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  1. 1 day ago · Meet the American who founded NASCAR. Fox Nation uncovers Bill France Sr.'s success in creating the Daytona Speedway for the largest spectator sport in America. People 6h.

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  2. 1 day ago · Meet the American who founded NASCAR. Fox Nation uncovers Bill France Sr.'s success in creating the Daytona Speedway for the largest spectator sport in America.

  3. 4 days ago · In the run-up several weeks prior, Secret Service had spelled out the special details to second-generation NASCAR/Daytona boss Bill France Jr., who balked at the idea of bomb-sniffing dogs...

  4. 4 days ago · NASCAR, sanctioning body for stock-car racing in North America, founded in 1948 in Daytona Beach, Florida, and responsible for making stock-car racing a widely popular sport in the United States by the turn of the 21st century. Integral to NASCAR’s founding in the late 1940s was Bill France, an auto mechanic and sometime race-car ...

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  5. 2 days ago · In 1998, for the first time since 1954, a person gave the starting command at the track who was not a member of the Hulman-George family. The president of NASCAR, Bill France Jr. gave the command, celebrating the 50th anniversary of NASCAR.

  6. www.forbes.com › profile › james-franceJames France - Forbes

    3 days ago · James France inherited an estimated 36% of Nascar, the stock-car racing business founded in 1948 by his father, William France Sr. He has sat on Nascar's board of directors since 2000.

  7. 6 days ago · This was the first Cup race for Brian France as the new CEO of NASCAR, having taken over the role from his father Bill France Jr., who stepped down on September 16 due to his ailing health. 12- Ryan Newman