First team owner to take on NASCAR didn't fare very well, as a judge ruled privately-held racing series had every right to make and enforce its own rules.

Michael Jordan's racing team and fellow team Front Row Motorsports said NASCAR has used anticompetitive practices to prevent fair compensation in the sport.

Reports have confirmed that basketball legend Michael Jordan is suing NASCAR and it's CEO Jim France, calling them "monopolistic bullies." Jordan's 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed a lawsuit in a federal court in North Carolina yesterday(October 2) after the two teams say they refused to sign updated pacts with NASCAR over "unfair terms.

Two NASCAR teams -- one of them co-owned by Michael Jordan -- filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France on Wednesday, claiming the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series,

XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, the two Cup Series organizations that have not signed the charter agreement that begins in 2025, have filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and its chairman Jim France.

23XI Racing, the Huntersville-based team Jordan co-owns with longtime driver Denny Hamlin, joined Front Row Motorsports to argue that the sport’s sanctioning body — led by CEO Jim France — has enriched itself through “unchecked monopolistic practices.”