Judge Threatens NASCAR with Consequences After Bob Jenkins Testimony

What’s Happening?

Judge Kenneth D. Bell has reprimanded NASCAR’s legal team following two violations of court orders during the cross-examination of team owner Bob Jenkins on Wednesday afternoon.

Court let out and after the jury was dismissed, Judge Bell admonished NASCAR's lawyers

Twice they have violated court orders. 1) Asking Bob Jenkins about his non-NASCAR businesses when it was agreed upon in advance that it wasnt on the table and disclosing a Jeff Dickerson text…

— Matt Weaver (@MattWeaverRA) December 3, 2025

Day three of the trial between 23XI Racing/Front Row Motorsports on Wednesday was slightly heated. Per reports, Judge Kenneth D. Bell, who many have recognized for a no-nonsense attitude regarding the trial, scolded NASCAR’s legal team for violating court orders.

NASCAR allegedly violated two orders from the court during its cross-examination of Front Row Motorsports team owner Bob Jenkins.

The first violation saw NASCAR’s legal counsel ask Jenkins about his business outside of NASCAR, something that he had agreed not to discuss in court. The second violation saw NASCAR disclose a text message from Spire Motorsports co-owner Jeff Dickerson, despite its status as inadmissible evidence.

Per Adam Stern of Sport Business Journal, NASCAR asked Jenkins, who many fans know is a franchisee of brands like KFC and Long John Silvers, if his outside jobs, if his non-NASCAR business, are his day job, and if FRM is truly working to turn a profit with him often away from the team’s shop and the racetrack.

.@NASCAR asked Bob Jenkins if he acknowledged that his outside businesses are his primary day job (he did) and how he could say that Front Row works as hard as it can to turn an operating profit when he only goes to the shop 6-8 times a year and attends a dozen out of 38 races.

— Adam Stern (@A_S12) December 3, 2025

The court did not penalize NASCAR’s legal team from New York-based firm Latham & Watkins, but instead, Judge Bell warned of “significant consequences” should these actions continue.

Wednesday’s session opened with testimony from NASCAR official Scott Prime, who first took the stand Tuesday afternoon following testimony and cross-examination from Denny Hamlin.

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