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• Carl Edwards ‘couldn’t believe’ NASCAR Hall of Fame nomination

  08-04-2020 23:23 via sports.yahoo.com
  
  Carl Edwards told SiriusXM NASCAR Radio he "never even considered" being nominated to the NASCAR Hall of Fame, which announced the Class of 2021 nominees Tuesday.
  
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• Long: As NASCAR antitrust lawsuit reaches settlement, a win for fans who get their sport back

  11-12-2025 23:48 via sports.yahoo.com
  Three years ago, Jeff Gordon, vice chairman of the most successful organization in NASCAR’s history, forecast a frightening future for every team — and every fan — in the sport. 
   
  Sitting in a conference room a few blocks from NASCAR’s Charlotte, North Carolina, offices, the four-time champion sat alongside three other team executives. They told select media members in October 2022 that the sport had a “broken” business model. 
   
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• Brad Pitt’s "F1" movie: how a Hollywood blockbuster helped America embrace Formula 1

  11-12-2025 22:54 via yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoAs Brad Pitt's F1 movie lands on Apple TV on 12 December, American fans are about to get an at-home replay of a film that has done something pretty special: it made Formula 1 feel like a mainstream US blockbuster.Long before the movie's streaming debut, F1 already had a lot to tell of its success in the States. As we've mentioned countless times before on this website, Netflix's Drive to Survive had primed the country, persuading it to embrace the championship
  
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• The family ties at the heart of NASCAR were highlighted throughout the trial

  11-12-2025 21:34 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The theme of family ties in motorsports was woven through Michael Jordan's federal antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, with witness after witness testifying to their emotional connections to the top motorsports series in the United States. It began on the opening day when three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin broke down in tears talking about his dying father introducing him to racing and financially leveraging the entire family to help his son make it to NASCAR.N
  
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• Bubba Wallace shares 2-word feelings on NASCAR's lawsuit settlement with Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing

  11-12-2025 20:45 via sports.yahoo.com
  Bubba Wallace shares 2-word feelings on NASCAR's lawsuit settlement with Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Bubba Wallace has chimed in.On Thursday afternoon, the NASCAR star posted two words on X: "Monumental day."Wallace's post is in regards to the antitrust lawsuit settlement between NASCAR, Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing team and Front Row Motorsports.On Thursday, a deal was reached during the nint
  
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• Michael Jordan settled with NASCAR and changed the business side of racing: "It was about making sure our sport evolves"

  11-12-2025 20:27 via sports.yahoo.com
  The recent trial between Michael Jordan and NASCAR, involving the charter agreement, has officially concluded after nine days. On Thursday, attorney Jeffrey Kessler, who represented Jordan 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, told Judge Kenneth Bell that the two parties had reached a settlement.That settlement is a new charter system called "evergreen charters", meaning teams are going to get permanent team charters, which was the main point of Jordan, driver Danny Hamlin and their team's laws
  
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• Michael Jordan, others reach antitrust lawsuit settlement with NASCAR

  11-12-2025 20:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  A federal antitrust lawsuit brought against NASCAR by two race teams, including one co-owned by retired NBA superstar Michael Jordan, was settled in court on Thursday, Dec. 11.The lawsuit, accusing the stock car racing series of being a monopolistic bully, ended when NASCAR agreed to make the charters at the heart of its business model permanent for all its teams.“Today’s a good day,” Jordan told reporters as he stood outside a Charlotte, North Carolina, courthouse alongside 23
  
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• Michael Jordan crows about ‘good day’ as NASCAR settles NBA great’s bombshell lawsuit

  11-12-2025 19:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A federal antitrust case accusing NASCAR of being a monopolistic bully was settled Thursday after the stock car racing series agreed to make the charters at the heart of its business model permanent for its teams.The lawsuit filed by Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports had shadowed NASCAR for more than a year. The retired NBA great pushed ahead, telling the jury he felt he was one of the few who could challenge the series.Michael Jordan (c.) speak
  
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• 23XI, Front Row v NASCAR ends in settlement and focus on fans

  11-12-2025 19:37 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoI’m pleased to say we have positively settled this matter.Representing 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in its antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, lead attorney Jeffrey Kessler made the announcement to Judge Kenneth D. Bell at 10:03 a.m. in the Potter Courtroom on the second floor of the Western District of North Carolina.There was still more work to be done to formalize the end of the trial, however.
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• NASCAR news: Antitrust lawsuit involving Michael Jordan ends in settlement

  11-12-2025 18:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  Mandatory Credit: Matthew O'Haren-Imagn ImagesNASCAR news: Antitrust lawsuit involving Michael Jordan ends in settlement appeared first on ClutchPoints. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here.Over a year after Michael Jordanfiled an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, the case has finally been resolved.On Thursday, both sides decided to settle, according to the Associated Press/ESPN. Ultimately, the stock car racing series will make its revenue-sharing charters permanent for all r
  
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• What NASCAR, Michael Jordan, 23XI Racing said about NASCAR lawsuit settlement

