23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in 2025 as chartered teams in legal victory
4 days, 21 hours ago

23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in 2025 as chartered teams in legal victory

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that allowed them to compete as chartered teams in the 2025 season. 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. Until Wednesday's injunction, 23XI and Front Row would have been forced to compete next season as “open” teams that don’t have the same protections or financial gains that come from holding a charter. “Here, the public interest strongly favors entry of a limited preliminary injunction in favor of the Plaintiffs during the 2025 NASCAR race season, both to give fans of stock car racing the opportunity to watch the full slate of teams and to allow Plaintiffs’ antitrust legal challenges to be considered,” Judge Kenneth D. Bell wrote.

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Judge sets January date to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out antitrust lawsuit
2 days, 18 hours ago

Judge sets January date to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out antitrust lawsuit

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal judge set a Jan. 8 hearing to hear NASCAR’s motion to throw out an antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports The two teams are suing NASCAR and were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that will allow them to compete as chartered teams in 2025. …

23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in NASCAR’s 2025 season as chartered teams in legal victory
4 days, 22 hours ago

23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in NASCAR’s 2025 season as chartered teams in legal victory

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that will allow them to compete as chartered teams in 2025. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth D. Bell said in his ruling, which favors 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, that “NASCAR fans have an interest in watching all the teams compete …

Team claims NASCAR rescinded approval to buy new charter unless federal antitrust suit is dropped
1 week, 3 days ago

Team claims NASCAR rescinded approval to buy new charter unless federal antitrust suit is dropped

Associated Press  

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Front Row Motorsports, one of two teams suing NASCAR in federal court, accused the stock car series Thursday of rejecting the planned purchase of a valuable charter unless the lawsuit was dropped. “Specifically, NASCAR informed us that it would not approve the transfer unless we agreed to drop our current antitrust lawsuit against them,” Jerry Freeze, general …

23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in 2025 while suing NASCAR after clause removed from contracts
1 month, 1 week ago

23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in 2025 while suing NASCAR after clause removed from contracts

Associated Press  

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, …

Denny Hamlin won’t guarantee 23XI will be at Daytona 500 following judge’s ruling
1 month, 1 week ago

Denny Hamlin won’t guarantee 23XI will be at Daytona 500 following judge’s ruling

Associated Press  

AVONDALE, Ariz. — Denny Hamlin, along with Michael Jordan the co-owner of 23XI Racing, for the first time is not guaranteeing their team will field cars at the start of the next season. “There’s certain things that we’re going to have to navigate, so I hope so.” There is a clause in the new charter agreements that begin next season …

Federal judge denies motion to recognize NASCAR teams as chartered organizations for next season
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Federal judge denies motion to recognize NASCAR teams as chartered organizations for next season

Associated Press  

AVONDALE, Ariz. — A federal judge on Friday denied a motion by two NASCAR teams — one of them owned by Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan — to be recognized as chartered teams as they proceed with their antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France. “And we did that because the race teams were upside …

23XI Racing, Front Row request injunction to remain racing as charter teams amid NASCAR lawsuit
2 months, 2 weeks ago

23XI Racing, Front Row request injunction to remain racing as charter teams amid NASCAR lawsuit

New York Times  

Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing team and Front Row Motorsports on Wednesday asked a federal judge to grant them a preliminary injunction that would allow them to continue racing as charter teams in 2025 while their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR plays out, according to a filing in the Western District Court of North Carolina. Here's what you need to know The …

Team owners on Michael Jordan’s legal fight with NASCAR: It’s ‘going to be wild’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Team owners on Michael Jordan’s legal fight with NASCAR: It’s ‘going to be wild’

New York Times  

After news broke Wednesday of 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports’ lawsuit against NASCAR, the reaction began rolling in almost immediately. Sign Up “I did not have the balls to do what 23XI and FRM are doing because I was afraid I’d lose my charters,” said one team owner. “I don’t see either … or Jim giving an inch,” says …

Analysis: Race teams unhappier than ever with NASCAR’s latest offer on charter agreement
6 months, 1 week ago

Analysis: Race teams unhappier than ever with NASCAR’s latest offer on charter agreement

Associated Press  

SONOMA, Calif. — NASCAR avoided one public relations nightmare last week when it granted Kyle Larson a waiver to participate in the playoffs even though he missed the Coca-Cola 600. That piece of goodwill hardly made things sunshine and roses over the weekend at Sonoma Raceway, where teams remained extremely frustrated with NASCAR’s slow pace at coming to a new …

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