"While most Americans spent the Thanksgiving holiday eating, visiting with family and tryptophan napping, NASCAR, Michael Jordan and his racing team, and one other racing team were huddled in separate boardrooms and video chats, preparing their plans of attack and defense for Monday. That's when the two teams join together in litigation and the series will begin a long-anticipated court showdown that will at least alter the business model of stock car racing and at most tear the Cup Series garage to pieces."
"A pair of race teams -- 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports -- filed an antitrust lawsuit in October 2024, claiming that NASCAR employs monopoly powers to restrict race team revenues and independence. Team 23XI is five years old, fielding Toyotas driven by Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick and Riley Herbst. Wallace and Reddick have won a combined nine Cup Series races. Herbst made his full-time debut in 2025. The team is co-owned by Denny Hamlin, a future NASCAR Hall of Famer by any measure."
"who still drives full-time for Joe Gibbs Racing, as well as Jordan -- yes, the former NBA megastar -- and his longtime business partner Curtis Polk. "I did it for the smaller teams as well. It's not just me," Jordan said last year after the suit was filed. "I think everybody should have an opportunity to be successful in any business. My voice is saying that it hasn't been happening.""
Two race teams, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, filed an antitrust lawsuit in October 2024 alleging that NASCAR uses monopoly powers to limit team revenues and independence. The litigation sets up a high-stakes court battle in Uptown Charlotte that could alter the business model of stock car racing and affect team operations across the Cup Series. 23XI fields Toyotas driven by Bubba Wallace, Tyler Reddick and Riley Herbst and is co-owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordan. Front Row Motorsports is a longtime midpack Ford team owned by Bob Jenkins.
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