A choose in North Carolina has sided with Legacy Motor Membership, granting their request for a short lived restraining order (TRO) in opposition to Rick Ware Racing.
It’s the newest improvement in an ongoing lawsuit between the 2 NASCAR Cup groups. Legacy claims it secured a constitution from Rick Ware Racing in a signed Constitution Buy Settlement for 2026, alleging that RWR is wrongfully attempting to again out of the deal.
Within the midst of all this, information arose that RWR was shifting to promote all the race workforce to T.J. Puchyr in a $150 million deal, as first reported by AP.
This new TRO will forestall RWR from closing the sale with Puchyr for ten days, with a listening to over a preliminary injunction nonetheless to return. No date for that listening to has been set, but. Legacy should additionally put up a $5 million bond.
The courts just lately cautioned Rick Ware’s workforce in opposition to attempting to promote the workforce whereas the lawsuit over the disputed constitution is ongoing.
Because the preliminary lawsuit started in April, RWR has taken its personal authorized motion, countersuing Legacy, and claiming there’s confusion over what constitution was on the market and when.
One more lawsuit emerged from this dispute as effectively, with Legacy selecting to sue Puchyr instantly for what they known as an “underhanded try” to buy RWR, interfering of their try to purchase a constitution. Puchyr really labored with Legacy by way of an “Impartial Contractor Settlement” by means of his consulting agency, Rucus.
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