A federal judge has ruled Chris Gabehart can keep working at Spire Motorsports but only in a role unrelated to work he did as competition director at Joe Gibbs Racing.

Joe Gibbs Racing has sued former competition director Chris Gabehart.

One of the founders of Spire Motorsports has entered an agreement to purchase the NASCAR team owned by Rick Ware and is jumping back into the stock car series because he believes the current charters are grossly undervalued.

Spire Motorsports has parted ways with championship-winning crew chief Rodney Childers after only nine races with the team.

Officers are seen outside Spire nightclub in Houston on Jan. 17, 2021. HOUSTON – The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission announced Tuesday that it has suspended the liquor permits of three popular Houston clubs following COVID-19 violations. TABC said its inspectors found the clubs to be in violations of state requirements to prevent the spread of the coronavirus over the weekend. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-32, which requires businesses that sell alcohol for on-premise consumption to comply with capacity limits as well as social-distancing and facial-covering requirements. Related readsOwner of Spire says nightclub was following coronavirus occupancy rules‘On our radar’: Mayor Turner calls out rapper Bow Wow on Twitter following overcrowded parties over the weekend; the rapper responds

Zach Truesdell, owner of Spire Nightclub, said he had hired 14 Harris County sheriff’s deputies to work Saturday night. “Our Harris County officers, their permit had been pulled to work our event for the weekend,” Truesdell said. We would have never gotten bombarded if we would have had Harris County sheriffs working the night.”To stop the crowd, Truesdell said, security placed a barricade at the door. “It didn’t provide a safe exit for people to exit the club,” Truesdell said. “I’m telling you ahead of time.”The Harris County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment.

Without that charter, Marks had almost no chance to get his team on track in 2021. As NASCAR plans for the 2022 cost-cutting introduction of the “NextGen” new car, the demand for charters has soared. Denny Hamlin has also entered team ownership and explored several charter opportunities before he and Michael Jordan last month bought out Germain Racing. Hamlin, as Spire had done two years ago, studied the economics of NASCAR’s planned new car and determined team ownership will be more affordable in 2022. The NextGen car was supposed to debut next season but has been delayed a year by the pandemic.