NASCAR president Steve O’Donnell testified on the fourth day of the NASCAR antitrust trial Thursday in Charlotte and admitted the France family was against a proposed revenue model that would have improved racing teams’ viability.

The France family have owned and operated NASCAR since Bill France Sr. founded the league in 1948. Jim France currently serves as the CEO and chairman.

O’Donnell was NASCAR’s COO in 2022 when he was weighing a number of options to help car owners following a meeting with racing teams described as “contentious.” That same year saw a number of star golfers leave the PGA Tour behind for more money with the upstart LIV Golf, and O’Donnell feared a similar defection in stock-car racing.

Among the people who spoke to O’Donnell at that meeting was Curtis Polk, a co-o

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