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• The France family dynasty: A history of NASCAR leadership changes

Most of you reading this probably know the story of how NASCAR began. From bootleggers on dirt roads to amateur stock car racing organizations with a loose semblance of structure, and then a history-altering meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach.36 men were in that fateful 1947 meeting and one of them was Bill France Sr. -- the founding father of the National Association for ...Keep re...2026
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• Steve O'Donnell and Ben Kennedy represent new era of NASCAR leadership

The promotions of Steve O'Donnell and Ben Kennedy are not an extension of the status quo, but instead, aim to be the start of something new for the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing.O’Donnell has taken over as Chief Executive Officer from Jim France, the youngest son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. Kennedy, the great-grandson of the elder France, is now serving as Chief ...Keep readi...2026
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• Kyle Larson rallies to third-place finish at Phoenix

By Dustin Albino Kyle Larson has fond memories of Phoenix Raceway. It‘s the exact venue where he‘s stamped his name into the NASCAR record book as one of 18 multi-time Cup Series champions. Prior to this weekend‘s return to the Sonoran Desert, a little over four months since Larson hoisted his second Bill France Cup, […]...2026
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• NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
In the days following the 2004 Hendrick Motorsports flight that killed all 12 people aboard, Bill France Jr. and Mike Helton showed up at Rick Hendrick’s front door in Charlotte, North Carolina. France, terminally ill at the time, was the chairman of NASCAR, the stock car racing series his iron-fisted father founded in 1948. Helton was the first non-family member at that time to rise to presiden...2026
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• 2026 season preview: Wood Brothers Racing

2026 season preview: Wood Brothers Racing Josh Berry is a dark horse candidate heading into his third full-time Cup season. Wood Brothers Racing Manufacturer: Ford Engine: Roush Yates Driver-Crew Chief pairing: Josh Berry-Samuel "Miles" Stanley (No. 21) Team outlook: Wood Brothers Racing enters 2026 with momentum, looking for a third consecutive season with a victory and a second with ...2026
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• Jack Roush’s NASCAR Legacy Reaches Rare Milestone With Second Bill France Award
Legendary NASCAR team owner Jack Roush was recently honored with his second Bill France Award of Excellence for his contributons to the sport....2026
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• Inspirational Sam Schmidt to Speak

Inspirational Sam Schmidt to Speak Famous Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society Luncheon Sam Schmidt, winning INDYCAR team owner and the founder of Conquer Paralysis Now, will be the keynote speaker at the luncheon of the prestigious Madison Avenue Sports Car Driving and Chowder Society (MASCDCS) in New York City on Tuesday, September 3. In his speech, Schmidt will ...2024
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• Crafton wins UNOH 225 after crash halts race short of scheduled distance
Matt Crafton earned his first career Camping World Truck Series victory on Thursday at Kentucky Speedway after NASCAR stopped the UNOH 225 five laps from the scheduled finish. The trucks driven by Ben Kennedy, David Gilliland and John Wes Townley were involved in a wreck that resulted in damage to the catch fence in Turn 1. Kennedy’s truck lifted off the ground, slid along the top of the SAF...2015
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• Mansion formerly owned by Bill France Jr. and Betty Jane France up for sale
The waterfront Florida mansion of the late NASCAR CEO Bill France Jr. will be sold at auction....2017

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"NASCAR presented team owner and motorsports innovator Jack Roush with the Bill France Award of Excellence, recognizing his decades-long impact on the sport and his ongoing commitment to competition, innovation, and leadership at the highest level of stock car racing."

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"In addition to NASCAR, they named Jim France, the CEO and Chairman of NASCAR and son of NASCAR-founder Bill France, Sr."

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"If he doesn’t win a Bill France Cup in his career, it won’t be for a lack of resources from Trackhouse, that’s for sure."

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"Watch Ryan Blaney accept the Bill France Cup Championship Trophy after winning the 2023 NASCAR Cup Series Championship."

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"With stock car racing scattered and disorganized, Bill France set out on Dec."

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"The trophy awarded to NASCAR's premier series champion will be called the Bill France Cup beginning this season."

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"NASCAR founder Bill France Sr."

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"com The thrill of winning the 60th annual Daytona 500 Sunday night carried into Monday morning for Austin Dillon, who along with his team was honored during the Champion’s Breakfast in the Bill France Room at Daytona International Speedway."

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"received the Most Popular Driver Award for the 15th consecutive year along with the Bill France Award of Excellence on Thursday night."

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"The story of how Bill France Sr created the birthplace for NASCAR."

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"The 2014 Camping World Truck Series Rookie of the Year is the great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr."

