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23XI and FRM will keep NASCAR charters in legal win

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23XI and FRM will keep NASCAR charters in huge legal win

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have been granted the preliminary injunction to keep their charters for the 2025 season while the antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and the France family continues. The ruling is just for next year and states that the disputed sections of the 2025 Charter Agreement that…

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NASCAR vs. 23XI and FRM: Live timeline of the antitrust lawsuit

The 2024 NASCAR Cup Series has been one of the more dramatic seasons in recent memory, and the drama was not limited to the track. Perhaps the biggest news of the year came when Charter negotiations fell apart, leading to a closely followed court battle between the dynastic France family…

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Your complete guide to NASCAR's 2025 Silly Season

When Stewart-Haas Racing announced the imminent closure of its four-car NASCAR Cup Series operation, it sent shockwaves through the sport, while scattering a lot of talented people throughout the paddock. It's end became the catalyst to what has become one of the silliest silly seasons in some time. Several drivers…

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NASCAR won't "negotiate in the media about charters"

NASCAR President Steve Phelps and Chief Operating Officer Steve O'Donnell sat down with media Friday at Phoenix Raceway to discuss several topics of interest. But in his opening statement, Phelps made sure to address the pressing issue of charters.

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23XI and FRM move to keep charters, want "immediate access" to NASCAR documents

As expected after last week's lawsuit filing, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have filed a motion for a preliminary injunction, seeking to keep their charters for the 2025 season while the lawsuit is ongoing. If their request is not granted, they will be forced to compete as "open" teams next…

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Seeking Talladega redemption, can Michael McDowell be the next playoffs spoiler?

Michael McDowell is a pole miser as of late, earning his sixth pole of the 2024 season at Talladega Superspeedway -- a category where he leads all drivers so far this year. It's a tremendous feat for a driver who failed earn a single pole in the first 15 years…

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Denny Hamlin would "love to see change" in NASCAR after lawsuit

Denny Hamlin, who co-owns 23XI Racing along with longtime friend Michael Jordan, revealed that the NBA legend sent him a clip from the move 'Moneyball' this week after the lawsuit's filing. It included this relevant line: "The first one through the wall always get bloody."

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Talladega 1969: The year NASCAR’s star drivers boycotted the big race

The recent news about 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports (FRM) filing an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR is an incredible step to try and limit the power of the dynastic France family. It’s also not the first time those within the sport pushed back against the ruling body.

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23XI Racing and Front Motorsports sue NASCAR over charter

23XI Racing and Front Motorsports have filed a joint lawsuit against NASCAR accusing the governing body of "anti-competitive and monopolistic control of the sport".

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23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports sue NASCAR for "anti-competitive practices"

On Wednesday morning, two NASCAR teams — Front Row Motorsports and 23XI (co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin) — filed a joint antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR accusing the sport's governing body, run by the dynastic France family, of "anti-competitive and monopolistic control of the sport." Both teams had publicly…

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SHR fallout continues as Gragson joins Front Row Motorsports for 2025 NASCAR Cup

Noah Gragson has become the third current Stewart-Haas Racing driver in the NASCAR Cup Series to land a new home for the 2025 season.

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Noah Gragson to join Front Row Motorsports in 2025

Front Row Motorsports – which previously had announced it would add a third team next year – announced on Wednesday that it had signed Noah Gragson to a multi-year deal to drive for one of its teams beginning next season.

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Gilliland re-signs as Front Row Motorsports’ NASCAR Cup team leader

Gilliland, 24, has led a career-high 101 laps and has shown up near the front in many races this season.

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Front Row Motorsports intends to buy charter from Stewart-Haas

The charters, created with the start of the 2016 season, guarantees a team entry in all 36 points-paying races each year and sets a minimum guaranteed payout for each race. The payouts can change based on where the team ranks in owner points.

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Michael McDowell leaving Front Row Motorsports after 2024 season

McDowell joined FRM in 2018 and owns a pair of Cup wins – his Daytona 500 victory and last season on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Road Course. Almost half (228) of his 477 Cup series starts, and eight of his nine career top-five finishes have come with the Bob Jenkins-owned…

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Front Row renews and expands deal with Ford Performance

As part of a new multi-year agreement, FRM will become a Tier 1 program with Ford. As part of a new technical alliance, FRM will also now collaborate with Team Penske on engineering, aerodynamics, race setup, strategy, pit crew development and other projects.

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Layne Riggs to run NASCAR Trucks full-time with FRM

Riggs, 21, made his NASCAR Truck debut in 2022, finishing seventh in his very first race. He's contested five more Truck races since then, finishing as high as third at IRP earlier this year.

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Pair of NASCAR Xfinity regulars to run Talladega Truck race

With the Xfinity Series having its final off-weekend of the season, two of the series’ fulltime drivers – Chandler Smith and Brett Moffitt – will compete in Saturday’s Truck race at Talladega for different teams.

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Legacy Motor Club signs Nemechek as Gragson's NASCAR Cup replacement for 2024

Nemechek, 26, hasn't been full-time in the Cup Series since 2020 when he drove for Front Row Motorsports. After finishing 27th in points and losing his ride at FRM, he then essentially repeated the NASCAR ladder system.

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John-Hunter Nemechek to make Cup return with Legacy M.C. in 2024

Nemechek, 26, hasn't been full-time in the Cup Series since 2020 when he drove for Front Row Motorsports. After finishing 27th in points and losing his ride at FRM, he then went and essentially repeated the NASCAR ladder system.

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McDowell's Indy Road Course win 'hardly a Cinderella story'

Wins have been hard to come by in McDowell’s journeyman Cup career but his shock victory in the 2021 Daytona 500 put him in Victory Lane on NASCAR’s biggest stage.

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McDowell and Gilliland to remain with FRM in 2024

The team fields the No. 34 and No. 38 Fords fulltime with drivers Michael McDowell and Todd Gilliland.

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Conor Daly, Zane Smith take divergent paths to Daytona 500

Zane Smith and Conor Daly couldn’t have taken more opposite paths, but both will appear in their first Daytona 500 on Sunday.

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FRM confirms third Daytona 500 entry and driver lineup shake-up

Front Row Motorsports confirms a third entry for the Daytona 500, as well a driver shake-up behind the wheel of the No. 38 car in a handful of races.

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