News about Rick Hendrick

Two NASCAR teams - one of them owned by Michael Jordan - filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France on Wednesday, claiming the new charter system limits competition by unfairly binding teams to the series, its tracks and its suppliers. 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports filed suit in the Western District of North Carolina in Charlotte after two years of contentious negotiations between the privately owned National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing and the 15 charter-holding organizations in the series' top Cup Series. 'The France family and NASCAR are monopolistic bullies,' the teams said in the lawsuit, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press. 'And bullies will continue to impose their will to hurt others until their targets stand up and refuse to be victims. That moment has now arrived.'

Kyle Larson, the once-disgraced NASCAR racer who returned to the sport to win a points title in 2021, will race the Indianapolis 500 next year with McLaren Racing in a joint effort with his new team owner Rick Hendrick. Larson's aspiration is finally a possibility thanks to McLaren and Hendrick's surprise announcement on Thursday. On Memorial Day weekend, he will also be the fifth driver to run 'The Double' in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the same day. The other NASCAR drivers to compete in both categories are John Andretti, Robby Gordon, Tony Stewart, and Kurt Busch. Larson, who was chastised for using the word n-word on a live broadcast, has long said he wants to compete in the Indy 500. However, he did not have a viable Chevrolet opportunity for the 2023 run of 'The Greatest Spectacle in Racing,' (which took place in May).