Two racing teams refused to sign the take-it-or-leave-it charter agreement presented to them in September, which the other 13 Cup Series teams had signed.

In the lawsuit, 23XI and Front Row called NASCAR “monopolistic bullies.” U.S. District Judge Frank D.

Whitney initially denied their injunction request.

Without explanation, Whitney was replaced by Judge Kenneth D. Bell on Wednesday after the court announced Whitney would no longer be assigned to the case.

In a new court filing, 23XI and Front Row claim NASCAR is ‘blaming victims for asserting their antitrust rights.’

Meanwhile, Jeff Gluck and Jordan Bianchi discuss the repercussions that will follow NASCAR in case 23XI Racing and FRM do not participate next season.

ncer Samantha Irvin recently sat down with Jordan Mendoza of USA Today.

When asked about her decision to depart the company last year, Irvin said it came down to feeling like her music career was slipping through her fingers due to her commitment to ring announcing.

“It just became more and more sad as time went on because it’s like, ‘Wow, am I just not a singer anymore? Like, what am I doing?’” Samantha Irvin said.

“I know that I am a performer and being a ring announcer on WWE, it was the performance of a lifetime.

But then when people stopped calling me for singing gigs, and now they’re asking me to announce everything, I said, ‘Oh no, I took it too far.’