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NASCAR Rejects Michael Jordan & Denny Hamlin in First Legal Move · Kenny Wallace Media

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  Let the games begin. NASCAR finally responds to
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  Michael Jordan, as reported by Bob Pockrass.
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  Remember, I respond to what I see and then I give my opinion.
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  Everybody's been saying, even Michael Jordan at Talladega
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  said, you know. No response from NASCAR yet
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  since Michael Jordan, 2311, Denny Hamlin and Front Row
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  Motorsports, since they filed the antitrust lawsuit.
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  They filed it and NASCAR has not responded until just now.
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  So what did NASCAR say? Boy, I'll tell you what.
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  Remember I said let the games begin, man.
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  I think this is going to be this is going to be a tough boxing
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  match. I really do.
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  I didn't think NASCAR would would go down easily and I don't
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  think they're going to go down. We got to remember if you study
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  the history of NASCAR, they're, you know, they're pretty damn
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  smart. You know, we've read stories
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  that NASCAR has got close ties to Washington, the government,
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  things of that nature. And I also believe when I tell
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  you a little bit about the letters that Bob Pockras put
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  out, 2311 wrote a letter to NASCAR, Steve Phelps, it says
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  Steve Phelps. And you read the letter, yes,
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  Charlie Model's going to do it. Another report.
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  He's probably going to, you know, show you a little bit of
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  that. And then and then NASCAR really
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  doesn't respond to 2311. But NASCAR had to respond in a
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  timely manner on the antitrust lawsuit.
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  See, when you file a lawsuit, you have to respond because
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  think about it, if somebody sues you and you go, well, I ain't
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  responded. No, by law you have to respond.
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  So NASCAR had a deadline. They had to meet because of
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  Hurricane Milton. NASCAR said listen, we need a
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  little bit of a delay here. The hurricane has come through
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  Daytona Beach, FL right at our offices today.
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  The courts said, OK, we will give you a little more time
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  because act of God, that's also in a lot of a lot of contracts,
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  something out of our control. All right, told you what's going
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  on. Let's let's give you my opinion
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  and let me give you the details. All right.
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  So Steve Phelps receives the letter from Michael Jordan and
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  it it's signed, it's signed Michael Jordan.
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  Danny Hanlon, you know, you're thinking somebody in the office
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  is going to do this, maybe an attorney.
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  No, So 2311 Michael Jordan, Danny Hamlin, they write a
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  letter to Steve Phelps, who's the president of NASCAR.
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  And, and basically I'm going to, I'm going to D bullshit it for
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  you. In short, what the letter says
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  is you talked to all the other teams, but you never talked to
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  us. And it goes on you, Jim France
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  and other players in NASCAR, they sat down with other teams,
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  but they they quit sitting down. They they quit sitting down with
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  Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin. So that's the letter.
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  And basically the letter says, hi, Steve Phelps, you got our
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  backs against the wall. We're not signing.
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  We're not signing this new charter agreement.
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  We don't like it. All right, in short, that's what
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  the letter from Michael Jordan said to Steve Phelps.
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  OK, crickets. Nothing happened.
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  Everybody goes to Talladega. Michael Jordan says haven't,
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  haven't heard from NASCAR, They haven't responded.
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  But NASCAR took it all the way to the limit.
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  And then Hurricane Milton, as I said, delayed it.
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  So here's what NASCAR said. Now this is really interesting.
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  This is this is the big deal. NASCAR says, OK, 2311 front row,
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  you're asking for an injunction. You're you're saying you want us
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  to keep you on the charter deal because this is going to court
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  now. Everybody in the industry is
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  saying this can last 2-3 years. Oh, yeah, you can.
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  You can drag it out as long as you want.
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  This is a killer. Now, this is my opinion.
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  This is my opinion. This is not good for Michael
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  Jordan and Denny Hamlin. And here's why.
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  I'm telling you why. OK, so 23116, we want the courts
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  to say we can race with you as a charter.
