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23XI, Front Row ask court to keep their charter status days before they are to lose it<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Two teams state in court documents that \u201cthey once again will face the prospect of losing key sponsors and star drivers\u201d if they lose their charter status.<\/p>\n Sunday\u2019s race at Dover Motor Speedway would be the first time 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports would compete without charter status, pending the U.S. District Court\u2019s ruling. No timetable has been set for the court\u2019s decision, although it is expected before Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n 23XI Racing employs drivers Tyler Reddick, Bubba Wallace and Riley Herbst. Front Row Motorsports\u2019 drivers are Todd Gilliland, Noah Gragson and Zane Smith.<\/p>\n A charter guarantees a car a starting spot in every race. That won\u2019t matter this weekend at Dover. There won\u2019t be a full 40-car field. Only 37 cars are entered.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n NASCAR stated in court documents that there will be no more than 40 cars entered next week at Indianapolis. That would mean that all three 23XI Racing and all three Front Row Motorsports cars would not be in jeopardy of missing that race should the court not grant their request to run with the charter status.<\/p>\n Charters also provide a fixed and guaranteed amount of money that is significantly more than a team without a charter receives.<\/p>\n Under the system, money awarded to chartered teams is based on:<\/p>\n \u2014 Race performance (race purse).<\/p>\n \u2014 Performance for the season (year-end points fund).<\/p>\n \u2014 Overall performance over the previous three seasons (historical plan).<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u2014 Payments for being a charter member and competing in each race (fixed owner\u2019s plan).<\/p>\n AUTO: OCT 01 NASCAR Cup Series Playoff YellaWood 500<\/p>\n Judges rule in favor of NASCAR in key matter with 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports<\/a><\/p>\n Teams have 14 days to petition the court for a rehearing.<\/p>\n In court documents Monday, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports stated that losing their charter status would cause \u201cirreparable harm.\u201d The teams cited \u201cnew information surfaced through the discovery process\u201d that made this third request relevant.<\/p>\n The teams stated in court documents that NASCAR has \u201csignaled its intention to immediately move or sell (their) charters to other entities \u2014 putting (23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports) in irreparable jeopardy of never getting their charters back and going out of business.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n NASCAR denied that claim in its filing Wednesday, stating: \u201cAlthough based on the false premise that Plaintiffs have Charters, and notwithstanding the substantial interest in Charters from motorsports companies racing in INDYCAR, Xfinity, and other series, NASCAR has represented it will not sell any Charters before the Court can rule on Plaintiffs\u2019 motion for preliminary injunction.\u201d<\/p>\n The teams also stated in their filing Monday: \u201cAs the Court has already found, it is not economically viable for a team to participate in the Cup Series on a long-term basis racing under an \u201copen\u201d agreement.<\/p>\n \u201cMoreover, if Plaintiffs are forced to relinquish their charters before trial, they once again will face the prospect of losing key sponsors and star drivers, who will have the right to terminate their contracts and have already signaled their intention to pursue driving opportunities with other teams (should Plaintiffs lose their charter rights).\u201d<\/p>\n NASCAR stated in the documents that the charters do not belong to 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports since they did not sign the agreement for each of their cars.<\/p>\n NASCAR Cup Series YellaWood 500<\/p>\n 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports face prospect as open teams after Appeals Court order<\/a><\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied a request for rehearing, meaning 23XI and Front Row could be classified as open teams ahead of the July 20 Dover race.<\/p>\n NASCAR noted throughout its 32-page response the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals\u2019 decision to vacate the preliminary injunction the two teams were granted last December to run with the charter status.<\/p>\n NASCAR also raised questions about the information 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports provided when asking the District Court to grant a preliminary injunction last year.<\/p>\n In court documents, NASCAR stated: \u201cDiscovery has revealed that evidence Plaintiffs submitted to the Court in connection with their second (preliminary injunction) motion was manufactured. It has also shown that declarations submitted under penalty of perjury suggesting that Plaintiffs had no involvement in the creation of that evidence were false.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n NASCAR also stated in court documents: \u201c \u2026 And Plaintiffs manufactured evidence of harm to support their second (preliminary injunction) motion, and misled the Court in declarations. This means that Plaintiffs\u2019 latest submissions should, at the very least, be viewed skeptically.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"AUTO:](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a1089b94ee4dfe5d4a1edf7385dc8e21.jpeg\"\/)
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