Michael Jordan warned Nascar to support his man to the right Curtis Polk and that this current legal war is “personal” for the NBA legend.
“If it comes after Curtis, it comes after (me),” Jordan said through a spokesman.
In October, the 23XI races of Jordan and another team, the first row of motoring, filed a joint antimonopoly demand against the stock series.
They alleged that the new charter system, Nascar's equivalent of a franchise model that ensures the headlines of the letter certain financial guarantees and a place in the 36 races of the Cup of the Cup, limits the competition of teams unfairly binding to the series, its tracks and its suppliers.
The two groups described President Jim France and the 'monopolistic thugs' of his family, while they promised to face them and 'refuse to be victims'.
Nascar then launched an impressive counter against 23xi Racing, Front Row and Polk, a 23xi co -owner who has advised Jordan for decades. Jordan's team was accused of being part of an 'illegal poster'.
Michael Jordan has warned Nascar to support his man on the right Curtis Polk
The 23xi Racing and Front Row Motorsports of Jordan filed a lawsuit against Nascar in October
The commercial manager of the NBA legend, Polk (right), is selected at the Nascar counter
Polk, Jordan's manager and business partner, was pointed out in Nascar's contraride as the intellectual author of a close mutino. He was accused of threatening a boycott of the Daytona 500 qualified races.
But Jordan, through a spokeswoman, warned Nascar that everything Polk has done represents the NBA icon. Polk has a piece of 23xi with Jordan and the three -time Daytona 500 Denny Hamlin winner.
'Curtis and MJ are united. His perspective is that if he comes after Curtis, he comes after him, “said the spokeswoman. I don't look at this as only businesses. It is personal.
Nascar's lawyer, Christopher Yates, told Associated Press not to “think Mr. Polk really understands sport.”
He said: “He has done many things that could work in the NBA or that could be fine in the NBA, but they are not appropriate in Nascar.”
Hamlin also made an exception to Yates comments. 'It's like saying that a chef doesn't know how to cook. He has built the Empire of Michael Jordan during the last 30 years. The guy knows the business, “Hamlin said.
“Curtis has just been fantastic for our team and certainly pioneer, I think, and a pioneer for new ideas that our team uses every time we reach the racing track and how we do business.”
Polk has advised Jordan since 1989 and administers Jordan's financial and commercial affairs, the family office and related companies.
Jordan has promised 'fight for a competitive market' for all teams around the world of Nascar
He He advised Jordan during the launch of the Jordan brand of Nike in 1997 and was an executive producer of 'The Last Dance', the award -winning Docuseries that the Chicago Bulls and the NBA Rise de Jordan narrates.
There have been warnings that a victory for 23xi in court could make Nascar dissolve the entire system of the letter. A trial is scheduled for December.
Thirteen teams signed the Charters just before the playoffs last season after a Nascar offer.
But 23xi and First row were maintained, in large part due to a clause in the letter that prohibits the teams from sueing Nascar, and since the two teams did not like the terms, they wanted the right to sue for the antimonopoly accusations.
Jordan has said that he is demanding Nascar on behalf of all teams so that even the little ones can receive an equal basis in terms of benefits as a participant in the Motorsports Top League in the United States.