As Curb recalls, “Les Richter and Bill France Jr. called me and said, ‘We want you to get involved with a car.” It wasn’t just any car—they wanted him to work with Dale Earnhardt Sr., ...

NASCAR or the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, was conceived on December 14, 1947 by American businessman Bill France Sr. in Daytona Beach, Florida. Being a racing driver himself ...

It was at this time that Bill France Sr. offered "extra money" to Childress ... "We did race Saturday in the Grand American car," Richard Childress was quoted as saying by Advance Local Media.

It was founded by Bill France Sr., handed down to his sons Jim and Bill France Jr., and later to Brian France and Lisa France Kennedy. Jim currently serves as the series’ CEO, while Lisa’s son ...

Trees and bushes cover the faded grandstands, and rusted race cars remain abandoned near the track. Formerly owned and managed by NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. the one-mile dirt oval has hosted ...

On Dec. 14, 1947, Bill France Sr. brought together his most trusted ... at that Dec. 14 meeting of 30 people that the idea of stock car auto racing began. 75 years later and she says she is ...