Overview

• The Fourth Circuit’s June decision stripped 23XI and Front Row of their six charters, eliminating their guaranteed race entries, fixed payouts and franchise equity.
• NASCAR’s mid-July amendments to Rules 5.1.F and 7.9.1.1.B secure open teams’ entry by prioritizing owner points and fastest single-lap speeds.
• Bubba Wallace broke a 100-race winless streak with his Brickyard 400 triumph, clinching the No. 23 a playoff berth and recording only the third open-team victory since 2016.
• Tyler Reddick sits just inside the playoff bubble with a 75-point cushion but risks missing the postseason without a race win in the remaining regular-season events.
• A preliminary injunction hearing on August 28 will decide whether the teams regain charter protections ahead of their December 1 antitrust trial.