The 23XI Racing team, co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, has been making waves both on and off the track. Their goal is to become a consistent race-winning team and a championship contender within five years of their founding in 2020. With Bubba Wallace as one of their drivers, they’ve attracted a diverse fan base and are actively promoting the sport to new audiences.
In a way to promote the culture of the company that where they work is more than a shop, the 23XI folks refer to their shop as Airspeed. So if an employee calls it a shop, the employee gets the stink eye or something when the employee enters the shop. https://t.co/ZSHgaT7Q5z
— Bob Pockrass (@bobpockrass) April 9, 2024
Recently a fan posed the question to Bob Pocrass who covered the sport since 1991 and has a lot of knowledge about the sport. A fan wrote on X: “Why did Bubba say he would get in trouble for saying ‘back at the shop?”
Bob Poscrass replied: “In a way to promote the culture of the company that where they work is more than a shop, the 23XI folks refer to their shop as Airspeed. So if an employee calls it a shop, the employee gets the stink eye or something when the employee enters the shop.
Exchange of words between Pockrass and Bubba Wallace at Richmond
Bob Pockrass, a veteran journalist in the NASCAR world, last week at Richmond found himself in a humorous exchange with Bubba Wallace, the driver from 23XI Racing. During a locker room encounter, Wallace playfully greeted Pockrass with, “Bobby! Trying to create headlines. My man!”
Not one to be outdone, Pockrass responded with wit: “Not trying to create headlines. Bull****. I don’t know what the headlines would be.” Wallace continued the banter, suggesting that Pockrass’s job was almost as challenging as theirs. Pockrass quipped back, “It’s not as hard as yours. Yeah, I’m not running into burning buildings”
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