Michael Jordan 'could not be more proud' of Bubba Wallace after first NASCAR win
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Michael Jordan congratulated Bubba Wallace on his first win for the 23XI Racing team that Jordan and Denny Hamlin launched this season in the NASCAR Cup Series.
"From the day we signed him, I knew Bubba had the talent to win and Denny and I could not be more proud of him. Let's go!"
The win in the rain-shortened YellaWood 500 was the first for the one-car team, which was launched by Jordan and Denny Hamlin this season with Wallace as its only driver.
"It’s Talladega. It’s his home state. Everything that happened at Talladega last year. Things that Bubba didn’t ask to happen but he had to go through it," Hamlin said of the win, which took place at the same track where a rope tied into a noose-like knot was found in Wallace's garage last summer, sparking an outpouring of support from the NASCAR family. It was later determined that the knot had been there for some time and wasn't directed at Wallace, which led to unfounded allegations from some that the incident had been a publicity stunt.