DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The France family love affair with racing began when Bill France was a teen willing to skip school to catch events in suburban Washington, D.C.

The International Speedway Corporation, a company founded by Bill France Sr. under the name of Bill France Racing, Inc., initially owned the Daytona International Speedway.

This phenomenon covered both editions of Bill France, by the way — Senior and Junior. Buy our Daytona 500 book here Since 2003, after years of devil-may-care, we’ve had to pay attention to the ...

And I don’t know, Bill France Sr. must have been an insanely good leader." The vision of the Daytona 500 was proposed by Bill France Sr - a former stock car racer, on April 4th, 1953.

Why Bill France wanted Daytona to match length of Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Big Bill wanted a 2.5-mile track because Indianapolis Motor Speedway — symbolic home to NASCAR’s racing rivals in ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The France family love affair with racing began when Bill France was a teen willing to skip school to catch events in suburban Washington, D.C. He taught himself ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The France family love affair with racing began when Bill France was a teen willing to skip school to catch events in suburban Washington, D.C. He taught himself ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The France family love affair with racing began when Bill France was a teen willing to skip school to catch events in suburban Washington, D.C. He taught himself mechanics ...