23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have made a last-ditch effort to keep their status as chartered teams. They have requested a temporary restraining order and another preliminary injunction.
The two teams, who were set to lose their charters on Wednesday, filed the motion on Monday. They requested a temporary restraining order by July 15, which would take effect before they lose their charters due to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals overturning the previously granted preliminary injunction.
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The two teams also requested another preliminary injunction, which would force NASCAR to allow them to race as chartered teams for the remainder of the 2025 Cup Series season.
"Without the entry of a temporary restraining order before the mandate takes effect, Plaintiffs will lose their charter rights requiring them, among other things, to race as open teams, and will be forced to unwind their charter purchases before trial set for December 2025," the filing stated.
The two teams stated that the irreparable harm they will suffer without their charters include the loss of sponsors, drivers, industry goodwill, irreplaceable competitive opportunities, and revenue. They added that NASCAR will not suffer irreparable harm if these two teams keep their chartered status considering that they have already completed half of the season without "any harm to NASCAR."
One key detail included in the Monday filing is that the two teams believe they will not be able to get their charters back if they lose them on Wednesday.
"NASCAR has indicated that it has willing applicants for Plaintiffs' charter rights and NASCAR intends to immediately reallocate or sell Plaintiffs' charters if they become available," the two teams stated.
According to the filing, the legal team for 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports spoke to the legal team for NASCAR last week and informed them that they would seek a temporary restraining order and a preliminary injunction.
NASCAR opposed this motion and released a statement in response.
"It is unfortunate that instead of respecting the clear rulings of the Fourth Circuit, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are now burdening the District Court with a third motion for another unnecessary and inappropriate preliminary injunction. As both the Fourth Circuit and the District Court suggested, NASCAR has made multiple requests to 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to present a proposal to resolve this litigation.
"We have yet to receive a proposal from 23XI or Front Row, as they have instead preferred to continue their damaging and distracting lawsuit. We will defend NASCAR's integrity from this baseless lawsuit forced upon the sport that threatens to divide the stakeholders committed to serving race fans everywhere.
"We remain focused on collaborating with the 13 race teams that signed the 2025 charter agreements and share our mutual goal of delivering the best racing in the world each week, including this weekend in Dover."