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• Jamie Little Faces Backlash and Calls for Ouster After Botched Final-Lap Call at Rockingham

  19-04-2025 16:01 via athlonsports.com
  NASCAR made its return to Rockingham Speedway for the first time in a dozen years on Friday night with the Truck Series. It was an entertaining race as drivers were able to pass throughout the 200-lap event. Interestingly, in the final laps, it wasn’t about the passing but who would have enough fuel to make it to the end. Turns out it was Tyler Ankrum who had conserved enough down the stretch and took the checkered flag for his first win since 2019. While Ankrum’s first win in 130 ra
  
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• Connor Zilisch will race Action Express GTP entry in 2026 Rolex 24 at Daytona

  16-12-2025 17:19 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photo19-year-old Connor Zilisch will be racing at Daytona next year a few weeks before his Daytona 500 debut. The Trackhouse star will take part in the Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona for the third time in his young career,Zilisch will drive the No. 31 Action Express Racing Cadillac V-Series.R as a co-drier to Jack Aitken, Earl Bamber, and Frederik Vesti.The teenager won in his very first Rolex 24 start at the age of 17, driving an LMP2 entry for Era Motorsport in 2024. They went on to
  
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• Denny Hamlin wants apology from SiriusXM NASCAR host over lawsuit criticism

  16-12-2025 16:57 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoAfter eight days of a bitter trial, NASCAR leadership finally settled and the lawsuit filed by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports was settled. It was a highly contentious legal battle, and several eyebrow-raising comments were unsealed as a result of it.The result of the settlement will grant better terms for the race teams, and will lead to the introduction of permanent charters. However, 23XI co-owner and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin isn't done defending h
  
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• 'Kid Racers' documentary to premiere Dec. 17 exclusively on The NASCAR Channel

  16-12-2025 10:32 via sports.yahoo.com
  DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — NASCAR Studios today announced “Kid Racers,” an original feature-length documentary capturing one of the most raw, electric, and little-known corners of American motorsports. The film debuts Wednesday, Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. ET, airing live and exclusively on The NASCAR Channel.Filmed at the legendary Millbridge Speedway in Salisbury, North Carolina, “Kid Racers” follows five families and their fearless 8-and 9-year-old racers as they chase dreams
  
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• Autosport Awards Fan Voting extended: Select your Driver of the Year and more until January 5

  15-12-2025 22:25 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoNominees for the Autosport Awards have been announced – and you can have your say on the best motorsport performers of the season in The Fan Vote.The Awards celebrate the top drivers, moments and competition machines each year. The nominees in the eight categories open to public vote in 2025 have now been revealed (below).To have your say on the winners who will be revealed at the 38th Autosport Awards at London’s Roundhouse on 21 January 2026, see the nominees and&nb
  
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• Dale Jr. says settlement turns NASCAR charters into franchises

  14-12-2025 21:22 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoDale Earnhardt Jr. hypothesized on Tuesday what would happen to the NASCAR Cup Series if the lawsuit brought by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports reached a settlement and by Thursday the frameworks of the ‘what if’ were made a reality.Speaking with his sister and business partner Kelley Earnhardt-Miller on their podcast, Earnhardt said permanent charters would effectively make the Cup Series a franchise model like stick-and-ball sports while also drastically incre
  
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• Dirt Late Model series denounces playoff format after three years

  13-12-2025 23:26 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoAfter three seasons utilizing a playoff format of some kind, the Lucas Oil Dirt Late Model Series is reverting back to a season long championship format.The first version, attempted in 2023, basically culminated with a one-race winner-take-all style championship race amongst four drivers that NASCAR has ended its seasons with since 2014. The past two seasons feature a four-driver finale but amongst multiple races.Tour director Rick Schwallie said that will change on Saturday duri
  
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• Kyle Larson rejects playoff for Sprint Car series he co-owns

  13-12-2025 22:50 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoReigning Cup Series champion Kyle Larson, who also co-owns the High Limit Sprint Car Series alongside brother-in-law Brad Sweet and streamer FloSports says do not expect a playoff format to come to their winged division at any point soon.The topic came up with series announcers Chase Raudman and Tony La Porta on the official series podcast.“I would hope, and I’m pretty certain, that will never happen in sprint car racing,” Larson said on the High Limit Room podc
  
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• Dale Earnhardt Jr. 'surprised' NASCAR was threatened by SRX

