December 01, 2025
NASCAR teams are so unprofitable under the current contract system that most have shuttered in the decade since its inception, driver and team owner Denny Hamlin told a North Carolina federal jury Monday on the first day of a highly anticipated antitrust trial against the private stock car racing organization.
November 12, 2025
NASCAR can't block a damages expert from testifying at trial about potentially hundreds of millions of dollars in losses supposedly suffered by two teams suing the stock car racing company for alleged antitrust violations, a North Carolina federal judge ruled Wednesday.
November 04, 2025
NASCAR has a monopoly over premier stock car racing, a North Carolina federal judge ruled late Tuesday in handing two teams — including one owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan — a pretrial win on what the judge described as "two core elements" of their antitrust case.
October 28, 2025
Two auto racing teams, including one owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan, earned a major victory in their antitrust battle against NASCAR on Tuesday when a North Carolina federal judge threw out NASCAR's counterclaim that the teams were operating as a cartel.
October 23, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge appeared skeptical Thursday of letting NASCAR bring to trial its antitrust counterclaims against a pair of stock car racing teams, one owned by retired NBA legend Michael Jordan, questioning how the teams could have colluded to force more favorable contract terms when there seems to be evidence NASCAR was able to negotiate with them individually.
October 21, 2025
A group of NASCAR drivers is seeking to weigh in on the highly publicized antitrust suit against the private stock car racing organization as the parties mull the possibility of a settlement, citing concerns Tuesday that their interests risk being overlooked.
October 08, 2025
A North Carolina federal judge is asking NASCAR and two of its teams to appear in his courtroom with their chosen mediator after the private stock car racing company requested a judicial settlement conference to try to resolve their antitrust fight ahead of trial.
October 07, 2025
Just eight weeks before a highly publicized antitrust battle between NASCAR and two of its teams heads to trial, the private stock car racing company asked a North Carolina federal court for a judicial settlement conference, noting the parties have "exhausted" alternative options.
October 06, 2025
NASCAR's charter system does not restrain trade and is good for the sport, the league said in asking a North Carolina federal judge to find it has not committed antitrust violations, pointing in part to the support of other team owners who allegedly want the monopoly suit put to bed.
October 02, 2025
The market for auto racing that NASCAR is accused of unjustly dominating has been clearly established and the organization's monopoly power is obvious, the two auto racing teams suing it told a North Carolina federal judge in asking for partial summary judgment in their antitrust suit.