In its motion request for summary judgment against 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports in the antitrust case, NASCAR included declarations from numerous Cup Series team owners or executives.
There were 11 declarations in total. Rick Hendrick, Roger Penske, and Joe Gibbs, the three most dominant teams in the Cup Series, were among them. However, there were also declarations from two independent team owners, Carl Long and B.J. McLeod, neither of whom owns charters.
23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports were the only two teams (of 15) that did not sign the charter agreement. They filed a joint antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR in October.
Here are some of the quotes from the lengthy declarations submitted:
Rick Hendrick: “Shortly after Hendrick Motorsports signed its four Charters, I made remarks to members of the press that conveyed my perspective: ‘I think we worked really hard for two years, and it got down to, you’re not going to make everybody happy. But in any negotiation, you’re not going to get everything you want, and so I felt it was a fair deal and we protected the Charters, which was number one, we got the revenue increases, I feel a lot of things we didn’t like we got taken out, so I’m happy with where we were.