  13-12-2025 20:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoBefore the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v. NASCAR antitrust lawsuit was settled during the trial, Dale Earnhardt Jr. and sister/business partner Kelley Earnhardt-Miller took to their podcast studio to discuss some of their thoughts at the time.One of those topics was the revelation that NASCAR felt threatened by a certain degree by the Superstar Racing Experience and even reacted to it by ‘locking down’ tracks with extensive sanctioning agreements.Its top exe
  
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• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 2025 season in review

  13-12-2025 11:00 via sports.yahoo.com
  Editor’s note: This is a roundup in which we review the 2025 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series season. Check out our index of 2025 driver recaps. 2025 Craftsman Truck Series Champion: Corey Heim
  2025 Regular Season Champion: Corey Heim
  Full-time winners: 8 (Corey Heim, 12; Layne Riggs, 3; Chandler Smith, 2; Tyler Ankrum, 1; Rajah Caruth, 1; Daniel Hemric, 1; Giovanni Ruggiero, 1; Stewart Friesen, 1)
  Wins by team: Tricon Garage, 13; Front Row Motorsports, 5; Spire Motorsports, 4; McAnally-
  
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• NASCAR trial ends, Daytona 500 nears, but these 5 questions remain

  12-12-2025 20:11 via sports.yahoo.com
  The NASCAR trial has ended, and when the Daytona 500 takes the green flag in two months, everything will look the same as it's looked for many years now. The antitrust lawsuit, filed by two of the 15 teams that field the 36 full-time Cup Series cars, ended last Thursday when a settlement was reached before a nine-person jury was asked to render a verdict.After 16 months of legal sparring, ultimatums and conjecture, things ended in the familiar manner of settlements, but in a manner no one could'
  
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• NASCAR Settlement: Winners, Losers from Michael Jordan and 23XI Racing’s Legal Battle vs NASCAR

  12-12-2025 18:31 via sports.yahoo.com
  Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn ImagesOn Thursday, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports announced their settlement with NASCAR following more than a year-long legal battle in a federal antitrust case that could’ve destroyed the sport. While financial details of the settlement aren’t disclosed, there is still more than enough information out there to determinw who came out ahead in this saga.Let’s dive into the winners and losers from the settlement and legal battle between NASCAR, 23XI
  
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• NASCAR settles antitrust lawsuit involving Michael Jordan, agrees to permanent charters for all teams

  12-12-2025 18:02 via sports.yahoo.com
  23XI co-owner Michael Jordan, center, speaks outside the federal courthouse in Charlotte on Dec. 11 after NASCAR settled an antitrust lawsuit with two auto racing teams. (Jenna Fryer / Associated Press)The antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR by two of its racing teams — including one co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan — was settled Thursday, with the motorsports behemoth agreeing to grant all of its teams the permanent charters they had been seeking.The lawsuit was filed Oct. 2,
  
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• Sunoco makes full-time IndyCar return as primary partner for Ganassi in 2026

  12-12-2025 15:59 via sports.yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoOne of the most symbolic brands in the history of motorsports is making its long-awaited full-time return as Sunoco joins Chip Ganassi Racing (CGR) in a multi-year agreement as the primary partner of the No. 8 Honda driven by Kyffin Simpson. It marks the first time since 1973 that Sunoco, the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas, has been a full season primary partner in the IndyCar Series. Sunoco was the primary fuel supplier of North America’s premier
  
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• Where Brad Pitt’s F1 movie ranks among the biggest racing films at the US box office

  12-12-2025 14:46 via yahoo.com
  Motorsport photoBrad Pitt's F1 movie has done something no other Formula 1 film has been able to do in the United States: it has become a mainstream blockbuster rather than a niche racing drama. At the North American box office the film took approximately $189.5million out of a $631.5million global haul, making it the highest-grossing racing film worldwide. But how does it compare to other racing films in the US?In the US market specifically, F1 sits at the very top the large
  
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• Bubba Wallace 2025 season in review

  12-12-2025 10:16 via sports.yahoo.com
  Editor‘s note: This is the 20th in a series in which we review the top 30 drivers in the NASCAR Cup Series in reverse order of the 2025 final standings.Driver: Bubba Wallace, No. 23 23XI Racing Toyota
  Crew chief: Charles Denike
  Final 2025 Ranking: 11th
  Key Stats: 1 win, 6 top fives, 14 top 10s, 378 laps ledHow 2025 ended: Wallace made the NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs for the second time in his career and got off to a stellar start in the postseason, clinching his Round of 12 spot by the end
  
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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. 
   
  Gordon sa
  
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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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