(AP Photo/Chuck Burton, File)CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Denny Hamlin has joined Charlotte Hornets owner Michael Jordan to form a NASCAR team with Bubba Wallace as the driver, a high-profile pairing of a Black majority team owner and the only Black driver at NASCAR’s top level.
The partnership was announced Monday night in coordinated social media posts by Jordan and Hamlin, with Wallace adding his own comment.
“Historically, NASCAR has struggled with diversity and there have been few Black owners," Jordan said in his statement.
Scott's 1964 victory at the Jacksonville 200 is the only win by a Black driver in Cup history.
Jordan has twice traveled to the NASCAR season finale to watch Hamlin race for the championship.