  11-12-2025 18:29 via sports.yahoo.com
  NASCAR and two teams, 23XI Racing co-owned by Michael Jordan and Front Row Motorsports, agreed to a settlement in the ongoing antitrust lawsuit on Dec. 11.The settlement was announced in court ahead of what would have been another day of testimony during the second week of trial, which began on Dec. 1.In Sept. 2024, NASCAR set a day-long deadline for charter renewal among its 15 current Cup Series teams following a presentation. The NASCAR charter system, instituted in 2016, guarantees chartered
  
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• NASCAR settles with Michael Jordan, other plaintiffs in antitrust case

  11-12-2025 17:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  The NASCAR antitrust trial has ended without an official winner. And without an official loser either.Michael Jordan and the other plaintiffs settled with the sanctioning body of stock car racing, ending a fierce legal battle over whether NASCAR has used anticompetitive practices and harmed Jordan's racing team, according to the Associated Press and other media outlets.The refusal to settle over the past year led to a showdown in federal court between NASCAR and the plaintiffs – Jordan and
  
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• NASCAR lawsuit ends with settlement with Michael Jordan's race team

  11-12-2025 17:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  The NASCAR antitrust trial has ended without an official winner. And without an official loser either.Michael Jordan and the other plaintiffs settled with the sanctioning body of stock car racing, ending a fierce legal battle over whether NASCAR has used anticompetitive practices and harmed Jordan's racing team.The refusal to settle over the past year led to a showdown in federal court between NASCAR and the plaintiffs: 23XI Racing, co-owned by Jordan and driver Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motor
  
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• NASCAR agreement ends antitrust dispute with Michael Jordan’s team

  11-12-2025 17:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  The NASCAR antitrust trial has ended without an official winner. And without an official loser either.Michael Jordan and the other plaintiffs settled with the sanctioning body of stock car racing, ending a fierce legal battle over whether NASCAR has used anticompetitive practices and harmed Jordan's racing team.The refusal to settle over the past year led to a showdown in federal court between NASCAR and the plaintiffs: 23XI Racing, co-owned by Jordan and driver Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motor
  
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• NASCAR agreement ends antitrust court case with Michael Jordan’s team

  11-12-2025 17:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  The NASCAR antitrust trial has ended without an official winner. And without an official loser either.Michael Jordan and the other plaintiffs settled with the sanctioning body of stock car racing, ending a fierce legal battle over whether NASCAR has used anticompetitive practices and harmed Jordan's racing team.The refusal to settle over the past year led to a showdown in federal court between NASCAR and the plaintiffs: 23XI Racing, co-owned by Jordan and driver Denny Hamlin, and Front Row Motor
  
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• NASCAR, Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing Settle Antitrust Dispute

  11-12-2025 17:43 via sports.yahoo.com
  A settlement between NASCAR, Front Row Motorsports and 23XI Racing—which is co-owned by Michael Jordan, Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk—was always the most likely outcome in this antitrust litigation, but it took over a week of trial to make it happen.As reported by Jeff Gluck and other journalists who are in federal district court in Charlotte, N.C., 23XI and Front Row lead attorney Jeffrey Kessler announced to U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell that “the parties have
  
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• NASCAR, 23XI and FRM release joint statement as settlement is reached

  11-12-2025 17:38 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoAfter over a year of back-and-forth litigation and a trial that lasted nine days, a settlement has finally been reached in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports vs. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit.The two parties appeared outside the courthouse with 23XI co-owner Michael Jordan and NASCAR CEO Jim France standing shoulder-to-shoulder.They've also released a joint statement, which reads as follows:"NASCAR, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports are pleased to announce a mutually agree
  
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• NASCAR settles federal antitrust case filed by two of its teams, one owned by NBA great Michael Jordan

  11-12-2025 17:04 via sports.yahoo.com
  Michael Jordan, co-owner of 23XI Racing, departs the Charles R Jonas Federal Building on December 1 in Charlotte, North Carolina. - Grant Baldwin/Getty ImagesNASCAR reached a settlement Thursday of the bruising antitrust lawsuit filed against the stock car series by two of its race teams, including one co-owned by NBA great Michael Jordan.“Today’s a good day,” Jordan said as he waited in the gallery for attorneys to announce the deal. Details were not immediately released.The s
  
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• IndyCar to introduce independent officiating system

  11-12-2025 16:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoThe IndyCar Series will have an independent officiating system in place for the 2026 season, the sanctioning body confirmed on Thursday. The new system will also extend to Indy NXT, the undercard of North America’s premier open-wheel championship.The new independent and not-for-profit organization – INDYCAR Officiating Inc. - has been  established and will be governed by a three-person Independent Officiating Board (IOB). The members of the board will select a Ma
  
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• NASCAR and Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing settle antitrust lawsuit on 9th day of trial

  11-12-2025 16:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  Michael Jordan took the stand in his team's trial vs. NASCAR. (Photo by Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)Grant Baldwin via Getty ImagesThe trial between Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and NASCAR is over.Jeffrey Kessler, the attorney representing 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in the teams’ antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, told Judge Kenneth Bell that the parties had reached a settlement “in a way that will benefit the industry going forward.”The trial was in its second we
  
