As decided on Monday by Judge Susan C. Rodriguez of the Western District of North Carolina, Chris Gabehart will be permitted to continue working for Spire Motorsports but also under a limited restraining order regarding anything that overlapped with his previous duties at Joe Gibbs Racing.
Gabehart and Spire have been sued by JGR for over $8 million in damages alleging a ‘brazen scheme’ to steal and potentially disseminate proprietary business information. The longtime engineer and crew chief turned competition director and JGR parted ways at the end of last season but both sides disagree over that process and the particulars of a non-compete and non-disclosure agreement.
