23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in 2025 while suing NASCAR after clause removed from contracts
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint said Saturday they will compete in 2025 as “open teams” after the sanctioning body removed anticompetitive release claims that will allow them to race while the legal process continues. 23XI Racing, the team owned by NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motorsports refused in September to sign take-it-or-leave it revenue sharing offers made by NASCAR just 48 hours before the start of the playoffs. After losing the injunction — which both teams are appealing — Hamlin reversed course and said it was “TBD” if 23XI would be at the season-opening Daytona 500 in February as an open team. In a Saturday morning update from the attorney for the two teams, Jeffrey Kessler said NASCAR “has removed the anticompetitive release requirement in its open agreement” to allow 23XI and Front Row to operate as open teams.
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