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• NASCAR and Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing settle anti-trust lawsuit on 9th day of trial

  11-12-2025 16:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  Michael Jordan took the stand in his team's trial vs. NASCAR. (Photo by Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)Grant Baldwin via Getty ImagesThe trial between Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and NASCAR is over.Jeffrey Kessler, the attorney representing 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in the teams’ anti-trust lawsuit against NASCAR, told Judge Kenneth Bell that the parties had reached a settlement “in a way that will benefit the industry going forward.”The trial was in its second w
  
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• Michael Jordan prevails in settlement of antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR

  11-12-2025 16:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  Michael Jordan took the stand in his team's trial vs. NASCAR. (Photo by Grant Baldwin/Getty Images)Grant Baldwin via Getty ImagesThe trial between Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and NASCAR is over, with Jordan and Co. coming out as the big winner.Jeffrey Kessler, the attorney representing Jordan's 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in the teams’ antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, told Judge Kenneth Bell that the parties had reached a settlement Thursday “in a way that will bene
  
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• Joint statement from NASCAR, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports

  11-12-2025 12:07 via sports.yahoo.com
  NASCAR, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports are pleased to announce a mutually agreed-upon resolution that delivers long-term stability and creates the conditions for meaningful growth for all teams in a more competitive environment.This resolution reflects our shared commitment to maintaining a fair and equitable framework for long-term participation in America‘s premier motorsport, one that supports teams, partners, and stakeholders while ensuring fans enjoy uninterrupted access to th
  
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• Tickets on sale for NASCAR Cup and truck series at Richmond Raceway

  11-12-2025 10:30 via sports.yahoo.com
  Tickets for the 2026 NASCAR race weekend at Richmond Raceway are now available to purchase.The event, which offers an action-packed weekend of racing, is presented by Who’s Your Driver. It features the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series race and NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400.Richmond Raceway will celebrate its 80th anniversary next year. Last year’s NASCAR race weekend was a sold-out event. “Bringing Saturday night racing back to Richmond Raceway had everyone showing up and showing
  
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• NASCAR settles federal antitrust case, gives all teams the permanent charters they wanted

  11-12-2025 07:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and NASCAR chairman Jim France stood side-by-side on the steps of a federal courthouse as if they were old friends following a stunning settlement Thursday of a bruising antitrust case in which the Basketball Hall of Famer was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing the top racing series in the United States of being a monopolistic bully. The duo was flanked by three-time Daytona 500 Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk, who co-own 23XI Racing with Jordan, Fr
  
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• NASCAR settles federal antitrust case, gives all its teams the permanent charters they wanted

  11-12-2025 07:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Michael Jordan and NASCAR chairman Jim France stood side-by-side on the steps of a federal courthouse as if they were old friends following a stunning settlement Thursday of a bruising antitrust case in which the Basketball Hall of Famer was the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit accusing the top racing series in the United States of being a monopolistic bully. The duo was flanked by three-time Daytona 500 Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk, who co-own 23XI Racing with Jordan, Fr
  
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• NASCAR settles federal antitrust case filed by 2 of its teams, one owned by NBA great Michael Jordan

  11-12-2025 07:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — NASCAR has reached a settlement of the bruising antitrust lawsuit filed against it by two of its race teams, including one co-owned by NBA great Michael Jordan.The Thursday settlement was announced following a lengthy delay on the ninth day of the trial in federal court. Details were not immediately released.U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell opened the day preparing the hear motions but called an hour-long sidebar. Jeffrey Kessler, attorney for 23XI Racing and Front R
  
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• Michael Jordan's antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR highlights family ties to motorsports

  11-12-2025 07:08 via sports.yahoo.com
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The theme of family ties in motorsports has been woven through Michael Jordan's federal antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR, with witness after witness testifying to their emotional connections to the top motorsports series in the United States. It began on the opening day when three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin broke down in tears talking about his dying father introducing him to racing and financially leveraging the entire family to help his son make it to NAS
  
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• 23XI, Front Row rest case as NASCAR begins trial defense

  11-12-2025 03:39 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoIn a timeline where the parties involved in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR trial couldn’t agree on anything to the point they have ended up in court, it is no surprise that they could look at the same financial records and end up with two different interpretations.That is the key takeaway from much of Wednesday, which is officially Day 8, of the trial that will determine if NASCAR used its monopsony status to financially disadvantage teams that compete i
  
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• 'Outraged' Bass Pro Shops CEO writes scorching letter to NASCAR over Childress insults

  11-12-2025 01:49 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoJohnny Morris, the founder, majority owner, and and CEO of Bass Pro Shops, has published a fiery letter addressed to NASCAR and the France family, focusing on the insults leadership shared amongst themselves while talking about longtime team owner Richard Childress.In text messages produced through discovery as part of the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit, the NASCAR Commissioner Steve Phelps expressed contempt and a lack of respect for Childress,
  
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