NASCAR won a key Charter battle Friday as a judge denied 23XI and Front Row’s injunction to keep guaranteed race entry, dealing an early blow to their antitrust lawsuit.

There is a lot of reading between the lines required in litigation but there is still a great deal of uncertainty surround the future of 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports for next season. With the preliminary injunction ruling on Friday that denies the two teams charters during the course of their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR,

A federal judge has denied 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports’ request for a preliminary injunction in its lawsuit against NASCAR. The two teams filed suit against NASCAR over the charter agreement NASCAR offered its teams.