The first thing you need to know about the Daytona 500 trophy is that it is heavy ... for Bob Hope Village was close with NASCAR founder Bill France, and Lajba was hired to create a sculpture ...

Harley Earl was a close friend of the founder of NASCAR Bill France Sr, who named the trophy after the automotive design as a sign of respect. The Daytona winner lifts the original trophy after ...

About 11 years ago, NASCAR team owner Richard Childress revealed that he had plans to return the iconic No. 3 car to the NASCAR Cup Series after ... with the late Bill France Jr., former NASCAR ...

The son of two-time Daytona 500 champion Bill Elliott has seen ... the most special event on the entire NASCAR calendar. Still in search of his own Harley J. Earl Trophy after nine prior attempts ...

Why did NASCAR founder William Henry Getty “Big Bill” France take his ... battle over who gets to race in Cup, the sport’s top-tier division. Jim France’s unlikely adversary: six-time ...

The charter system guarantees teams entries into every single NASCAR Cup Series race ... 2025 NASCAR’s owners, the France family, has long operated with an iron fist. Bill France Sr.

and the most mentioned names were Hamlin, 2023 Cup Series champ Ryan Blaney ... They didn't move off the beach until NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. built Daytona International Speedway in 1959.

Despite NASCAR’s lawless, moonshine-running foundations, the series has created a series of strict rules — and today, we’re looking at some of the wildest penalties in Cup Series history.

It was 37 years before rain got involved again, and over the years, it became known as Bill France Weather, as even the most dire of forecasts fizzled by race day. This phenomenon covered both ...

The France family’s legacy: From founding NASCAR to its decline NASCAR has been revolving around the France family since its inception in 1948, when Bill France ... of a Cup Series race in ...