Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske must sit for depositions in Michael Jordan’s 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports’ antitrust fight with NASCAR, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Bell ruled Tuesday.

Responding to a motion by both parties requesting depositions be limited and done via Zoom, Bell ruled that Hendrick and Penske must make themselves available for a full pre-trial deposition, in person, with no restrictions on the questions to be asked pertaining to the lawsuit.

“As the Court has repeatedly said, the trial of this matter will be publicly and fairly contested under the relevant rules and law, without regard to the notoriety of the companies and individuals involved,” Bell wrote in his decision.

NASCAR CEO Jim France previously requested that Hendrick and Penske testify at the upcomi

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