Denny Hamlin and 23XI Racing co-owner Michael Jordan's antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR is just about to start, and the Cup Series veteran driver has blasted ESPN's recent publication about their take.Hamlin criticized the recent article by senior writer Ryan McGee, titled 'Why Jordan wants to tear up stock car racing' as a "propaganda piece" that aims to shift public opinion ahead of the legal fight that starts on Monday, December 1.The Joe Gibbs Racing driver implied that Mike Forde, NASCAR's Managing Director of racing communications, influenced the piece."Please give credit to [Mike Forde] for helping you write this propaganda piece that they want pushed to switch the narrative. Continuous lies about our stance, NASCARs motives for its actions, and continued message from the sanctioning body that everything is fine. Our fans know better," Denny Hamlin wrote on X.McGee, in his latest piece, called the lawsuit controversial and singled out Hamlin for being involved in every layer of the sport, writing:"[Denny] Hamlin is the perfect representation of it all, living in a neighborhood surrounded by NASCAR colleagues as he drives for one team, owns another and also hosts a wildly popular podcast discussing the sport. Even while he has been in the process of suing the sport, he has also been a member of NASCAR's exploratory panel for potential changes to its postseason championship format."Denny Hamlin believed that the article misrepresented the motivations and facts behind the lawsuit. He and his team have argued that the lawsuit was about fairness and not an attack on the sport.23XI and co-plaintiff Front Row Motorsports complained in their lawsuit that NASCAR controls the majority of tracks, imposes supplier restrictions for car parts, and puts heavy limits on team freedom, which makes it impossible for independent teams to thrive.Denny Hamlin's 23XI and FRM's lawsuit brings forth details of NASCAR's billion-dollar business23XI Racing, owned by Denny Hamlin and Michael Jordon, and Bob Jenkins' FRM have received several favorable rulings. In October, a judge dismissed NASCAR's counterclaim against 23XI/FRM and rejected allegations that the teams colluded to demand better charter terms.Weeks later, the court partially sided with the teams and ruled that the relevant market to the case is "premier stock-car racing." That undercut NASCAR's claim that unhappy teams could easily move to other series, such as open-wheel, IndyCar, or something similar.The lawsuit also helped to bring to light multiple inside documents and texts between NASCAR executives. The unsealed financial papers gave fans a rare look at the flow of NASCAR's money. The papers showed that NASCAR posted a net profit of about US $102.6 million (overall revenues were $1.7 billion) in 2024, while many Cup Series teams lost money that season.A November 22 filing also revealed that F1 drivers and teams earn roughly double what their top NASCAR counterparts take home.