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The two teams suing NASCAR asked a judge for a preliminary injunction Wednesday so they can compete next season under the charter system they are challenging as their antitrust case moves through federal court.

23XI Racing, which is owned by Michael Jordan, veteran driver Denny Hamlin and Curtis Polk, and Front Row Motorsports, owned by Bob Jenkins, sued NASCAR and chairman Jim France last week in the Western District of North Carolina.

The two teams accused NASCAR of being “monopolistic bullies” after refusing to sign new charters proposed by the stock car series.

The charter system is a revenue-sharing model that is similar to a franchise in other professional sports.

Although charters can be sold and leased, the charters have contractually binding terms, expiration dates and can be revoked by NASCAR.

Teams fought to have them made permanent but NASCAR would not consider the issue and the newest extension runs through 2031.

Two racing teams, one owned by basketball legend Michael Jordan, filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday accusing NASCAR operators of being “monopolistic bullies” who line the pockets of the circuit’s founding family.

Front Row Motorsports and Jordan’s Racing made those allegations in a federal restraint-of-trade lawsuit filed in U.S.

District Court in Charlotte, North Carolina, which seeks antitrust status.