Fred Lorenzen, a NASCAR Hall of Famer and the 1965 Daytona champion, died Wednesday.

A federal judge has denied a motion by two NASCAR teams — one owned by Basketball Hall of Famer Michael Jordan — to be recognized as chartered teams as they proceed in an antitrust lawsuit against the stock car series and chairman Jim France.

The two teams suing NASCAR have asked for a court order to compete under the 2025 charter agreement as their antitrust case moves through federal court.

NASCAR teams have hired one of the country’s top antitrust and sports lawyers to advise them in their ongoing dispute with the family-owned stock car series over a new revenue-sharing model.

NASCAR celebrated at the 24 Hours of Le Mans when its Garage 56 entry fielded by Hendrick Motorsports completed the iconic endurance race.

A top group of NASCAR team owners skipped a meeting with series officials with the two sides at an impasse over permanent charters.

Daytona International Speedway NASCARs Oldest employee celebrated a birthday. Juanita Epton, or as folks at Daytona International Speedway call her, Lightnin', turned 100 years old. Epton started working at the speedway when it was built in 1958 and She is still employed at Daytona International Speedway in ticket operations. Lightin says she has no plans to retire and cant wait to be able to get back to work. I love the people I work for and it is a nice place to work so why not stay until they tell me to get outEptons birthday parade even included a visit from Nascar CEO Jim France.