SAD DEPARTURE: Ryan Blaney Has Officially announced His is departing from NASCAR and Reason Why……..

SAD DEPARTURE: Ryan Blaney Has Officially announced His is departing from NASCAR and Reason Why……..

everybody on this (Wood Brothers) team. This is a great group.

They build great race cars and it’s just been a privilege to drive for them. I’m just so really thankful to be here.

There are so many people I could thank for this moment, but to be a Cup Series winner is really special … I just can’t believe it.

I’m just so proud of everybody on this team. The car was really solid all day. We just executed.

We had a mishap on pit road and was able to rebound again, and I’m just super proud of these guys. I’m just really trying to soak this all in, honestly.

Long before the battle over the charter system led to the antitrust lawsuit now engulfing NASCAR, its executives found Michael Jordan and his small group of advisers a beneficial resource in discussing growth for the top racing series in the United States.

They held meetings with Curtis Polk, Jordan’s right-hand man, to go over best practices and other areas that could be improved.

That was when Jordan still owned the NBA’s Charlotte Hornets. Now he owns a NASCAR team, and 23XI Racing — along with Front Row Motorsports — is suing the stock car series over alleged antitrust violations.

Caught in the crosshairs is Polk, who was singled out in NASCAR’s countersuit as the mastermind for a near mutiny by the race teams over revenue sharing.