In Monday’s ruling, 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports said that they wanted a full Rick Hendrick-Roger Penske NASCAR deposition right ahead of the upcoming trial scheduled for December 1. However, NASCAR had an issue with the request. The sanctioning body argued that it was a last-minute request and hence unfair.Last month, both Hendrick and Penske were placed on a witness list. In response to that, 23XI and Front Row Motorsports alleged that NASCAR was trying to misinterpret their last-minute addition. In return, NASCAR argued that it was essentially a strategic move by the NASCAR Cup Series teams.As quoted by Jeff Gluck of The Athletic through X (formerly known as Twitter), NASCAR said that the teams had never asked for Hendrick and Penske’s deposition. Thus, the sanctioning body found the eleventh-hour request unfair.“NASCAR has filed a motion supporting Hendrick and Penske's request to have "guardrails" around the topics in their testimony,” Gluck wrote in his post. “They say the teams never asked for Hendrick and Penske to be deposed during the given period and now are making a last-minute request unfairly.”"They strategically chose to sit on their hands and wait until less than four weeks before trial,” Gluck added, quoting NASCAR. “Had they moved or said anything at the time of the disclosure, there would have been ample time to take the depositions within the discovery period."NASCAR wants the testimony to be based just on the declarations submitted by Mr. Rick Hendrick and Mr. Roger Penske on the final date of the trial.Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske stance revealed on deposition talks by NASCAR Cup Series rivals23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports asked the court to depose Rick Hendrick and Roger Penske, which would involve questioning the automotive tycoons. However, Penske and Hendrick have denied the deposition call. In a statement, their attorneys said,“As explained in greater detail below, Messrs. Hendrick and Penske, in view of their decades-long relationship with Jim France, agreed to give limited testimony regarding non-confidential matters at the trial of this case, but in a way that did not force them to ‘take sides’ in this lawsuit – something which both men have made clear that they cannot and will not do.”This happened days after Judge Kenneth Bell ruled in favour of the teams that NASCAR indeed practises monopoly over a properly defined stock car racing market. It also denied NASCAR’s motion for summary judgment.Meanwhile, the racing action will be back on February 15, 2026, with the 68th running of the Daytona 500. Held annually at the Daytona International Speedway, this historic race has been opening seasons since 1982.