NASCAR responded to 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsport’s request for an injunction and expedited discovery. This 22-page response was full of details, both small and large. Here are three notable things from NASCAR’s Oct. 16 response to 23XI and FRM.
What’s Happening? A lingering storyline of the 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season is ratifying a new Charter Agreement. However, it sounded…
When 23XI and FRM denied the final offer of NASCAR’s 2025 Charter Agreement, most assumed that this was the end of the negotiations.
On pages six and seven of NASCAR’s response, via a copy from SportsNaut:
“Although Plaintiffs’ Motion for a Preliminary Injunction and press commentary both speak of a midnight deadline on September 6, 2024, NASCAR continued to engage with 23XI and Front Row regarding their purported concerns, pointed out that NASCAR and the Teams had reached a mutually acceptable resolution on the majority of them, and extended both teams’ time to sign the agreements to allow Front Row until September 17 and 23XI until September 20.”
These two dates, Sept. 17 and Sept. 20, would have led up to the Bristol Night Race, the week after NASCAR requested to meet with 23XI on Sept. 13 via letters sent between the two parties.
Most fans thought that this was the end of negotiations because NASCAR’s final offer was considered to be the end of the road, with teams allegedly feeling pressured into signing the final agreement. However, NASCAR was willing to work this out deep into the month of September.
What’s Happening? In the latest development in the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports Lawsuit, it appears that NASCAR is ready…
We have already covered this in-depth, as have most parties, but its importance cannot be lost. When 23XI/FRM held out on the 2025 charter Agreement, they feared they would lose their charters by not signing.
NASCAR’s response confirmed most fans fears about the holdout on Page 2:
“The deadline for Plaintiffs to sign 2025 Charter Agreements expired weeks ago, and NASCAR has taken steps, consistent with its contractual obligations to other Charter Teams, to plan for a season with only 32 Charters.”
This is the apocalyptic scenario that will happen if the two do not get their injunction. However, both teams made it clear they will race in 2025, chartered or unchartered.
The first major question stemming from this statement is what will happen to the team’s four charters. These charters cost millions of dollars, and NASCAR redistributing them will set a significant precedent as to what exactly will happen when a team loses its charters.
The value of these charters stem from the benefits that come with owning them. Thanks to NASCAR’s response, we now know what NASCAR plans to do with these financial benefits if 23XI and FRM don’t get their injunction.
What’s Happening? 23XI and Front Row Motorsports face an uncertain future with their upcoming Nov. 4 injunction hearing. This preliminary injunction…
When a team buys a NASCAR Charter, it receives financial benefits. For each charter-owned, teams are guaranteed entry into every NASCAR Cup Series points-paying race. This means these teams get their portion of that race weekend’s purse. Most importantly, chartered teams receive substantial revenue sharing with NASCAR and its tracks.
This money helps pay the bills for NASCAR’s teams. According to the lawsuit, the cost of running one car is “approximately $18 million per year.” Without their charters, 23XI and FRM will be without this money and run as “open” cars. However, what will happen to this money if the two do not earn their injunction?
Via page 2 of NASCAR’s response:
“NASCAR carries contractual obligations to the 13 teams that accepted its offers of 2025 Charters, and consistent with the terms of the 2025 Charters, NASCAR is working on reallocating funds that Plaintiffs would have received to increase prize money and other special awards for the 2025 season for the benefit of teams that timely executed 2025 Charters, as well as Open teams who can compete to win the increased prize money and other special awards.”
This was a major question following the holdout, and now we have our answer. Rather than holding on to it, as some speculated, NASCAR will almost be rewarding those who signed with more money in the event that the plaintiffs do not get their injunction.
NASCAR set many precedents for teams that lose their charters in this response. As this lawsuit goes forward, perhaps we will learn more about what happens when a team loses a charter, even if 23XI/FRM gets their injunction.
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EchoPark Speedway, or Atlanta Motor Speedway, is often touted as the most exciting track on the NASCAR circuit. What was first seen as a Frankenstein experiment, Marcus Smith’s idea to turn AMS into a baby Daytona worked out in the end. We’ve gotten great race after great race and tonight was no different as fans saw Tyler Reddick power by Carson Hocevar to go two in a row to start the season.
But not everyone had a season to remember. Many drivers and teams had a season that they’d sooner forget. These are the biggest losers of the 2026 EchoPark Speedway racing weekend.
The NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race officials rightly got blasted online by fans after they made the extremely questionable decision to put the Truck race on Saturday on the weather clock. That would have been an understandable move if circumstances were different. But they caught flak because 1.) EchoPark Speedway has lights, 2.) the weather had moved out for the weekend, and 3.)…umm…they were only 10 laps shy from the scheduled distance anyway.
Now, we know who the defenders are. The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series Race was slated to follow, but NASCAR has pushed races off in the past. And really, how much time would the CW have lost? Ten minutes? Twenty? If that? That, in my book, makes the NCTS officials some of the biggest losers on the weekend. They owe us fans ten more measly laps for racing!
