F ront Row Motorsports driver Michael McDowell isn’t taking criticism lying down. After Toyota’s 23XI Racing and Ford’s Front Row Motorsports filed a lawsuit against NASCAR,

Upon winning the pole for Sunday’s Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway, Michael McDowell received an email detailing what he could and couldn’t say to the media regarding his Front Row Motorsports team owner suing NASCAR over alleged antitrust violations.

With its lawsuit against NASCAR before the courts, Front Row Motorsports went out and topped the 40-car field in Cup qualifying at Talladega Superspeedway