{"id":246411,"date":"2025-10-28T20:59:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246411\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T20:59:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T20:59:10","slug":"judge-dismisses-nascar-counterclaim-against-23xi-frm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/246411\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Dismisses NASCAR Counterclaim Against 23XI\/FRM"},"content":{"rendered":"

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports scored a legal win in their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR on Oct. 28, as the presiding judge in the case dismissed a counterclaim NASCAR had filed earlier this year<\/a>.<\/p>\n

NASCAR sought to argue that the parties \u201cwillfully violated the antitrust laws by orchestrating anticompetitive collective conduct\u201d with regards to the 2025 charter agreement, including the threat of a boycott led by 23XI\u2019s Curtis Polk.<\/p>\n

In his ruling, Judge Kenneth Bell said NASCAR did not \u201csufficiently establish that it suffered the required antitrust injury\u201d\u00a0and also \u201cfailed to establish an agreement to unreasonably restrain trade.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s What Happened in the 23XI\/FRM vs. NASCAR Antitrust Case This Week (Oct. 18-24)<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are thankful for Judge Bell\u2019s thoughtful consideration of the facts and the law, and his decision to grant summary judgment in my clients\u2019 favor against the NASCAR counterclaim,\u201d 23XI\/FRM attorney Jeffrey Kessler said in a release. \u201cToday\u2019s decision has only reaffirmed my clients\u2019 unwavering pursuit of a more fair and equitable sport. Their determination remains strong as we continue our efforts for a resolution that benefits everyone \u2014 teams, drivers, employees, partners and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe respect the Court\u2019s decision, though we respectfully disagree with its legal reasoning,\u201d a NASCAR spokesperson said. \u201cOur priority remains resolving this matter quickly so all parties can focus on championship weekend and continuing to grow the sport. Should a resolution not be reached, we intend to appeal the decision at the appropriate time.\u201d<\/p>\n

The trial between 23XI\/FRM and NASCAR is currently set to go to trial in December.<\/p>\n

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Kevin Rutherford is the executive editor of Frontstretch, a position he gained in 2025 after being the managing editor since 2015, and serving on the editing staff since 2013.<\/p>\n

At his day job, he’s a journalist covering music and rock charts at Billboard. He lives in New York City, but his heart is in Ohio — you know, like that Hawthorne Heights song.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports scored a legal win in their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR on Oct.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246412,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,634,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-246411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-nascar","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246411","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=246411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}