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23XI Racing and Front Row can compete in NASCAR's 2025 season as chartered teams in legal victory

Dec. 18, 2024 15:45 PM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint were granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday that will allow them to compete as chartered teams in 2025. U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth D. Bell said in his ruling, which favors 23XI Racing and Front...

NASCAR recovers from early washouts to produce decent racing in season marred by antitrust lawsuit

Dec. 03, 2024 15:49 PM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR opened the season with near washouts in the first two races of the year that could have set the tone for a miserable 2024 campaign. Instead, the top motorsports series in the United States showed it could be flexible, moving its preseason race at the...

Truex wins pole for final NASCAR full-time race as Logano highest qualifying title contender

Nov. 09, 2024 18:55 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr., who is retiring from full-time NASCAR competition after Sunday's season finale, won the pole for the championship-deciding race at Phoenix Raceway. Truex turned a lap at 134.741 mph Saturday to earn the top starting spot. He plans to run a...

Michael Jordan instills winning attitude at 23XI Racing as Reddick races for 1st NASCAR Cup title

Nov. 09, 2024 18:43 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Tyler Reddick needs no pep talk or motivation when it comes to winning his first Cup Series title. He drives for Michael Jordan, after all, and the NBA Hall of Famer collected six championships in his unwavering desire for excellence at all times. Now in his...

Denny Hamlin won't guarantee 23XI will be at Daytona 500 following judge's ruling

Nov. 09, 2024 17:39 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Denny Hamlin, along with Michael Jordan the co-owner of 23XI Racing, for the first time is not guaranteeing their team will field cars at the start of the next season. His indecision at Phoenix Raceway came a day after a federal judge denied a temporary...

Defending NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney paces 1st practice of title-deciding weekend at Phoenix

Nov. 08, 2024 19:18 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Reigning NASCAR champion Ryan Blaney paced the first practice session at Phoenix Raceway, where he is among four drivers who will race for the title Sunday. Blaney in a Ford for Team Penske topped the leaderboard in Friday's 50-minute practice session. He is...

NASCAR defends drivers in Cup Series title race, officiating and playoffs as final weekend arrives

Nov. 08, 2024 17:27 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR President Steve Phelps defended the four drivers racing for the Cup Series championship this weekend — even though others had better statistics than the finalists — as well as the playoff system itself in Friday’s annual State of the Sport address. ...

NASCAR's championship weekend shrouded in off-track drama from lawsuit to alleged race manipulation

Nov. 07, 2024 18:28 PM EST

AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — NASCAR heads into its championship weekend locked into a federal antitrust lawsuit with NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan. Its officiating has been under months-long scrutiny, and this week it issued a wave of hefty fines for alleged race manipulation in the final playoff...

NASCAR's championship field heads to Phoenix with no clear favorite to win Cup title

Nov. 05, 2024 16:05 PM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Roger Penske already won two sports car championships this season and heads to Phoenix Raceway with two chances to win a third consecutive NASCAR Cup Series title with both Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney in the winner-take-all season finale. The two Penske...

Michael Jordan, fellow team owners head to federal court for hearing in antitrust fight vs. NASCAR

Nov. 04, 2024 18:40 PM EST

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Retired NBA great Michael Jordan and his fellow owners of two NASCAR teams went to federal court Monday for a hearing in their antitrust fight against the stock car series over what they say is an unfair business model. 23XI Racing, which is owned by Jordan...