5/6/2026, 8:58:14 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
After hearing arguments from all parties during a telephonic hearing on Tuesday afternoon, the judge overseeing the Joe Gibbs Racing v Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuits has scheduled the trial to take place in January.
This is later than the November timeframe requested by the plaintiffs and earlier than the May timeline requested by the defendants.
From the order:
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5/2/2026, 7:16:09 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Denny Hamlin said it was a 'knee jerk reaction' when he tweeted out a frustrated response on Thursday evening to Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson’s commentary about the ongoing lawsuit brought forth by Joe Gibbs Racing.
Even though it was an emotional response, Hamlin also concedes that he logically feels this way too, as it is a matter of business principle to him as a Joe ...Keep reading
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4/28/2026, 4:50:56 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
Prior to the weekend, Joe Gibbs Racing notified both Spire Motorsports and Chris Gabehart that it intended to amend and refile its lawsuit against them both.
As a result, their intended responses to the lawsuit due on Monday is no longer necessary. The below in italics is taken from the notice to the Western District of North Carolina.
“Defendants requested JGR provide a copy of the ...Keep reading
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4/24/2026, 6:51:47 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
In simplest terms, the preliminary injunction ruling issued by Judge Susan C. Rodriguez in the Joe Gibbs Racing v. Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports lawsuit is fundamentally no different than the Temporary Restraining Order everyone has acted under over the past month.
As part of the ruling issued on late Thursday night:
Gabehart shall ‘immediately cease and desist’ from ...Keep reading
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2/20/2026, 10:36:30 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
One day after being sued by Joe Gibbs Racing over an alleged 'brazen scheme' to steal data from the organization while negotiating his employment separation and a job opportunity with Spire Motorsports, Chris Gaebhart responded with a statement that suggests he intends to challenge his longtime employer in court.
“Yesterday afternoon, Joe Gibbs Racing filed a lawsuit claiming - falsely - that ...Keep reading
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2/19/2026, 9:43:17 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
At the beginning of December, it was reported that Chris Gabehart had left Joe Gibbs Racing in a surprising exit. He worked at JGR for 13 years, and won 22 Cup races as a crew chief for Denny Hamlin between 2019 and 2024. Most recently, he worked as the Director of Competition for the elite organization.
Since his departure, there has been no word regarding why Gabehart left, or where he ...Keep reading
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1/22/2026, 9:07:21 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
‘The Complaint here is filled with inflammatory and disingenuous rhetoric, but none of it shows any wrongful conduct by Pacific Life.’
This is the key component of the argument made by Pacific Life Insurance in a legal filing on Thursday morning that motioned Judge Matthew E. Orso of the Western District of North Carolina to dismiss the lawsuit brought forth against it and an independent ...Keep reading
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11/24/2025, 1:48:26 AMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
The 2025 season marks a decade in which the NASCAR Cup Series has functionally operated under the ‘charter agreement,’ but it’s also the first year of the second document and first extension to an agreement first crafted in advance of the 2016 season.
It’s also the first season that began with a lawsuit with two teams alleging federal antitrust violations against the sanctioning body ...Keep reading
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10/31/2025, 7:21:06 PMMotorsport.com — NASCAR Cup (News)
NASCAR is in a season of change.
Some of it is the result of self-reflection and the changing tides of sport and entertainment, and some of it will eventually be the results of the lawsuit brought against the Sanctioning Body, but things are changing in the Cup Series and around it.
That is a broad summary of the annual state of the sport press conference held every year before championship ...Keep reading
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