NASCAR insider Jeff Gluck went over Denny Hamlin and Jim France's embrace after the antitrust trial ended on Thursday, December 11. On the latest episode of The Teardown podcast, Gluck shared how it was 'surreal' to watch the 'most bitter of enemies' put aside their 'bad blood' and hug it out. As part of the trial's discovery process, Hamlin's displeasure with the France family was uncovered from his personal texts. Although both parties remained staunch adversaries throughout the trial, they seem to have mended their ways after settlement talks. Reflecting upon the same, Gluck shared how Michael Jordan and NASCAR chief Steve O'Donnell first shook hands and exchanged pleasantries. He further said, "Denny Hamlin and Jim France hug. Like a hug, not even just like a bro hug, like they had a real hug. And it's just like, man, all this emotion, all this moment, this whole sports history is riding on this, and the car was headed toward the cliff." [1:32 onwards]"This could have been the worst possible outcome and truly destroy the sport and now you have all these people, not even any cameras there, coming together and they're all embracing and they're all sort of having this peace to move forward, the most bitter of enemies."After Thursday's court session, both Denny Hamlin and Jim France released statements in support of a 'stronger future' for the sport. While Hamlin was encouraged by overcoming the whole ordeal, France hoped to enhance the value of teams with 'evergreen' charters.Jordan, on his part, shared that the lawsuit's intention was to progress the sport, seeing how he owned a team in NBA's franchise-like model, the very structure that NASCAR's new charter system will emulate. NASCAR insider delves into major wins scored by Denny Hamlin-led lawsuitJordan Bianchi shed light on the breakthrough gains from the antitrust lawsuit. While Denny Hamlin's 23XI Racing is reinstated as a chartered entry for 2026, the settlement has wideranging benefits for all the teams. NASCAR is set to bring back the five-strike rule. Formerly known as the three-strike rule, the provision was meant to oppose new directives by the sanctioning body. "The teams not only wanted to seat at the table, they want to have a vote, you know, and I'm hearing that it's not the three- strike rule anymore, it's the five strike rule," Bianchi said.In addition, teams will now receive a slice of the international media rights deal, as well as a third of the revenue from NASCAR's intellectual property. Team Penske owner, Roger Penske, praised the landmark settlement as 'tremendous news for the industry', noting how the agreeement allows teams to remain competitive and strenghthens the business side of things.