Bill France Jr. : The Man Who Made NASCAR.
Title:
Bill France Jr. : The Man Who Made NASCAR.
Author:
Branham, H. A.
ISBN:
9781617497551
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (233 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Tom Brokaw -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction by Betty Jane France -- Section I: Daytona Beach (1934-47) -- Chapter 1: City of Speed -- Chapter 2: Dad -- Chapter 3: Mom -- Chapter 4: NASCAR's Historic Weekend -- Section II: NASCAR-The Beginnings (1948-59) -- Chapter 5: The First Season -- Chapter 6: On the Road -- Chapter 7: Betty Jane -- Chapter 8: Building the Tri-Oval -- Section III: The Future Beckons (1960-70) -- Chapter 9: Lesa -- Chapter 10: Brian -- Chapter 11: ISC -- Chapter 12: A New Project: Talladega -- Section IV: Growing a Sport (1971-2000) -- Chapter 13: RJR and the Winston Cup -- Chapter 14: Taking the Reins -- Chapter 15: The Next Level -- Chapter 16: Days of Thunder -- Chapter 17: Japan -- Chapter 18: The Chairman -- Section V: The Last Laps (2001-07) -- Chapter 19: Fighting Back -- Chapter 20: Television -- Chapter 21: Earnhardt -- Chapter 22: Third Generation Takes Over -- Chapter 23: Speeches -- Chapter 24: Media -- Chapter 25: Stories -- Chapter 26: The Lion in Winter -- Chapter 27: Safe at Home -- Postscript by H.A. Branham -- Epilogue by Jim France -- Chronology: Bill France Jr.-A Life Timeline -- Index.
Abstract:
Former NASCAR president, chairman, and CEO William Clifton France-known to most people at Bill France Jr.-is remembered and revered as the man who followed his visionary father at the helm of NASCAR, in the process becoming a visionary himself as he guided NASCAR to unprecedented levels of popularity. The biography covers Bill Jr.'s role in NASCAR's formative years; his assumption of the NASCAR presidency, replacing his father; the sports' explosion under his leadership; his courageous battle with cancer throughout the last decade of his life; and his final role, as NASCAR vice chairman and main advisor to NASCAR's third generation leader, his son, Chairman and CEO Brian France.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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