NASCAR has filed a countersuit against NASCAR Cup Series teams 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports, as well as Curtis Polk.
The countersuit is a continuation of a six-month legal battle between the two organizations and the sanctioning body, after officials from 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports refused to sign the 2025 Charter Agreement Less than a month later, the teams then sued NASCAR for violating antitrust laws and using monopolistic practices.
In the 30-page court document that was filed on Wednesday (March 5), NASCAR says that all three parties “embarked on a strategy to threaten, coerce, and extort NASCAR into meeting their demands for better contract and financial terms.”
NASCAR claims in their countersuit filing that 23XI Racing, Front Row Motorsports, and Curtis Polk all violated Section 1 of the Sherman Act, which states that “every contract, combination in the form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations, is hereby declared to be illegal.”
In the filing, NASCAR says: “Beginning no later than June 2022, Counterclaim Defendants engaged in a conspiracy and agreement in unreasonable restraint of interstate trade and commerce, constituting a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act. Curtis Polk knowingly and actively orchestrated and participated in this illegal conspiracy, while working as a member of the TNC (Teams Negotiation Committee) on behalf of the RTA and aiding 23XI’s and Front Row’s participating in the scheme, also constituting a violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act.”
