NBA legend Michael Jordan testified in a North Carolina courtroom on Friday, expressing his intention to “push NASCAR to be better" through his anti-trust lawsuit against the prominent US auto racing series. As a co-owner of the 23XI Racing team in NASCAR’s elite Cup Series, Jordan filed the suit alongside Front Row Motorsports last year after declining to sign new NASCAR charters.

During his testimony in a federal court in Charlotte, North Carolina, Jordan shared that he has been a NASCAR fan since childhood but felt compelled to sue to address a business model he believes is unfair to teams and drivers.

“NASCAR’s relationship with its Cup teams is not a partnership but rather a contractor arrangement," Jordan stated. “I want to push NASCAR to be better. When you talk about charters and

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