Michael Jordan confident in outcome of lawsuit against NASCAR: ‘We want a fair deal’

TALLADEGA, Ala. — Michael Jordan expressed confidence Sunday in the outcome of the antitrust lawsuit his 23XI Racing team recently filed against NASCAR in federal court, telling The Athletic, “I wouldn’t have filed it if I didn’t think I could win.”Jordan made his comments before Sunday’s race at Talladega Superspeedway, sitting atop the pit box for 23XI driver Bubba Wallace. The team jointly filed its lawsuit with another NASCAR organization, Front Row Motorsports, alleging NASCAR operates as a monopoly and uses “anticompetitive and exclusionary practices” to “enrich themselves at the expense of the premier stock car racing teams.”The issue between the parties centers around NASCAR’s so-called “charter system” and a final “take-it-or-leave-it” offer NASCAR offered teams last month to extend the deal. Thirteen of 15 team owners signed the deal, with 23XI and Front Row as the holdouts.“We want a fair deal, but this wasn’t fair. I didn’t just file…