{"id":349775,"date":"2025-12-16T22:13:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349775\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T22:13:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T22:13:09","slug":"denny-hamlin-days-after-nascar-suit-settlement-asks-sirius-host-for-apology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/349775\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin, days after NASCAR suit settlement, asks Sirius host for apology"},"content":{"rendered":"

Denny Hamlin, the Cup Series driver and co-owner of 23XI Racing, on Tuesday asked whether SiriusXM NASCAR Radio would apologize for previous comments hosts on the channel have made regarding the recently settled antitrust lawsuit brought by two teams, 23XI and Front Row Motorsports, against NASCAR.<\/p>\n

In a message posted on X responding to a post by Sirius host Larry McReynolds, Hamlin asked if McReynolds, a former Cup Series crew chief, or anyone on the channel was planning to apologize now that the lawsuit was settled last week. McReynolds, who co-hosts the \u201cOn Track\u201d show on Sirius Channel 90, was a staunch critic of the lawsuit, once saying the suing teams would \u201cregret\u201d their decision.<\/p>\n

\u201cGood morning. Now that the case is settled and the evidence is out will you or anyone on channel 90 be issuing an apology for what you all said about 23XI\/FRM when the lawsuit was filed?\u201d Hamlin wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cI believe it was \u2018how dare them for trying to come in and change the sport. 23XI hasn\u2019t been around long enough and FRM wasn\u2019t good enough\u2019. Also how about \u2018I don\u2019t know what their problem is, 13 other teams signed it\u2019. Just to name a few examples,\u201d Hamlin wrote in a subsequent post.<\/p>\n

23XI and FRM filed an antitrust lawsuit last October against NASCAR and NASCAR CEO and chairman Jim France, who owns a majority share of the company. Hamlin co-owns 23XI with Michael Jordan and Curtis Polk, Jordan\u2019s longtime business partner.<\/p>\n

\"Larry<\/p>\n

\n Larry McReynolds, at Daytona 500 media day in February 2024. (James Gilbert \/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n

A day after the lawsuit was filed<\/a>, SiriusXM\u2019s \u201cSpeedway\u201d show hosted Jeffrey Kessler, the attorney for 23XI\/Front Row, for an interview. Kessler was interviewed by host Dave Moody, who also works for NASCAR-owned Motor Racing Network, and laid out in detail his clients\u2019 position that NASCAR was operating as a monopoly. Some listeners noted the interview was not part of the full episode replay that was later posted to the Sirius site, which Hamlin deemed censorship.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile censorship is a big topic in today\u2019s media world, Channel 90 might be the poster child,\u201d Hamlin posted on X on Oct. 3, 2024. \u201cAn interview didn\u2019t go the way they hoped after our attorney continued to state fact after fact even tho they tried their best to refute, they have since edited\/deleted that interview off of their channels because the narrative doesn\u2019t fit their beliefs. If that doesn\u2019t convince you of the bias then nothing will.\u201d<\/p>\n

On the day of the lawsuit, as Kessler gave a press conference detailing the complaint, McReynolds and co-host Danielle Trotta discussed it on Sirius. Trotta read Kessler\u2019s comments on the France family using the sport as its own \u201cpiggy bank.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat France family built this from scratch,\u201d McReynolds responded. \u201cAnd a lot of us (have) made a lot of good livings doing it in this sport.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trotta went on to read the lawsuit\u2019s depiction of the race teams as \u201cvictims.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cVictims? Give me a break,\u201d McReynolds said. \u201c\u2026 Now we\u2019re victims?\u201d<\/p>\n

Last December, McReynolds said in an episode of \u201cOn Track\u201d that he was hearing the lawsuit \u201cdoes not sound like it\u2019s going in (the teams\u2019) favor\u201d and suggested that most of the owners of the 13 teams who signed the disputed charter agreements would say they could \u201cbuild their business\u201d the way things were.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just think 23XI and Front Row (are) going to regret the day they ever did this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Both parties involved agreed to a historic settlement last Thursday that included NASCAR granting permanent charters to all 15 organizations that hold the franchise-like licenses that guarantee certain revenue streams and entry into every premier Cup Series points race. The most recent charter sold for $45 million, and their value is expected to climb considerably now that NASCAR has assured there will be no end date to the charter system, which before was set to expire in 2031.<\/p>\n

As part of the settlement terms, 23XI and Front Row received other concessions that were applied to the other 13 charter-holding teams. 23XI and Front Row also received damages, though the exact figure is unknown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Denny Hamlin, the Cup Series driver and co-owner of 23XI Racing, on Tuesday asked whether SiriusXM NASCAR Radio…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":349776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[49,48,12716,634,82],"class_list":["post-349775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-motorsports","tag-nascar","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349775","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=349775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/349775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=349775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=349775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=349775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}