The pressure is rising, and both sides are finally blinking. NASCAR and 23XI Racing are reportedly open — at least somewhat — to settling their explosive antitrust lawsuit. After months of silence and tense filings, NASCAR has asked a judge to oversee new settlement talks, while 23XI and Front Row push back, preferring to keep the same mediator as before. The tone has shifted, and it looks like the leverage might have, too.
The details behind this move say a lot. NASCAR’s legal team is asking for a new mediator — not just anyone, but a sitting judge — to step in and guide the discussions. Meanwhile, 23XI insists the original mediator already understood the case deeply, and that NASCAR simply didn’t like how those earlier talks went. Behind the scenes, major team owners are applying pressure to both sides to get this done, but the real sign of a power shift is who’s panicking first. NASCAR’s filings and tone show they might be nervous about going to trial, where private emails, texts, and internal decisions could all be made public. It’s a fascinating turn — one that might finally tip the scales toward the teams for the first time in this fight.
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