Dale Earnhardt Jr. claims the NASCAR versus 23XI charter wars won’t become a “clown show or legal battle”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. has a bold take on the consequences of a potential legal battle over the charter wars between NASCAR and 23XI.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. claims the NASCAR versus 23XI charter wars won’t become a “clown show or legal battle”

Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Via IMAGO)

The 2024 NASCAR season has seen teams and the series owners going back and forth over the new charter agreement. Ahead of the Atlanta Cup playoff race, they gave the teams a ‘take it or leave it’ deal and despite it not having the clauses they campaigned for, every team other than two signed the deal that will start in 2025 and last till 2031.

Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Raw Motorsports refused to sign it siting the unfair nature of. This decision has caused a lot of uncertainty in the garage with the future of both teams being at stake. Hall of Famer Dale Earnhardt Jr. via his podcast shared his views on the potential of the stalemate causing a legal battle.

He asserted that there a huge possibility that the issues will be sorted much before it becomes ugly and become a litigation. Junior also cautioned the teams expecting support from the fans on the lawsuit that they might not get the emotional support and the public have lot of other things to invest on at the moment.

It’s interesting, interesting times. I honestly don’t see this creating — I don’t see this turning into a clown show, or creating some sort of a legal battle, I don’t…I mean, (23XI Racing) may, but I don’t think anyone’s going to really care (about a legal battle). I don’t, you know, I don’t think the public is going to invest emotionally in any litigation or a legal battle.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said via Dale Jr. Download.

Dale Earnhardt Jr. doesn’t expect the sport to halt over the charter wars

While further talking on the point, Junior pointed out that he doesn’t expect the charter wars to have any significant effect on the 2025 season. He believes there is too much happening in the sport to this become the mainstay and even if it takes the legal route, things might not get too ugly and affect the sport.

Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. (Via IMAGO)
Once it gets kind of down, weaving and woven into the, you know, a court case, I think we’re all going to check out, and there’s the other stuff going on in the sport that will be more important. … I just don’t see it getting to be — I don’t see the sport like, rushing up to a roadblock and everything grinds to a halt over this.
Dale Earnhardt Jr. said.

Junior made some solid points and his prediction that the stalemate won’t affect the sport much for the time being is spot on. But in the meantime, NASCAR will incur losses if it does take the legal route, so slowing it as soon as possible should be the priorities for all parties involved.