Denny Hamlin reveals that Michael Jordan maintains a cautious yet influential role in 23XI Racing, driving the team's success and promoting diversity in NASCAR.

XI RACING driver Bubba Wallace is one of those most poised to be impacted by the ongoing NASCAR antitrust suit but backed his team in their proceedings.

Basketball legend Michael Jordan’s racing team 23XI joins Front Row Motorsports in a joint lawsuit against NASCAR for antitrust violations. […]

While NASCAR itself keeps raking in big dollar TV deals with Fox Sports, NBC Sports, TNT Sports, and Amazon, the teams are getting very little in return. Allegedly NASCAR has made broadcast deals totaling 23.1 billion dollars, while big teams like Hendrick Motorsports continue to run budgets in red ink.

Jordan’s 23XI team was joined by Front Row Motorsports in accusing NASCAR and its owners, the France family, of engaging in “anti-competitive practices.”

Jordan told The Athletic, "I wouldn't have filed it if I didn't think I could win." His comments were made during Sunday's race at Talladega Superspeedway. The lawsuit alleges that NASCAR operates as a monopoly and utilizes "anticompetitive and exclusionary practices" to "enrich themselves at the expense of the premier stock car racing teams.

Denny Hamlin reveals his personal motivations behind a federal antitrust lawsuit challenging NASCAR's monopoly.

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