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  And if you're a charter member and you go to Daytona in 2025,
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  you get all this extra money, millions upon millions of
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  dollars, right? Here's NASCAR's response.
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  Instead of you reading it, I'm going to tell it to you.
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  NASCAR says Nope, we are not going to get, we are not going
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  to let you be part of the charter.
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  And I just said it redneck style.
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  Basically they said we're not, we're not going to allow the
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  injunction. And here's why.
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  And this is another reason why when you go to court your
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  attorneys say shut your mouth. NASCAR said we're not giving
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  them an injunction because they because 2311 has come out and
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  said we will race next year as a non charter member.
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  I'm going to say it one more time because somebody will
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  somebody will go. Herman said it, but I don't
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  understand it. I'm going to say it one more
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  time. NASCAR said that over the last
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  two weeks, 2311 said in open, if they don't approve our charter,
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  we'll just go ahead and race as a non charter member next year.
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  Remember they got the two spots open.
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  You can qualify. So, Woo, I mean, I don't know,
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  you know, now, listen, the courts are going to decide on
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  this injunction. But the story here is NASCAR
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  said, no, we're not going to give you an injunction.
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  That's the big story in the garage area.
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  NASCAR's first response is no capital.
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  NO, and here's why because you're suing us.
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  And here's what's interesting. NASCAR says if 2311 prevails,
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  then we can settle up then. OK, Now listen, don't get on to
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  me about legal terms. I'm a redneck.
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  I'm I'm telling you I'm a redneck.
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  And I'm telling you this is all my opinion.
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  What's going to happen. But I've told you what happened
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  and I'm right, OK? I didn't see any fancy words
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  like thereof and therefore and all that stuff, but that is it.
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  So I think this is going to be a battle Royale.
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  You know, NASCAR's strong, they're big, but but Michael
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  Jordan, Michael Jordan and all those championship games 32
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  makes the shot swish. So, you know, I listen it it,
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  it's like I said, it's going to be a battle Royale.
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  And like I said, NASCAR said no, let the games begin.
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  So it's going to be interesting. NASCAR got the delay from the
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  courts because of the hurricane Milton and and everybody goes,
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  what's next, Kenny, what's next? All right, here's what's next.
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  The courts have to rule whether to allow 2311 and front row.
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  And listen, front rows are not anywhere.
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  And in this paperwork, I know you're going to start responding
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  going front row 2, front row two.
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  Well, listen, Bob Popgrass and everybody, I don't see 2311
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  anywhere. All they show, you know, is the
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  letter from 2311 to Steve Phelps, and then they show
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  NASCAR's response. So even though, yeah, 2311 and
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  front rows involved, I don't see nothing from front row and I
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  thought it would be that way. All right, everybody respond
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  right here. Who's going to win this battle
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  Royale? Two questions.
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  Will the courts say, OK, NASCAR, you got to allow them to be a
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  charter member when they go to Daytona in 2025?
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  Will the will the, will the courts rule in Michael Jordan's
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  favor and Front Row's favor? Will they say, will the courts
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  say, OK, NASCAR, you got to treat them as a charter member
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  even though they haven't signed it?
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  They haven't signed it. Are you going to treat them as a
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  charter member? NASCAR says no, no.
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  And then obviously it goes to court the the whole antitrust
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  lawsuit. Remember, this is the second
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  tentacle. The real lawsuit is hey, NASCAR.
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  And here's another thing real quick and like this, when you
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  read it all, 2311 is not asking for anything.
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  It's really weird. They just say we want better.
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  It doesn't say, hey, NASCAR, give everybody 10 million more.
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  It doesn't say give us this, give us that.
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  It just says we want more. All right, respond right here.
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  Straighten me out. Remember, I don't know what I'm
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  talking about. You're smarter than me.
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  All right, Charlie, Marlon going to read it all out to you later
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  on. But that's just an up to date
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  and boy it's wild. Who's going to win?
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  Respond right here.