23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed a motion Wednesday in U.S. District Court for a preliminary injunction that would allow both teams to compete as chartered teams despite not signing the new charter agreement that begins in 2025. Both teams have filed an antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR.

The attorney for the two teams, Jeffrey Kessler, told The Athletic they were asking for “very modest relief” from the judge.

Front Row Motorsports and 23XI Racing filed for a preliminary injunction to allow the two teams to race as chartered entries in the NASCAR Cup Series in 2025. The two teams said they would be filing for the injunction a week ago when they filed a lawsuit against NASCAR over the sanctioning body’s new charter agreement.

XI Racing and Front Row are taking on NASCAR in an anti-trust lawsuit, challenging revenue splits and aiming for fairer terms. But it could all go very wrong.

With the season counting down to its annual climactic finish, two NASCAR teams, one co-owned by legendary basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan, have sued NASCAR and accused the motorsport series and its CEO of being “bullies.

Front Row Motorsports received two of the original Charters from NASCAR in 2016 and signed the extension for those Charters which expire Dec. 31, 2024. The team states in the suit that even though it made the playoffs in 2021 and 2023, it “has never generated a profit.”

The two teams were the only Cup Series outfits that refused to sign the charter proposal that passed last month.

The two teams suing NASCAR have asked for a court order to compete under the 2025 charter agreement as their antitrust case moves through federal court

The two teams suing NASCAR asked a judge for a preliminary injunction Wednesday so they can compete next season under the charter system they are challenging as their antitrust case moves through federal court.

NASCAR has enlisted noted lawyer Chris Yates to defend them in an antitrust lawsuit filed by 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports.