Is NASCAR a monopoly?
On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti
WBUR
4.3 • 3.9K Ratings
🗓️ 7 March 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Basketball legend Michael Jordan’s automotive racing team 23XI is suing NASCAR, alleging the organization is an illegal monopoly. The case could make waves across the entire sport.
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| 0:31.4 | WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 0:39.1 | This is on point. |
| 0:40.4 | I'm Megna Chakrabardi. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm a big race fan. |
| 0:44.0 | I started off when I was a kid. |
| 0:45.4 | I grew up watching your dad. |
| 0:47.0 | I grew up watching Richard Petty. |
| 0:49.3 | Kail Yarborough was the original 11, you know, that I remember. |
| 0:52.4 | Well, that is a NASCAR fan. Speaking with the legendary former driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. in 2019. |
| 0:59.3 | And, of course, he was referencing Jr.'s dad, Dale Earnhardt there. |
| 1:03.1 | But that guy wasn't just any NASCAR fan. |
| 1:07.0 | He's Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls mega legend, number 23 himself. |
| 1:13.6 | Yeah, I love watching. |
| 1:14.6 | I set my clock every Sunday to watch NASCAR and I pay attention. |
| 1:19.9 | Well, the very next year, the fall of 2020, Jordan and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin |
| 1:26.1 | launched the appropriately named 2311 Racing Team. |
| 1:31.4 | And in its debut 2021 season, 2311 won at the Talladega Super Speedway with Bubble Wallace driving the number 23 Toyota Camry. |
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