23XI Racing and Entrance Row Motorsports obtained the preliminary injunction on Wednesday to race as chartered groups in 2025 amid their antitrust lawsuit towards NASCAR and as you would think about, Denny Hamlin is thrilled with the end result.
Hamlin, the 23XI co-owner, gave his ideas on social media simply earlier than Bob Pockrass of FOX Sports activities broke the information.
“YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!,” Hamlin wrote on X.
Along with giving 23XI and Entrance Row the power to run as chartered groups versus open groups subsequent season, each groups should purchase a constitution from Stewart-Haas Racing as they beforehand agreed to. NASCAR should approve the switch to them, Pockrass famous. NASCAR can attraction the ruling to the U.S. Courts of Appeals, although it’s at the moment unclear if it is going to.
23XI, Entrance Row earn main victory in case towards NASCAR
The groups initially misplaced the primary preliminary injunction request they filed in November. 23XI and Entrance Row refiled, and a brand new choose within the case granted their request with no listening to. The choice ensures that NASCAR may have 36 chartered groups in 2025, as has been the norm for years. The sanctioning physique had been planning to function with 32 chartered groups.
“The Courtroom hearby enters a restricted preliminary injunction solely at some point of the 2025 NASCAR Cup season as follows,” the court docket resolution reads. “Defendants and their brokers, servants, workers, attorneys, and all individuals in lively live performance or participation with Defendants, should permit Plaintiffs to every enter two race automobiles in all NASCAR Cup races underneath the 2025 Constitution Settlement phrases relevant to all constitution groups, with the exception that the ‘launch’ language in Part 10.3 of the 2025 Constitution Settlement shall not be enforceable to the extent that it might launch or bar Plaintiff’ claims on this motion.
“Additional, NASCAR is preliminarily enjoined from refusing to approve Plaintiffs’ purchases of two Stewart-Haas Racing, LLC charters, which Plaintiffs will probably be entitled to make use of to race in all 2025 NASCAR Cup races on the identical phrases as different constitution groups, once more aside from the applying of the discharge language to Plaintiffs’ claims on this motion.”
The court docket additionally set a timeline for a possible trial. 23XI and Entrance Row have requested a trial that may conclude previous to the 2026 NASCAR season.