• 23XI Competing On and Off the Race Track

23XI Competing On and Off the Race Track Michael Jordan Sues #NASCAR Michael Jordan is suing NASCAR. On October 2, two NASCAR teams filed an antitrust lawsuit in the Western District of North Carolina against NASCAR, accusing the racing company of maintaining an illegal monopoly. The two teams are Front Row Motorsports and 23XI, a team co-owned by Michael Jordan and Denny Hamlin, a ve...2025
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• Why Larson will Win the 2024 NASCAR Cup Title

Considering Kyle Larson’s stature among racing’s elite, maybe the premise here is inaccurate. After all, there may be a more concise list of reasons Larson won’t win a second NASCAR Cup Series championship than the litany of data in support of his chances over the next 10 races. It’s an index of enough bullet points to make Hammurabi blush. But that’s not the name of th...2024
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• Inspirational Sam Schmidt to Speak
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• The latest on NASCAR charter negotiations

The France family would be able to buy NASCAR charters starting in 2025 under terms of the latest charter offer to teams, despite initial questions over whether the provision would ultimately be included. The family has owned and controlled NASCAR Holdings since the inception of the racing series in 1948 by Bill France Sr. The current […]...2024
• Rick Hendrick jokes about when Dale Earnhardt would 'use me for a raise'
While team owner Rick Hendrick and the late Dale Earnhardt were fierce competitors, they were also good friends.There was a time in the 1980s when Geoff Bodine drove for Hendrick and Earnhardt drove for Richard Childress Racing that the two didn't exactly see eye to eye, however.Hendrick was asked about those more contentious years after Sunday's race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, where Hendrick driv...2016
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• 2026 season preview: Wood Brothers Racing
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• NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, & Truck Championship 4

The NASCAR Cup, Xfinity, & Truck Championship 4 Phoenix Raceway #Championship4 NASCAR Cup Playoff 4 Chase Briscoe; Denny Hamlin; William Byron; Kyle Larson The NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs Championship 4 field is cemented after William Byron’s walkoff win on Sunday at Martinsville Speedway. Both Denny Hamlin and Chase Briscoe clinched Championship 4 spots by winning earlier in...2025
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• NASCAR Returns this Weekend with the Clash

NASCAR Returns this Weekend with the Clash What You Need to Know From Daytona International Speedway to the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and now Bowman Gray Stadium, NASCAR’s Clash has been through many changes over the years. Located conveniently in downtown Winston-Salem, NC, Bowman Gray Stadium is the definition of excellence in short track racing. Bowman Gray Stadium is N...2025
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• Ryan Blaney reacts to runner-up finish in Phoenix race, Cup Series championship

It appears that Joey Logano and Ryan Blaney are just going to pass the Bill France Cup back and forth to one another. The Team Penske teammates finished 1-2 today at Phoenix in the race and in the NASCAR championship standings....2024
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• Why Larson will Win the 2024 NASCAR Cup Title
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• Chase Elliott climbs up the standings in NASCAR Owner’s Championship

While Chase Elliott won’t be able to win the Bill France Cup this year, he has a chance to win a championship for Hendrick Motorsports. Elliott made the Round of 12 in the NASCAR Owner’s Championship....2023
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• NASCAR Cup Series Notes: L.A. Coliseum

NASCAR Cup SeriesNext Race: Busch Light Clash at the ColiseumThe Place: Los Angeles Memorial ColiseumThe Date: Sunday, February 5The Time: 8 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. PTThe Purse: $2,085,000TV: FOX, 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PTRadio: MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR RadioDistance: 37.5 miles (150 laps), Stage Break: Lap 752022 Race Winner: Joey Logano NASCAR Cup Series NASCAR commences celebrating 75th Diamond Anni...2023
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• Kennedy Sweeps Iowa XFINITY Practice Sessions
Ben Kennedy’s first weekend in the NASCAR XFINITY Series garage has gone pretty well so far after sweeping both of Friday’s practice sessions. Kennedy is making his series debut this weekend at Iowa Speedway in the American Ethanol E15 250 after running full-time in the Camping World Truck Series since 2014. The youngster is the great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr., and is making a bi...2016
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• Mason Mitchell wins ARCA finale; Enfinger takes championship
Mason Mitchell celebrates winning the Full Throttle S'loonshine 98.9 at Kansas Speedway Friday night. Mason Mitchell passed his Mason Mitchell Motorsports teammate John Wes Townley for the win in a 10-lap shootout at the Full Throttle S’loonshine 98.9 at Kansas Speedway Friday night.Meanwhile, Alabama-native Grant Enfinger captured his first ARCA Racing Series championship by rolling off of pit ro...2015
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• The France family dynasty: A history of NASCAR leadership changes
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• NASCAR emerges from federal antitrust lawsuit bruised but ready for its 78th season
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• 2026 season preview: Wood Brothers Racing
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• NASCAR Returns this Weekend with the Clash
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• The latest on NASCAR charter negotiations
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• NASCAR Hall of Fame broadcaster Ken Squier passes away

