Denny Hamlin saw his 2024 NASCAR Cup Series season come to an end with his fifth-place finish in the Xfinity 500 at the Martinsville Motor Speedway on Sunday. The 43-year-old veteran missed the cut for the championship four for a third successive season.

Denny Hamlin ... auto race at Michigan International Speedway, Aug. 18, 2024, in Brooklyn, Mich. Credit: AP/Carlos Osorio Asked Saturday if 23XI still plans to attend the exhibition Clash and the Daytona 500, Hamlin for the first time waffled.

Denny Hamlin announced that his participation in racing in 2025 is uncertain due to an ongoing antitrust lawsuit involving his team and NASCAR.

This comes with a significant loss of revenue, and none of their cars will be locked into any race. It's a cloud over championship weekend where 23XI Racing is making its Championship 4 debut with Tyler Reddick.

Denny Hamlin, along with Michael Jordan the co-owner of 23XI Racing, for the first time is not guaranteeing their team will field cars at the start of the next season. His indecision at Phoenix Raceway came a day after a federal judge denied a temporary injunction that would have recognized 23XI and Front Row Motorsports as chartered teams as they continue their antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR and chairman Jim France.