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A federal judge has denied 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports’ request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against NASCAR. The two teams filed suit against NASCAR over the charter ...
23XI Racing, which is owned by Michael Jordan, veteran driver Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk, and Front Row Motorsports, owned by Bob Jenkins, sued NASCAR and chairman Jim France last week in the ...
The fight is playing out as NASCAR heads into its championship weekend, with the title-deciding race set for Sunday in Phoenix with 23XI Racing's Tyler Reddick among the four drivers who can win.
NASCAR: 23XI and Front Row file for injunction to race as chartered teams in 2025. ... 2024 at 11:37 AM. Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin's 23XI Racing is suing NASCAR along with Front Row Motorsports.
23XI and Front Row have hired Jeffrey Kessler, a top antitrust attorney who has represented the players in all four major professional North American sports. Kessler told The Associated Press that the two teams would sign the 2025 agreements if they receive a court order that would release them from a clause that prohibits teams from suing NASCAR.
Jordan had said he took the fight to court on behalf of all teams competing in the top motorsports series in the United States. NASCAR had argued that the two teams simply do not like the terms of the final charter agreement and asked for the lawsuit be dismissed. Both Front Row and 23XI want to expand from two full-time cars to three.
The lawsuit claims too much of NASCAR's operations are conducted in secret and to the benefit of CEO Jim France, the son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., and their ruling stock car family.
NASCAR in early September presented its final offer on what is essentially a revenue sharing model; 13 organizations signed, with most saying they did so under duress or felt threatened into doing so. But 23XI Racing, the team co-owned by Jordan and veteran driver Denny Hamlin, and the smaller Front Row team refused to sign.