The teams are pushing for expedited discovery of key documents and argue that NASCAR's practices hinder competition and fairness in the sport.

NASCAR will oppose the preliminary injunction sought by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to run as chartered teams while its lawsuit against the sanctioning body continues. The filing was made at 10:29 p.m. on Wednesday night in advance of a hearing currently set for Wednesday.

The attorney for the two teams, Jeffrey Kessler, told The Athletic they were asking for “very modest relief” from the judge.

Front Row Motorsports and 23XI Racing filed for a preliminary injunction to allow the two teams to race as chartered entries in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025. The two teams said they would be filing for the injunction a week ago when they filed a lawsuit against NASCAR over the sanctioning body’s new charter agreement.

XI Racing and Front Row are taking on NASCAR in an anti-trust lawsuit, challenging revenue splits and aiming for fairer terms. But it could all go very wrong.

Bubba Wallace has broken his silence after his team, 23XI Racing, filed a lawsuit against NASCAR alongside Front Row Motorsports.

Front Row Motorsports received two of the original Charters from NASCAR in 2016 and signed the extension for those Charters which expire Dec. 31, 2024. The team states in the suit that even though it made the playoffs in 2021 and 2023, it “has never generated a profit.”

XI Racing driver Tyler Reddick, who left Richard Childress Racing in 2022, speaks about the situation within the team amid a lawsuit against NASCAR.

With the season counting down to its annual climactic finish, two NASCAR teams, one co-owned by legendary basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, have sued NASCAR and accused the motorsport series and its CEO of being “bullies.

In a sensational twist in the NASCAR world, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have taken a bold legal step, filing a preliminary injunction to ensure their participation as chartered teams in the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series.