Reading between the lines, it doesn’t seem like the federal judge overseeing the 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports v NASCAR antitrust lawsuit is preparing to grant the motion to dismiss argued before him on Wednesday afternoon.
Beyond the procedural element of requiring oral arguments for a motion to dismiss, judge Kenneth D. Bell also said upon closing the session in his Charlotte, North Carolina courtroom that he wanted the opportunity to ‘size up’ both sides and allow them to do the same.
Bell took over this case from the originally presiding Frank D. Whitney. This was the first time that lead attorneys Jeffrey Kessler (23XI, Front Row) and Chris Yates (NASCAR, Jim France) have argued in front of him…