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By David Morgan, Associate Editor In the tug of war that has been ongoing between NASCAR, 23XI Racing, and Front Row Motorsports, the two teams notched a win on their belt on Wednesday when a federal judge ruled in their favor and granted them a temporary injunction to allow them to race as chartered teams in 2025. United States District Judge Kenneth D. Bell released his decision on the injunction that 23XI and FRM had been seeking since their suit against the sanctioning body was filed in the closing weeks ofRead More

By Holly Cain, NASCAR Wire Service HOMESTEAD, Fla. – In the most dramatic Playoff race of the 2024 season – featuring three different leaders in the final three laps – 23XI Racing’s Tyler Reddick made a clutch pass out of Turn 4 on the last lap to claim his first NASCAR Cup Series victory at Homestead-Miami Speedway on Sunday when it counted most. Reddick passed his team owner, Joe Gibbs Racing’s Denny Hamlin with two laps to go then moved high up against the wall to pass Team Penske’s RyanRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor The battle between NASCAR and the remaining teams that have yet to sign the new charter agreement took a drastic turn on Wednesday when 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed an antitrust suit against the sanctioning body in U.S. District Court. “We share a passion for racing, the thrill of competition, and winning. Off the racetrack, we share a belief that change is necessary for the sport we love. Together, we brought this antitrust case so that racing can thrive and become a more competitiveRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor TALLADEGA, Ala. – Like a Michael Jordan drive to the basket, Tyler Reddick channeled his 23XI Racing co-owner on the final lap at Talladega, weaving his way through the chaos to get to the finish line first and score the win in Sunday’s GEICO 500. Heading into the final lap, it was shaping up to be a battle of the Fords and Toyotas, with pole-sitter Michael McDowell and six-time Talladega winner Brad Keselowski leading the Blue Ovals on the bottom lane, with Reddick leading what wasRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Superspeedway racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series has seen its fair share of vicious crashes in recent years and added another to the list on the final lap of Saturday’s Beef. It’s What’s for Dinner. 300 at Daytona. As the pack charged down the backstretch for the final time, Myatt Snider got turned from the inside lane, sending him head-on toward the outside wall. Spinning sideways in the middle of the field, contact sent Snider’s No. 31 Chevrolet airborne, where it madeRead More

By David Morgan, Associate Editor DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – In its first year of existence, 23XI Racing is wasting no time in making big moves as the team announced Friday it would be expanding to a two-car team in 2022, signing veteran Kurt Busch to pilot the team’s second car – the No. 45 Monster Energy sponsored Toyota. The 2004 NASCAR Cup Series champion will be heading into his 23rd season at NASCAR’s top level when he joins the team co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin – the seventh differentRead More

By Luis Torres, Staff Writer Right in the middle of Monday Night Football, three-time Daytona 500 champion and the GOAT Michael Jordan announced they’ll be pairing up to start a brand new single-car NASCAR Cup Series team beginning next season with Bubba Wallace behind the wheel. In fact, deciding a driver was the easiest part of the whole ordeal as Hamlin, who ironically had previous beef following the final lap of the 2018 Daytona 500, described how far Wallace has grown as a competitor and as a person. “Bubba has shownRead More