Overview
- Chairman Jim France testified he has not changed his position against permanent, or evergreen, charters despite pleas from top owners.
- Commissioner Steve Phelps described two years of hard negotiations, said a $720 million annual team ask would have bankrupted NASCAR, and noted the new deal pays teams $431 million a year from a $1.05 billion media package.
- Richard Childress told jurors he felt forced to sign the 112‑page offer by a same‑day deadline and said his team would have gone under without outside business income.
- Economist Edward Snyder testified the plaintiffs are owed $364.7 million and that chartered teams were shorted $1.06 billion from 2021–24, claims NASCAR says its own experts dispute.
- Judge Kenneth Bell extended juror hours to speed the trial, the plaintiffs rested after France’s testimony, and NASCAR began its defense with expected witnesses including Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske.