Bill France Sr., the American who created NASCAR, did so 75 years ago, on Feb. 21, 1948, in Daytona Beach, Florida — and today it's the world's premier stock car racing circuit.

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 ...

Bill France Weather was fast approaching a 50th birthday, and let’s just say, 50 wasn’t the new 40 for BFW. On its 50th birthday, in ’09, rain lopped 48 laps from the afternoon. Matt Kenseth ...

DAYTONA BEACH — That wasn’t rain that delayed the Daytona 500 on Sunday, it was Bill France’s tears. Once upon a time, during NASCAR’s heyday, the Daytona 500 used to run without a hitch ...

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 ...

It’s a double celebration as Daytona drops the green flag on the 60th 500, and NASCAR, founded in the city by the sea, observes its 70th anniversary.

MORE: Daytona Days: A France family affair. December 1947: Bill France Sr. organizes a meeting at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Fla., to discuss the future of stock car racing.

Bill France Sr.’s ambitious deadline was met. And so, in mid-February 1959, drivers rolled into Daytona Beach, entered the tunnel burrowed under the race track just out of Turn 4 — and ...

DAYTONA BEACH — The power and influence of NASCAR czar Bill France Jr. extended beyond the racetrack. They even reached the White House. Locally, his blessing — and wallet — could… ...