Squier was a pioneer whose iconic voice masterfully told stories of NASCAR's greats, bringing the entire sport into the modern age.Among his many achievements, Squier founded the Motor Racing Network (MRN) alongside NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr. in 1970. Squier was the voice behind one of the most important moments in NASCAR history. In 1979, CBS presented first flag-to-flag coverage of the ...K...2023
• NASCAR's annual Cup Series champ to receive 'Bill France Cup'
Beginning this season, the Cup Series champion will be awarded the Bill France Cup, a trophy which pays homage to Bill France Sr., who founded NASCAR in 1947, as well as his son, Bill France Jr., who led he sport from 1972 to 2003.“As the sport ushers in a new era, it’s fitting that my father’s name is associated with the highest mark of excellence in our sport,” said Jim France ...Keep reading...2020
• Cup Series trophy renamed for France family
The trophy awarded to NASCAR's premier series champion will be called the Bill France Cup beginning this season. The renaming pays tribute to both Bill France Sr., who founded NASCAR, and his son, Bill France Jr., who ran NASCAR from 1972 to 2003....2020
• NASCAR Cup Series Champion to receive Bill France Cup beginning in 2020
To honor the legacy of the sport‘s founding family, NASCAR today announced that the Bill France Cup will be awarded to the champion of the NASCAR Cup Series, beginning in 2020. The renamed trophy pays tribute to Bill France Sr., who founded NASCAR in 1947, as well as his son, Bill France Jr., who elevated […]...2020

• Larry Mac: Jeff Gordon took NASCAR places it had never been before
Jeff Gordon signs autographs at Daytona International Speedway in February 1998. David Taylor Getty Images North AmericaSunday at Homestead is one of those moments in our sport that is truly the end of an era. Whether he wins his fifth and final championship or not doesn't matter, in all honesty, compared to what Jeff Gordon has done for the sport of NASCAR. We could write articles about Jeff all...2015
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• Earnhardt Jr. Most Popular for 15th Year

Dale Earnhardt Jr. received the Most Popular Driver Award for the 15th consecutive year along with the Bill France Award of Excellence on Thursday night....2017
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• Mason Mitchell wins ARCA finale; Enfinger takes championship
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• Bill Moss, who assisted Bill France with creation of Talladega Superspeedway, passes away
Bill Moss’ construction company played a vital role in creating Talladega Superspeedway....2017
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• NASCAR was born 75 years ago today at a hotel in Daytona

With stock car racing scattered and disorganized, Bill France set out on Dec. 14, 1947 to gather together its biggest players, and NASCAR was born....2022
• NASCAR celebrates Founders Day - December 14, 1947

On December 14, 1947, Bill France gathered 35 people for four days of meetings (Dec. 14 — 17) at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach. The distinguished group represented the most influential names in the racing industry at the time and included drivers, mechanics, promoters, car owners, journalists, businessmen, and a recording secretary. The National […]...2022
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• Daytona Rising: The Birth of Daytona
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• Joey Logano accepts the Bill France Cup Championship Trophy

Joey Logano accepts the Bill France Cup Championship Trophy from NASCAR President Steve Phelps....2022
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• 2026 season preview: Wood Brothers Racing
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• Dominant Phoenix performance ends in heartbreak for Denny Hamlin

By Dustin Albino AVONDALE, Ariz. — Denny Hamlin was three laps away from conquering his nemesis, the illustrious Bill France Cup trophy. It ended in bitter defeat during the Cup Series Championship race at Phoenix Raceway. After climbing out of the No. 11 car, Hamlin was greeted by fiancée Jordan Fish. The raw emotions from […]...2025
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• Stubbs: Resetting NASCAR playoff field entering Round of 16

On Sunday, the 76th running of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway will kick off the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Sixteen drivers will begin the postseason with dreams of hoisting the Bill France Cup at Phoenix Raceway on Nov....2025
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• Why these three Cup Series drivers could face surprise playoff exits

NASCAR's best prepare to begin their quest for the Bill France Cup in the playoff opener at Darlington Raceway on Sunday....2025
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• Ryan Blaney reacts to runner-up finish in Phoenix race, Cup Series championship
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• GRAMMY-Winning Icon Nelly to Perform Pre-Race Concert

GRAMMY-Winning Icon Nelly to Perform Pre-Race Concert Ahead of #NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday November 10th Phoenix Raceway announced that diamond selling, multi-platinum, and GRAMMY award-winning rapper Nelly will perform prior to the NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race on Sunday, Nov. 10, with a portion of the performance set to air live on NBC’s pre-race show. “...2024
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• Why Larson will Win the 2024 NASCAR Cup Title
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