{"id":235650,"date":"2025-10-24T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/235650\/"},"modified":"2025-10-24T00:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T00:17:08","slug":"nascar-settlement-with-23xi-fails-despite-trump-appointee-involvement-motorsport-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/235650\/","title":{"rendered":"NASCAR settlement with 23XI fails despite Trump appointee involvement – Motorsport – Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"

A two-day settlement hearing between 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports on one side and NASCAR<\/a> on the other in Charlotte came to a disappointing conclusion on Thursday, with the sides failing to reach an agreement.<\/p>\n

This ongoing courtroom saga began back in October 2024, when 23XI \u2014 co-owned by Michael Jordan<\/a> and Denny Hamlin<\/a> \u2014 and FRM opted against signing the new NASCAR charter agreement, instead filing a lawsuit against the organization for what they deemed to be \u201cmonopolistic practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

A back-and-forth has since ensued, with this latest development seeing the sides unable to reach an agreement on a potential settlement, despite what Judge Kenneth Bell, an appointee of President Donald Trump<\/a>, saw as \u201cgood-faith\u201d attempts to reach such a point, as per Fox Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It will now be down to Bell to compile a summary judgment for the motions discussed. One such motion relating to the central \u201cmonopolistic practices\u201d claim requests that NASCAR be deemed \u201cpremier stock-car racing,\u201d with the organization being the overriding power within said market.<\/p>\n

Another motion revolves around NASCAR believing the case should basically be dropped, arguing in part that any potential antitrust violations executed on its side no longer fall within the statute of limitations<\/p>\n

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Finally, there is NASCAR\u2019s countersuit, which claims that 15 teams, supposedly led by 23XI co-owner Curtis Polk, worked together illegally, engaging in \u201cactive threats and coercive behavior,\u201d as per the Courthouse News Service<\/a>, in order to force the organization to agree to a more favorable charter agreement.<\/p>\n

Countering this, 23XI and FRM\u2019s attorney, Jeffrey Kessler, insisted that Polk \u201cdid nothing except help the whole sport get the best deal they possibly could.\u201d Kessler also noted that charter agreements remain the same as one another and that all teams involved must be in agreement with regard to any stipulations.<\/p>\n

In a statement released following the hearing, Kessler wrote, \u201cMy clients’ goal has always been to provide opportunities for growth and stability for every team and they remain steadfast advocates for a fairer, stronger sport,\u201d as per Jeff Gluck.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cToday’s hearing confirmed the facts of NASCAR’s monopolistic practices and showed NASCAR for who they are \u2014 retaliatory bullies who would rather focus on personal attacks and distract from the facts. My clients have never been more united and committed to ensuring a fair and competitive sport for all teams, partners, drivers and fans. We’re going to trial to hold NASCAR accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for NASCAR\u2019s attorney Chris Yates, he said after the hearing, as per Jordan Bianchi<\/a>, \u201cAppreciate the time Judge Bell gave us today, the past two days. We made our arguments and we’ll await on Judge Bell’s ruling.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now the waiting game commences, with Bell aiming to have come to a conclusion within the next two weeks. The next major date to keep an eye on will be the pretrial motions and witness challenge hearing on November 12, before the trial begins on December 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A two-day settlement hearing between 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports on one side and NASCAR on the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":235651,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[2074,49,48,3932,1376,2073,8127,3004,2332,634,82],"class_list":["post-235650","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-23xi-racing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-denny-hamlin","tag-donald-trump","tag-front-row-motorsports","tag-lawsuit","tag-michael-jordan","tag-motorsport-section","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235650","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235650\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/235651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}