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Of any driver currently in the Chevy ranks, none has had the support thrown behind them like Corey Day. Day, a protege of proven NASCAR champion Kyle Larson, apparently has turned some heads on the dirt scene. Makes sense, since Larson himself said that he’d rather win the Chili Bowl than the Daytona 500. But unlike other drivers, such as Connor Zilisch, who have excelled in other racing disciplines outside of NASCAR, Day’s career so far has been lukewarm at best. And his race yesterday was the epitome of a rookie race, ladened with senseless mistakes.
The incident that hurt the most was the one where he wrecked his fellow HMS/JRM teammates, Carson Kvapil and Justin Allgaier. He simply just took them out while racing for the race lead. Though he was, somehow, able to rebound to finish the race in the 4th position, yesterday was a sloppy performance that even Corey himself acknowledges that he’d rather put behind him.
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Chastain did it again! And now, the feelings are mixed. Remember when Ross Chastain used to just send drivers willy-nilly, and it really got on fans’ nerves? Well, thankfully, he’s calmed down in recent years and has become a more respectable veteran of the sport. That is not to say that he still doesn’t have his…moments. Saturday night at the O’Reilly Auto Parts race, Ross Chastain, going for the win, entered turn 1 and sent leader Austin Hill.
Hill was the overwhelming favorite to win this race, and fans have grown sick of him. So, really, this was a welcome return to form for Chastain, a version of him that used to be loathed by fans. Thus, while fans might have won out by Chastain doing what he does best and slaying Austin Hill, the RCR team, and really, anyone who has Chastain in their rearview mirror in the closing laps, are the real losers this weekend.
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There were a couple of drivers who ended 2025 on a sour note and were looking to turn things around and start 2026 strong. One of those has to be Josh Berry and his entire Wood Brothers team. After floundering around with Harrison Burton for a few seasons, the No. 21 Wood Brothers Ford got the shot in the arm that they needed with a new crew chief and Josh Berry as their new driver. They led a bunch of laps at Atlanta in 2025, only for a wreck with 10 laps to go to take them out of contention. Not to worry, though: they followed it up with a win at Las Vegas.
But since that win, the team suffered a steep decline heading into the summer months. By the time the postseason rolled around, they had the single worst Playoff performance in history with three straight last-place finishes. Though he had a promising start to the season with a 9th-place run in the Daytona 500, it was the same old same old tonight. Berry showed some speed in the first stage but ultimately crashed after Christopher Bell forced the issue in the beginning of Stage 2. It’s a familiar routine for the Wood Brothers. Yet another last-place finish. That makes them one of the biggest losers of the weekend. If only they could have capitalized.
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This one’s a tired subject, so I won’t dwell on it too long. Kyle Busch’s late career decline at Richard Childress Racing should be studied. Though he showed speed early on, it was yet again a single-car spin that ended his day prematurely. Granted, he didn’t spin completely on his own. He was tagged from behind by Noah Gragson. But, that was after he checked up twice and recklessly pulled up in front of him in a hole that was barely there. Yet another disappointing outing for Rowdy Nation.
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The checkered flag has flown in the second race of the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series Season. And, at the end of the day, it was Tyler Reddick who went back-to-back to win at EchoPark Speedway. Tonight, Reddick became the sixth NASCAR Cup Series driver to win the first two races of the season. He is the first since NASCAR Hall of Famer Matt Kenseth did it to kick off the 2009 season.
But, of course, Reddick wasn’t the only one to have a great start to the season. Several drivers leave Atlanta with a great points day, including Carson Hocevar, Bubba Wallace, William Byron, and Ryan Blaney. Here are the highlights of tonight’s race:
From an awful showing in the 2025 Playoffs to yet another last-place finish, Josh Berry’s 2026 season is off to a rough start. Today, he got together with Ty Gibbs after Gibbs had an awful start to the year last year. The No. 54 was able to turn it around later in the season, though. But, for their 2026 outing, there’s a lot left to be desired. Check it out.
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Kyle Busch’s 2025 season was abysmal. But, after he put his No. 8 RCR Chevy on the pole for the 2026 Daytona 500, things seemed to be looking up. He smartly survived last week by lying back on the last lap and safely navigating through the crash, finishing 15th. And he was a contender early in this race. However, late, Kyle Busch continued his dismal legacy at RCR by spinning after contact with Noah Gragson. His day ended prematurely. Check it out:
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We got our first big crash of the race at Lap 224 when both Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano got loose in front of the field. You can read all about that incident with the link below:
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Things started to get real for the NASCAR Cup Series drivers as we got inside 40 laps to go. We got our first Big One of the afternoon at Lap 224. It was triggered as the field came out of Turn 4 and entered the dogleg. Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin, both whose cars were upset by the dirty air, got together. Logano was able to scoot on virtually unscathed. However, Hamlin turned in front of the pack, collecting several stars and heavy hitters. Here’s what happened:
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