France Family’s ‘Financial Deception’ Spilled Out in the Open as RTA Memo Exposes the ‘49%’ Lie

“As the Executive Director of Race Team Alliance, I work with NASCAR Cup Teams to create new opportunities and improve the sport’s sustainability and diversity,” reads Jonathan Marshall’s LinkedIn bio. On the surface, this is a calm, corporate description. But it doesn’t show the big controversy he got pulled into this week in the ongoing NASCAR charter lawsuit.

Inside the courtroom, Marshall wasn’t speaking like a polished executive. He was the whistleblower of the moment, peeling back layers of financial politics that teams claim have quietly tilted the sport’s economics in NASCAR’s favor. As he came to the witness stand, his testimony dismantled NASCAR’s long-standing claim that teams receive 49% of the sport’s revenue.

Jonathan Marshall exposes NASCAR’s financial narrative

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