DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A North Carolina judge on Friday granted Legacy Motor Club a preliminary injunction blocking Rick Ware from selling his NASCAR team during a battle over one of his charters.

Legacy and Rick Ware Racing agreed earlier this year that Ware would sell one of his two Cup Series charters, which are similar to franchises in other sports, to Legacy, which is owned by seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson. A charter guarantees a car entry into all 38 NASCAR races and determines how a team is paid.

Johnson and Legacy wanted the charter to expand to three-time entries and agreed to give Ware $45 million for one of his two. He currently uses one of them for his own team, with the other leased to RFK Racing for 2025.

Ware already had a deal with RFK to swap charters in

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