NASCAR settles antitrust lawsuit involving Michael Jordan
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The trial might have concluded in a settlement Thursday. But the effects of this legal battle will endure in NASCAR’s world for a long time.
The terms we know, Michael Jordan's reaction, and more in the wake of Thursday's settlement between NASCAR and the two teams suing it.
NASCAR has reached a major settlement in the antitrust lawsuit brought by two of its race teams, including one co-owned by Michael Jordan. The NBA legend was the lead plaintiff in the suit, accusing NASCAR of being a “monopolistic bully.
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That was the on-the-record reaction from John Probst, the chief racing development officer at NASCAR and the defense counsel’s first witness after the plaintiffs — 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports — rested their case Wednesday morning in U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina in uptown Charlotte.