IX and Front Row Motorsports -- the two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint -- said Saturday they will compete in 2025 as "open teams" while the legal process continues

The two teams suing NASCAR over an antitrust complaint said Saturday they will compete in 2025 as “open teams” after the sanctioning body removed anticompetitive release claims that will allow them to race while the legal process continues.

The attorney representing 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in its lawsuit against NASCAR announced Saturday morning that, as of now, both organizations will be able to compete as open teams in 2025.

XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports will compete next season as open teams in the NASCAR Cup Series. "We are pleased to announce that NASCAR has removed the anticompetitive release requirement in its open agreement,

While it seemed the likely outcome, the teams can reassure their drivers and sponsors they’ll still compete as the lawsuit continues.

XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports "will race in 2025" despite their ongoing lawsuit against NASCAR. The teams on Saturday said that NASCAR “modified the 2025 ‘open’ agreement for all teams by removing a clause preventing them from bringing legal action.

XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are not in danger of missing the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. NASCAR has dropped a clause from its charter deal that would have prevented the teams from running as open teams next season because they brought legal action against the the sanctioning body.

If NASCAR has any hard feelings against Michael Jordan's 23XI Racing team or Front Row Motorsports for suing them, they're not manifesting those feelings on the racetrack. Not yet, anyway. According to the Associated Press,

Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin’s 23XI Racing confirmed its participation in the 2025 NASCAR season as an open team, despite ongoing litigation over charter agreement disputes.