December 19 — that’s the hard deadline Judge Kenneth Bell has given for the NASCAR lawsuit. He made it crystal clear he doesn’t want to let this trial drag a minute beyond it. Yet as Week 2 of one of the most consequential legal battles in NASCAR history kicked off, the pace inside the courtroom remained anything but urgent, and this has started to irk the jury.

23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports are still working through their own witnesses, and NASCAR’s attorneys have already signaled they plan to take just as long, effectively “splitting the trial in half.” With both sides digging in, the end of the week no longer looks like a realistic finish line, which has led to frustration among Judge Bell and co.

NASCAR lawsuit: Judge Bell issues a “revolt” warning

The second week of the N

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