CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Michael Jordan has had a lifetime of big moments. His latest came on the witness stand in a federal courthouse.

The retired NBA great testified Friday against NASCAR in an antitrust case he is pursuing against the stock car series on behalf of his race team, 23XI, along with Front Row Motorsports. Both want to force NASCAR to change the way it does business with its teams, accusing it of monopolistic behavior.

"Someone had to step forward and challenge the entity," the soft-spoken Jordan told the jury. "I felt I could challenge NASCAR as a whole."

It was a different role for the 62-year-old Jordan, known best for the six NBA titles he won with the Chicago Bulls and his business interests in retirement, including his still relatively new role as a NASCAR team co-owner

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