Overview

• The teams filed an en banc petition with the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit to reconsider the June 5 decision that revoked their preliminary injunction to race under charters.
• The appeals court issued a stay on its revocation order, preventing the immediate loss of charters through the end of June.
• Jeffrey Kessler asserts that NASCAR’s charter agreement contains anticompetitive release provisions that unfairly protect its monopoly.
• Without charters, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports risk losing tens of millions in guaranteed purse money and could have to qualify on speed as open entrants.
• NASCAR has countersued and demanded detailed financial records from all chartered teams, and the antitrust trial is scheduled for December 2025.