None of this surprises me. NASCAR has not operated as a team effort for years and I am surprised it took this long for a team or two has taken action against NASCAR. I think it helps that Michael

"I didn't just file it for me. It's for everyone,” Jordan told The Athletic on Sunday about the antitrust suit.

Jordan told The Athletic, "I wouldn't have filed it if I didn't think I could win." His comments were made during Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway. The lawsuit alleges that NASCAR operates as a monopoly and utilizes "anticompetitive and exclusionary practices" to "enrich themselves at the expense of the premier stock car racing teams.

Jordan’s 23XI team was joined by Front Row Motorsports in accusing NASCAR and its owners, the France family, of engaging in “anti-competitive practices.”

In suing NASCAR, Michael Jordan could alter the face of stock car racing and cement his legacy in yet another sport.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan’s racing team 23XI joins Front Row Motorsports in a joint lawsuit against NASCAR for antitrust violations. […]

NASCAR was founded in 1948 by the late Bill France Sr., and has since been run first by his son, Bill Jr., then his grandson, Brian France, and now France Sr.’s second son, Jim. Ben Kennedy, the son of Bill Jr.’s daughter, Lesa, is the heir apparent to the family business.