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Federal Judge Lets Gabehart Stay at Spire Under Limited Order

A March 16 hearing will address Joe Gibbs Racing’s push for expedited discovery over alleged trade‑secret misuse.

Overview

  • The order allows Chris Gabehart to serve as Spire’s chief motorsports officer while barring tasks that overlap his former competition‑director duties at Joe Gibbs Racing.
  • Judge Susan C. Rodriguez directed Gabehart to return any JGR data or materials still in his possession.
  • The court required JGR to post a $100,000 bond tied to the temporary restraining order.
  • The judge declined to impose a broader ban on Gabehart’s employment and set March 16 to take up JGR’s discovery and preliminary‑injunction requests.
  • JGR seeks communications and any indemnity records it alleges could show Spire’s involvement, while Gabehart admits photographing a JGR file but says forensic reviews show he shared nothing and Spire says it received no JGR data.