I guess nascar wouldn't care anymore about JRM going cup racing with Rick owning some of JRM? Apparently not they changed the rules already for Denny and MJ already
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This seems a bit of a knee-jerk reaction, so I wonder what's fueling your ire? I mean a JRM Cup team doesn't even exist, so nobody knows how it would be set up, who exactly would own it, etc.
I for one feel the rules interpretation for Hamlin was (is) completely sound. Denny was permitted to drive for a four-car team *plus* own another team because there is no evidence that 23XI operates for the benefit of Joe Gibbs Racing. All they do is pay for technical services rendered, same as many other Nascar teams.
Sure, it was a rule modification... so what? Gibbs doesn't own any part of 23XI. Gibbs doesn't benefit if 23XI wins races or signs sponsors. Gibbs doesn't get to insert a driver or a crew chief. It's the exact same relationship Gibbs had with Barney Visser's 78 car. It's the same deal Hendrick had with Stewart-Haas Racing.
I did object to how Gibbs set up Visser's 77 team as a 5th Gibbs car for Erik Jones, and also when Gibbs set up Leavine as a 5th Gibbs car for C. Bell. Both those deals violated the four-car limit... both the letter of the law and the spirit of it. Do you have any evidence that 23XI acts as a 5th Gibbs team?