XI Racing’s 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season has been a whirlwind of ambition, high stakes, and legal drama. The post Denny Hamlin Worried for His Driver as Playoff Bubble Puts 23XI in Stranglehold appeared first on EssentiallySports.

XI Racing may be embroiled in a lawsuit with NASCAR at the moment, but that didn’t stop them from capturing a huge win in one of the sport’s crown jewel events.

On July 25, outside the Gainbridge Fieldhouse, home to the NBA’s Indiana Pacers and WNBA’s Indiana Fever, 23XI held its first Intersect Presented by Xfinity event. It’s the brainchild of the team’s vp, Jamie Ruiz, formerly with NBCUniversal and Warner Bros. Discovery.

NASCAR files response to 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports requesting this week to have charter status through the rest of the season after it expired.

A federal judge has denied a request from 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports to race with charters while battling NASCAR in court.

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports will not have NASCAR Cup Series charter status for at least the next two races at Dover and Indianapolis as the federal judge overseeing the antitrust lawsuit and countersuit did not grant the teams’ request for a temporary restraining order.

Eventual ruling could be "damaging to NASCAR’s efforts to seek relationships with new team owners that seek to enter the 2026 Cup Series.”

Denny Hamlin says he is unfazed that a three-judge federal appellate panel vacated an injunction that required NASCAR to recognize 23XI, which he owns with Michael Jordan, and Front Row as ...

Denny Hamlin’s 23XI Racing grows stronger with teamwork, rising stars, bold legal moves, and a vision to reshape NASCAR’s future in 2025 and beyond.