NASCAR teams at significant impasse over charters

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A top group of NASCAR team owners skipped a meeting with series officials Wednesday with the two sides at an impasse over permanent charters, a key plank in the business model of the stock car series. Fearing the meeting would be “hijacked” by conversation solely on the charters — multimillion-dollar guarantees of having a car in NASCAR’s top Cup Series — the team owner council told NASCAR it felt talks should be postponed. NASCAR said it planned to hold the meeting anyway, but the teams did not attend, said Curtis Polk, a part owner of 23XI…