France family net worth
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Bill France Jr.
In 1972, Bill France Jr. was handed the reins to the family business after decades of learning how to drive it. Known as Bill Jr. even after his father passed away in 1992, he took the business Bill Sr. had created and elevated it to unprecedented heights no one, except perhaps Bill Jr., could have foreseen. In any industry, he would be considered an overwhelming success; in this industry, his accomplishments are phenomenal.
The “family business,” after all, is NASCAR.
In his 2010 biography of Bill France Jr., H.A. Branham sums up the effect that Bill Sr. and Bill Jr. had on the sport: “Bill Sr. created NASCAR. Bill Jr. made NASCAR.”
Eighteen months after Bill Jr. was born in Washington, DC, Bill Sr. moved his small family to Daytona Beach, FL, in autumn 1934 and quickly became involved in the area’s burgeoning auto-racing scene. Over the next 13 years, Bill Sr. evolved from driver to race promoter and organizer to, ultimately, creator of the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing.
Bill Jr. turned 15 during NASCAR’s inaugural season and, in the years t
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Bill France, Jr.
Class of: 1999
Sport: Auto Racing
School: Seabreeze High School
UF
William Clifton France (April 4, 1933 – June 4, 2007), nicknamed “Bill Jr.” and “Little Bill,” was an American Motorsports executive who served from 1972 to 2000 as the head of NASCAR, the sanctioning body of United States-based stock car racing. He succeeded the founder of NASCAR, his father Bill France, Sr., as its head. France, Jr. was born in Washington, D.C., but his family moved to Daytona Beach, FL in 1935 to escape the Great Depression. He attended Seabreeze High School before attending the University of Florida. He served for two years in the United States Navy before turning to a career in racing. After serving as its vice-president for six years, France, Jr. became the head of NASCAR when his father Bill France, Sr. retired on January 10, 1972. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame describes the transition: “Other than the founding of NASCAR itself, Bill Jr.’s appointment to leadership is probably the most significant event i
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Bill France Jr.
Press Releases
BILL FRANCE JR.:
THE MAN WHO MADE NASCAR
By H.A. Branham/Foreword by Tom Brokaw
CONTACT: Bill Ames, Triumph Books, 312.252.1248, b.ames@triumphbooks.com
Former NASCAR president, chairman and CEO William Clifton France-known to most people as Bill France Jr.-is remembered and revered as the man who followed his visionary father at the helm of NASCAR. Over the course of his storied career, France became the type of bold leader necessary to guide NASCAR to become the monster sports business it is today.
Bill Jr. grew up during the formative years of stock car racing, living and learning every detail of the sport from his own experiences and those of his father, NASCAR founder William Henry Getty France, who was known as Bill Sr. or "Big Bill." In the new biography Bill France Jr.: The Man Who Made NASCAR, author H.A. Branham examines his extraordinary life, including:
- France's role in NASCAR's early years prior to taking over his father's position
- His assumption to the presidency of NASCAR
- NASCAR's
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