NASCAR garages were preparing for the last leg of the regular season to ensure their drivers would get a playoff berth secured to their name. On the other hand, Harrison Burton was repping up for his last few races as he would leave the WBR after the conclusion of the 2024 season. This motivated the 23-year-old, who became NASCAR’s latest winner around Daytona helping him and his team get a spot in the playoffs. This led Denny Hamlin to reveal how WBR would be earning millions of dollars due to the youngster’s win.
Wood Brother’s Racing has been a part of the NASCAR Cup Series field for decades. However, the team had gotten into a massive slump in performance for the past few seasons. On the other hand, its solitary driver seemed to be on a mission in Daytona and fended off Cup Series champion Kyle Busch to the victory lane.
Such a huge deal financially for them over the next two years you know, the revenue is in the millions and millions of more that they're going to get now than what they were being you know, ranked 34th.Denny Hamlin said on his podcast
Subsequently, Denny Hamlin revealed how Harrison Burton‘s win around the Speedway was like a jackpot for WBR. The JGR driver explained that they were going to earn nothing earlier due to Burton ranking 34th earlier. However, by securing a playoff spot, they are guaranteed a 16th-place finish at least that could result in the team earning millions of dollars more as an excess of a hundred thousand grand is given to the team per place they finish higher in the standings.
Wood Brothers Racing would earn millions indirectly from Harrison Burton’s win
On one hand, Burton’s top-16 finish would earn the Wood Brothers millions. On the other hand, the team could be indirectly making heaps of money despite having a solitary car in the Cup Series championship.
23XI Racing’s co-owner Hamlin knows a great deal about how the charter system works in NASCAR. He then elaborated on how the 23-year-old’s racecraft and luck would help the No.21 charter skyrocket in price. This would further earn WBR millions and help the team to revive to its former state.
They’re now going to get 16th, at least 16th place money, which is a million dollars, basically, to make the playoffs in your year-end point fund. So, that’s a million bonus. Then, the charter ranking will go up tons, which I mentioned how much per spot they’re about it is. So it’s, yeah, it’s millions of dollars, which is, it’s big for a team like this.Denny Hamlin said on his podcast
However, Burton would not be present at the team to bear the rewards of his efforts due to his tenure at the team ending soon. Thus, WBR would be grateful for his magnificent performance around Daytona but the 23-year-old race winner would have to look out for a drive among other teams.
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