The flames are spreading from the JGR lawsuit. Less than a week after Joe Gibbs charged Chris Gabehart with “a brazen scheme to steal JGR’s most sensitive information,” he has pulled another entity into his accusative storm. That is none other than Jeff Dickerson’s team that Gabehart is set to join after leaving JGR. Gibbs also updated the lawsuit to elevate pressure on the defendants.
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The JGR lawsuit just rose up a notch
“Joe Gibbs Racing has filed a motion for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction requiring Chris Gabehart cease and desist working or performing any services for Spire similar to those he provided to JGR for the 18 months following February 9, 2026,” journalist Bob Pockrass wrote on X about the updated JGR lawsuit.
The initial JGR lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in the Western District of North Carolina, sought $8 million in damages. This was in response to Chris Gabehart’s alleged removal of proprietary information like payroll details and car setup factors. Gabehart immediately refuted the lawsuit’s claims, and soon after, Spire Motorsports announced Gabehart as Chief Motorsports Officer – but it did not know that JGR would retaliate.
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“JGR also has amended its complaint against Gabehart to include Spire Motorsports as a defendant,” Bob Pockrass tweeted.
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So Joe Gibbs is seeking to retrain both Chris Gabehart’s and Spire’s plans to work together this season. Aside from ceasing and desisting Gabehart, the updated JGR lawsuit also demands that he return any Confidential Information and Trade Secrets. It also asks Gabehart to return any device storing those secrets and allow forensic examination. Another demand is directed at Spire, so that it stops accepting Gabehart’s services “in violation of Gabehart’s noncompete obligations.”
Clearly, the JGR lawsuit took a fresh, wilder turn. Let’s wait and see how this intense development turns out.