CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Testimony is ongoing in the NASCAR antitrust trial but who is on the witness list and either set to testify or has testified?
Denny Hamlin, the co-owner of 23XI Racing (one of the two teams suing NASCAR), testified at the start. Scott Prime, NASCAR’s chief strategy officer, took the stand on the second day.
Hamlin is among a “who’s who” included on both NASCAR’s witness list and the teams’ witness list, including Michael Jordan and his business partner, Curtis Polk. The other team owners suing NASCAR – Front Row Motorsports’ Bob Jenkins – is also on both witness lists.
NASCAR’s Jim France, Brian Herbst, Lesa France Kennedy, Steve O’Donnell, Steve Phelps and Scott Prime are also on both lists, as is the Race Team Alliance’s John Marshall.
The teams were unique in naming Richard Childress, Tim Frost, Heather Gibbs, Steve Newmark and Anthony Smith. They also named economists Daniel Rascher and Edward Snyder to counter NASCAR’s named economists – Kevin Murphy and Mark Zmijewski.
NASCAR named Tim Clark, Ben Kennedy, Greg Motto and John Probst from the company, ARCA’s Ron Drager, Front Row’s Jerry Freeze; owners Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske; RTA’s Rob Kauffman; 23XI’s Steve Lauletta, Legacy Motor Club’s Cal Wells, Gene Mason, sports media consultant Ed Desser and CPA Paul Meyer.
Both sides can cross-examine each other’s witnesses or call them to the stand as necessary for rebuttal.
Jonathan Fjeld is the co-owner of the The Racing Experts, LLC. He has been with TRE since 2010.
A Twin Valley, MN, native, Fjeld became a motorsports fan at just three years old (first race was the 2002 Pennsylvania 500). He worked as a contributor and writer for TRE from 2010-18. Since then, he has stepped up and covered 24 NASCAR race weekends and taken on a larger role with TRE. He became the co-owner and managing editor in 2023 and has guided the site to massive growth in that time.
Fjeld has covered a wide array of stories and moments over the years, including Kevin Harvick’s final Cup Series season, the first NASCAR national series disqualification in over 50 years, Shane van Gisbergen’s stunning win in Chicago and the first Cup Series race at Road America in 66 years – as well as up-and-coming drivers’ stories and stories from inside the sport, like the tech it takes for Hendrick Motorsports to remain a top-tier team.
Currently, he resides in Albuquerque, N.M., where he works for KOB 4, an NBC station. He works as a digital producer and does on-air reports. He loves spending time with friends and family, playing and listening to music, exploring new places, being outdoors, reading books and writing among other activities. You can email him at fjeldjonathan@gmail.com