NASCAR’s response to the ongoing lawsuit filed by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports signals a major standoff in the stock car world as both sides await an August 28 court hearing on the teams’ motion for a preliminary injunction. Previously, 23XI and Front Row claimed in the lawsuit that NASCAR’s charter system is monopolistic. They argued that revoking their six collective charters would deal “irreparable harm” to their business, their team members, and their ability to compete.

They pushed for a court order to keep them as chartered teams while the larger antitrust case proceeds. The teams cited both financial and competitive dangers if their teams were demoted to open (non-guaranteed) status. NASCAR’s latest legal filing, made late in the evening, argues forcefully against an

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