road Course, Richmond Raceway, and Bristol Motor Speedway. He secured his career-best end at Bristol, ending P6.
“We didn’t ask for this”: NASCAR president bought candid concerning the ongoing lawsuit between the sanctioning physique and 23XI Racing
A couple of months again in August 2025, NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell was featured on the Out of the Groove podcast with inventory automotive YouTuber Eric Esteep. In the course of the podcast, O’Donnell broke his silence on the continuing lawsuit between NASCAR, 23XI Racing, and Entrance Row Motorsports.
The sanctioning physique president claimed that he was disillusioned by the staff’s transfer to refuse the constitution settlement. He rejected the declare that NASCAR has created a monopoly within the sport, and additional defined:
“I can not get into the specifics, proper, of the litigation, however, uh, it is essential that, uh, I believe everybody is aware of, you understand, the groups—the staff sued us, proper? We did not ask for this. Um, we’re nonetheless undecided what they’re even asking for. Um, candidly, when it comes to an end result, what we have seen actually does not have something to do with why the lawsuit was introduced. So it is a little bit bit perplexing.” [33:50 onwards]
The lawsuit has affected 23XI Racing Cup Collection driver Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick, Riley Herbst, and improvement driver Corey Heim’s future with the staff. Entrance Row Motorsports drivers Noah Gragson, Todd Gilliland, and Zane Smith are additionally affected by the identical.
Edited by Karan Yadav
