For Bill France Jr., it was never about fame or fortune. Everything he did — helping build Daytona International Speedway, moving the annual awards banquet to New York City and negotiating the first billion-dollar TV contract — he did with NASCAR’s best interests at heart.
Influential leader dies at 74
Tuesday, June 5, 2007 | 12:00 a.m. CDT;
updated 1:11 a.m. CDT, Sunday, July 20, 2008
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