“I don’t foresee, like, it just kind of depends on the track, but I don’t think you’re going to see people jumping at the drop of the green flag to get on the racetrack for a full 50 minutes.
I think for everyone, it’s different. We saw last week, some teams ran two sets of tires.
Some did not. I just ran one.
It just depends on every team’s agenda and everyone will be different.”
Long-Term Commitment and Calculated Risks
Off the track, Hamlin continues building his legacy through co-ownership of 23XI Racing. “No, I’m not surprised,” he said.
“I think, certainly he’s gotten a lot of attention in the sport here in the last few months, and so certainly riding that high.
If you look at kind of his engagement rates, it is very, very high, so I’m not really surprised by that necessarily.
We started the race team to continue the legacy beyond driving. I knew that my racing career, the driving days were only going to be a certain time.
So, how can I be part of the sport after my last year? That was my best avenue to doing it.
So, it’s great that we’ve been able to make the changes that we’ve had and built this race team into championship contenders, and it’s exceeded really all the expectations that I’ve had for it in such a short amount of time.
It’s certainly an honor to be amongst a lot of sport greats.”
