23XI Racing co-owner Denny Hamlin has insisted that his team is a long way from making NASCAR's 'big 3' a four-member club.

Team Penske, Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing, who Hamlin drives for, have shared the vast majority of Cup Series championships between them in the 21st century, and typically expect their drivers to win races and make the postseason every year (Ty Gibbs is an outlier, and should not be counted).

Tyler Reddick won at Atlanta on Sunday to extend 23XI's dominance early in the year, now sitting on two victories from two races and holding the top two spots in the points standings thanks to Bubba Wallace's strong performances.

Asked in a post-race press conference whether he believes the sport should start including the team in a 'big 4', especially after Wallace's win at the Brickyard 400 last year, Hamlin shut down the idea quickly.

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Hamlin: Too soon to put 23XI at top level

"It’s too early for that," the veteran said. "I mean, we’re many wins and championships away from that. There’s no question that we’re building fast cars and cars that are capable of winning week in, week out. We don’t always hit the setup or things like that, but we’re working hard.

"This team being nonexistent six years ago is just amazing that we’re able to do what we did with building this thing from scratch and now having the results week in, week out that is contending with the big guys."

On the impressive points positions for two of the team's three cars, Hamlin added: "Yeah, you know, it’s very early, but it’s not by circumstance. They’re running up front. They’re fast. Again, just doing a lot of the right things.

"We’re making up for lost time. Last year – obviously we talked about last week – we didn’t have the wins that we expected as a race team, but they’re making up for it right now.

"It feels good certainly as a car owner knowing that you’ve got a couple of bullets in the gun. When the end of the race didn’t go Bubba’s way, you got another one there to pick it up. That certainly increases your odds of winning a lot of races when you’ve got multiple cars up front like we had tonight."

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