Counsel for NASCAR filed antitrust counterclaims Wednesday alleging the plaintiffs who are challenging the legality of NASCAR’s lucrative charter agreements have threatened since 2022 to boycott qualifying races in violation of the Sherman Act.
A racing team co-owned by NBA legend Michael Jordan and sports agent Curtis Polk along with Front Row Motorsports and other alleged co-conspirators have “agreed to a scheme to pressure NASCAR to accept their collusive terms,” Latham & Watkins and Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick alleged in their countersuit filed on behalf of NASCAR. “In addition, Counterclaim Defendants engaged in active threats and coercive behavior in order to maintain their per se illegal cartel.”