NASCAR Fires Back At 23XI & Front Row Motorsports

NASCAR continues the feud between them, 23XI and Front Row Motorsports by countersuing the two racing teams. NASCAR claims that the two teams “willfully” coordinated anticompetitive collective conduct in part with the newest charter agreements.

These counterclaims from NASCAR are in direct response to the past suits which began in September of 2024 where teams had only six hours to sign a charter agreement after months of deliberation and disagreements.

In the 30-page counterclaim NASCAR claims “the undisputed reality is that it is 23XI and FRM…willfully violated the antitrust laws by orchestrating anticompetitive collective conduct in connection with the terms of the 2025 Charter Agreements.” NASCAR continues to claim that the two teams are trying to “weaponize” the antitrust laws to achieve their goals of changing the economic model that NASCAR and the current charter agreements have set in place. 23XI and FRM are requesting more money be given to teams from NASCAR’s media revenues instead of the team revenues coming from direct competition with each other.

In response to this action taken by NASCAR, 23XI and FRM attorney Jeffrey Kessler said that “today’s counterclaim by NASCAR is a meritless distraction and a desperate attempt to shift attention away from its own unlawful, monopolistic actions.”

Thankfully, all of these distractions will not affect the on-track product as all cars fielded by the two teams are guaranteed to have entries into every race while this lawsuit is ongoing. If this eventually goes to trial the trial will take place in December of this year, according to Bob Pockrass.