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So proud of our Crew chiefs, spotters and analytics team for having the guts to make this stage 1 strategy call at Talladega
TBH- It’s only my job to make suggestions and support them if it went wrong. They get to make the calls and they deserve the credit.
Now this is very intriguing.
Brad @Keselowski recently made a bid to buy @RFKRacing, but it was rejected by the other owners of the team within the last week. sportsbusinessjournal.com/Ar…
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New story from me and @Jordan_Bianchi. Free to read.
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Created a thread out of the hearing story I wrote with all the slides both sides used during their oral arguments
Spire, Gabehart and Joe Gibbs Racing were in court on Tuesday to make arguments about the need (or not) for a contempt hearing and enjoining Spire (or not) to Gabehart's preliminary injunction order.
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And here is Gabehart’s response to the sanctions request. I will put Spire’s response (as co-defendants, each had the opportunity to brief this issue even though the motion is specific to just Gabehart) as the first reply. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
JGR filed a motion for sanctions against Chris Gabehart in the JGR v Gabehart & Spire lawsuit yesterday alleging improper destruction of electronic evidence. It is the first time that we can see JGR’s version of events as it relates to Gabehart taking JGR confidential information laid out with citations to factual evidence, which primarily appears to be Gabehart’s deposition testimony. Here is a like to the filing: storage.courtlistener.com/re…
And Spire’s response. Why would Spire respond to a motion seeking sanctions against just Gabehart? Concern that if JGR gets what it is asking for (an adverse inference instruction), a jury could mistakenly extend that beyond Gabehart to Spire. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
Kelly has done a really nice job of laying out the arguments from yesterday’s hearing as it relates to the allegations of violation of the TRO & preliminary injunction enforcing Chris Gabehart’s noncompete.
Joe Gibbs Racing believes the evidence clearly shows that Chris Gabehart and Spire Motorsports have violated court orders through what he has done and said. Tuesday was the first step in trying to go through a contempt process:
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Looks like there were a few moments of levity in the courtroom, both related to Carson Hocevar. I would be surprised if the decisions were issued any sooner than next week given how much time the court gave for argument on both motions.
Spire, Gabehart and Joe Gibbs Racing were in court on Tuesday to make arguments about the need (or not) for a contempt hearing and enjoining Spire (or not) to Gabehart's preliminary injunction order.
motorsport.com/nascar-cup/ne…
My hunch is that if Judge Rodriguez grants JGR’s request for the preliminary injunction against Spire, she will use Gabehart’s contract to define what is JGR’s confidential information.
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Judge seemed concerned that her order has been violated and pressed Spire and Gabehart attorneys as to Gabehart access to email/OneDrive account that synched to Spire laptop he had for a period of time. She indicated certain things in his brain could still be trade secrets.
There are two motions set for hearing before Judge Rodriguez today - (1) JGR’s renewed motion for preliminary injunction against Spire and (2) JGR’s show cause motion seeking to have Chris Gabehart and Spire found in contempt for violating the temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction against Gabehart that enforced his noncompete and ordered him to return all JGR confidential information. If JGR prevails on the second, JGR basically will have established that Gabehart violated his JGR employment contract as proving violations of these two orders is de facto proving violation of the noncompete and confidential information provisions of his employment contract.
There is a court hearing today in which Joe Gibbs Racing has motioned Spire and Gabehart to prove they should not be held in contempt for what they believe is violations of the preliminary injunction.
Three stories to catch you up on the status quo.
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Typically administrative leave means not performing any work for the employer. I wonder if this is going to make it more complicated for the Spire attorney at the upcoming hearing on the motion for contempt.
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Straight from Richard Childress’ mouth just now, “It was fun watching @austindillon3 teach him how to burnout like that behind our @RCRracing shop!” 💙💨
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Brexton Busch has a new behind-the-scenes video about practicing his burnout at RCR and then doing it last night at the celebration. Super calm, says burnouts are easier than he thought. Impressive stuff. youtube.com/watch?v=4uq7dM9u…
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Brexton and Lennix Busch unveil their father's 2015 championship car at the NASCAR Hall of Fame
Kyle Busch: Honoring a Legacy is now open
New information from briefing filed this week (quoted liberally in Matt’s article) identifies that Gabehart once again had a drive synced to a work computer that contained confidential information he took from JGR (this time his Spire laptop).
Spire has placed Gabehart on administrative leave; which JGR says is because he cannot be trusted with the information he has.
JGR also formally filed its claim about access Gabehart has had to trade secrets through June. This part of the contempt motion.
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Here is a link to the order. It looks like the attorneys for all sides were trying to further resolve issues to limit what the magistrate judge had to decide between the hearing last week and this order being issued. I will put a screenshot of the last page of the order as the first reply for those who just want the TLDR recap. storage.courtlistener.com/re…
As a reminder the show cause motion is about if Gabehart & Spire have violated the two court orders enforcing his non-compete. His contractual obligation to not disclose confidential information is completely separate.