Antitrust lawsuit

Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske are seeking not to be deposed in NASCAR’s antitrust lawsuit, or at least, for there to be limits to any testimony they have to give.

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports were granted a win in federal court on Tuesday when their summary judgment was granted on the definition of premier stock car racing.The order means Judge Kenneth Bell agreed that NASCAR controls the market for stock car racing, while finding no merit to the...

Judge Kenneth Bell has dismissed NASCAR’s counterclaim against Front Row Motorsports, 23XI Racing, and 23XI Racing co-owner Curtis Polk.“NASCAR’s evidence fails to establish either an unreasonable restraint of trade or that it suffered antitrust injury,” Judge Bell wrote in his order.The order comes through the summary judgment that 23XI Racing...

NASCAR, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have thus far failed to come to a settlement in their legal battle, and Denny Hamlin doesn’t seem optimistic that one will be found before the trial begins.

NASCAR and the two teams that it is being sued by failed to reach a settlement after two days of a court-mandated judicial settlement conference.

The Drivers Advisory Council filed a brief in federal court on Tuesday in the antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR that offers the position of the drivers as the future of the sport hangs in the balance.The biggest issue, per the brief, is “The DAC is concerned that its drivers’ rights and...

U.S. District Court Judge Kenneth Bell has granted NASCAR’s request for a judicial settlement conference in the antitrust lawsuit involving 23XI Racing and FRM.

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsport say that NASCAR’s request for a settlement conference is “another effort to play to the court of public opinion” and not a move toward resolution.The race teams stated as much in the response filed Monday night to NASCAR’s motion that the court order a...

NASCAR filed a motion late Friday asking the U.S. District Court for a summary judgment in its ongoing battle with 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports.

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are asking for a summary judgment on NASCAR’s counterclaim that alleges the teams conspired for better terms during the charter negotiations.