Three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin took the stand on Monday, December 1, in his company’s antitrust case against NASCAR, breaking down in tears during his emotional testimony.

“We got to when I was about 20 and a decision had to be made, I could keep racing or go out and work for my dad’s trailer business,” Hamlin, 45, testified in court after he was asked how he got into racing.

He told the Associated Press in October that his father, Dennis Hamlin, is battling “serious illness” at age 75 and that 2025 would be his last chance to see Denny win the NASCAR Cup Series. Denny is widely viewed as the greatest driver in the sport’s history to never win the Cup.

“I know for a fact this is my last chance for my dad to see it. I don’t want him going and never getting to see the moment,”

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