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Flash.(new vice chairman of NASCAR's board, Brian France)
All in the family
NASCAR has promoted another member of the France family and added another ``outsider'' to its board of directors. Brian France, son of chairman of the board, Bill France, has been promoted from executive vice president to vice chairman of the board. It's a title he'll share with his uncle, Jim France, Bill's younger brother. And George Pyne has been promoted from senior vice president to chief operating officer and added to the board of directors. Pyne and NASCAR president Mike Helton are the only members of the board not related to the late Bill France Sr., who founded NASCAR in 1948 and ran it until turning it over to Bill Jr. in 1972. The other board members are Bill Jr., Jim, Brian and Lisa France Kennedy, daughter of Bill France Jr.
Yates shuffles personnel
Robert Yates Racing has made several major personnel changes. Doug Yates, son of team owner Robert, is the organization's new general manager. Todd Parrott has been promoted from crew chief to director of competition. He'll be in charge of long-range planning, special projects, some race-day planning and technical matters. Brand Parrott (Todd's younger brother) is Dale Jarrett's new crew chief on the No. 88 UPS Ford, and Raymond Fox III will be crew chief for newcomer Elliott Sadler on the No. 38 M&M's Ford.
Fittipaldi will do the 24
Ex-Formula One and CART driver Christian Fittipaldi is the latest big name to sign up for next month's Daytona 24 hours. The 31-year-old Brazilian, who is switching to NASCAR in 2003, will race one of Doran ...
- EDITORIAL: Bill France Jr.(Editorial)
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) June 6, 2007 700+ words
...booming national pastime, Daytona Beach's Bill France Jr. left a huge impact on the economy...after succeeding founder and father, Bill France Sr., died Monday at 74. Throughout his life, Bill Jr. stayed anchored in the community where...
- The France Revolution.(former NASCAR president Bill France)(Interview)
- Magazine article from: Auto Racing Digest WOODY, LARRY May 1, 2001 700+ words
...1940s, William G. "Big Bill" France looked at a raw-boned...passed down to his son, Bill France Jr., who dared to gaze...his father had done. Bill Jr. would turn what had...In late November, Bill Jr., 67 years old and...
- Brian France to replace father, Bill Jr., as CEO of NASCAR.
- Newspaper article from: The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Fla.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 13, 2003 700+ words
...in the last decade of Bill France Jr.'s tenure. Even...once-iron hands of Bill France Jr. To compound the...father, NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., known as "Big...in Daytona Beach. And Bill Jr._though he often issued...
- Brian France to replace father, Bill Jr., as CEO of NASCAR.(The Orlando...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hinton, Ed September 13, 2003 700+ words
...in the last decade of Bill France Jr.'s tenure. Even...once-iron hands of Bill France Jr. To compound the...father, NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., known as "Big...in Daytona Beach. And Bill Jr._though he often issued...
- Master Juggler: Bill France Jr. had a knack for keeping everybody happy.
- News wire article from: Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, NC) July 8, 2007 700+ words
...dogs and slaw on toasted buns, maybe Bill France Jr. wouldn't have been in the right...s hot dogs were such a part of the Bill France Jr. tradition that when France came...appearances. Rough-and-tumble times Bill France Jr. was a billionaire -- ranked No...
- BILL FRANCE JR. DIES AT 74.(Motorsports)(Obituary)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek June 11, 2007 700+ words
...Florida, where NASCAR's Bill France Jr. passed away. William C. (Bill) France, whose firm hand and visionary...William Henry Getty (Big Bill) France and his wife, Anne. Even...France often was spoken of as Bill Jr., Little Bill or Billy...
- Racing was Bill France Jr.'s life: NASCAR legend called 'a soft-hearted guy who...
- Newspaper article from: Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL) June 5, 2007 700+ words
...Ed Hinton Jun. 5--Bill France Jr., whose hardball...NASCAR founder "Big Bill" France, as president in 1972...Monday that "it was Bill Jr. who parlayed what his...attack in Japan. Big Bill France founded NASCAR in 1947...
- An Old Nemesis: Track owner Bruton Smith often clashed with ISC's Bill France...
- News wire article from: Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem, NC) July 9, 2007 700+ words
...family, particularly Bill France Jr. Smith and France...settled. If Smith and Bill France had worked more closely...France family, with Bill Jr.'s younger brother...fierce rivalry Smith and Bill France Jr. were natural rivals...
- NASCAR visionary Bill France Jr. dies: Bill France Jr., who died Monday,...
- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) Rothschild, Sarah June 5, 2007 700+ words
Byline: Sarah Rothschild Jun. 5--Bill France Jr., the visionary head of NASCAR for 31 years, died Monday...walking away. He was known for ruling with an iron fist. "Bill Jr. was the ultrapolisher of benevolent dictatorship; nobody...
- NASCAR icon Bill France Jr. dead at 74.(Obituary)
- News wire article from: Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC ) June 4, 2007 700+ words
...France, known to the racing world as Bill Jr., became president of NASCAR in 1972...his father, William H.G. France. Bill Jr. kept that title until 2000, when Mike...grew up in the sport. As a young man, Bill Jr. worked in virtually every job there...
Source: HighBeam Research, Flash.(new vice chairman of NASCAR's board, Brian France)