NASCAR, racers rebuked by US judge over antitrust suit 'gamesmanship'
( August 11, 2025, 15:12 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports should spend their time and energy on resolving an antitrust dispute "either on the merits or through a negotiated agreement," a North Carolina federal judge said in an order denying NASCAR’s motion for the plaintiffs to show cause for why they should not be sanctioned. “While the Court understands that all the Parties and their counsel are engaged in some gamesmanship, the Court will not allow dishonesty or misrepresentations in the Parties’ evidence or arguments,” US District Judge Kenneth Bell of the Western District of North Carolina said. “[T]he focus needs to be on the merits, not procedural wrangling in search of some potentially miniscule advantage.”See attached file....
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