CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hall of Fame team owner Richard Childress testified Tuesday in Michael Jordan’s federal antitrust lawsuit against NASCAR that he would not have signed the 2025 revenue sharing model if refusing to do so would not have put Richard Childress Racing out of business.

“I would not have signed those charters if I was financially able to do what I do,” the six-time championship winning owner testified. “We are a blue-collar operation.”

Childress has participated in NASCAR for 60 years. NASCAR was founded in 1948 by the Florida-based France family and Childress has a longtime personal relationship with the France’s.

Childress testified he pleaded with chairman Jim France for the charters to be made permanent instead of renewable. France refused.

Childress testified he

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