Overview
- Plaintiffs rested after the cross-examination of NASCAR chairman Jim France concluded Wednesday in Charlotte.
- France said he would not agree to permanent charters, citing uncertainty about the future.
- Under questioning, France acknowledged taking part in the 2016 charter talks, and emails shown in court referenced a long-running litigation defense fund.
- Defense witness John Probst testified NASCAR spent $14 million developing the standard Next Gen car and said teams could ask to use it in a competing series.
- CFO Greg Motto testified that payments to the owner family trusts were used to pay NASCAR’s taxes, as the defense economist challenged the teams’ damage estimates.