NASCAR CEO refuses to breaks silence on Michael Jordan’s anti-trust lawsuit at Talladega

NASCAR hasn’t yet even acknowledged the lawsuit via a public statement and is continuing their radio silence on it.

NASCAR CEO refuses to breaks silence on Michael Jordan’s anti-trust lawsuit at Talladega

Jim France and Michael Jordan (Via IMAGO)

The stock car racing community was in shock when it was announced that 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, the two teams that refused to sign the 2025-2031charter deal, sued them alleging monopoly. The Federal anti-trust lawsuit from the two teams has the potential change the sport forever, as it challenges the iron fist mode of governing NASCSAR has followed since its beginning.

While owners of 23XI Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, alongside their FRM counter parts and lawyers have released many statements about the legal actions, NASCAR has kept absolute silence. They haven’t even released a statement acknowledging the legal action, despite the France family getting massive backlash.

The media tried to get some statements out of the CEO Jim France ahead of the Talladega playoff race. But France played his cards right and successfully dodged the questions. He just claimed that he is excited about the championship battle and how the race is going to playout, not even mentioning the suit.

Excited about our championship battles and looking forward to a fantastic race today.

Jim France said as reported by Jeff Gluck.

Hendrick Motorsports’ William Byron supports the anti-trust lawsuit

Many drivers have given vague or diplomatic answer to the questions surrounding the lawsuit. HMS’s young driver William Byron does have good point to make on it. He likes the vision of the lawsuit, which is to make the sport more prosperous, and he is excited to see the positive changes the saga will cause in the sport.  

WIlliam Byron
WIlliam Byron

I don’t know. I won’t really go into details but overall the perspective of the sport and what they’re fighting for and what that means, I think in the long term I’d like to see our sport become more prosperous. I feel like in watching other professional sports and where we could be, I’m excited for that so hopefully that comes to fruition.

William Byron said.

The comments from the young racer suggest that most of the NASCAR athletes feels there are a lot of un-tapped potential in the sport that is being suppressed by the governing body. The lawsuit might help them to discover and employ those changes, to the betterment of all the stakeholders involved in the sport.