The spotlight is on Kansas this weekend for 23XI Racing in the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs, being the team’s last realistic shot to punch its ticket into the Round of 8. In 2023, Tyler Reddick gave 23XI one of its strongest moments at Kansas by winning the Hollywood Casino 400 with a pass on fresh tires after a late caution. But the 2024 season saw a slump, as neither car broke into the top 15 in the Kansas race. The upcoming mile-and-a-half battle could decide whether the Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin co-owned team’s playoff hopes survive or fade away.

But beneath the racing heat is a legal storm. 23XI’s charter status is in serious jeopardy. After refusing NASCAR’s 2025 charter extension, the co-owners fled an antitrust lawsuit, arguing that the charter agreement contained unfair claus

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