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France Jr. Remembered for his Vision and Compassion
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06/07/2007 - 07:00 PM
Daytona Beach, FL
 
The Bethune-Cookman University Concert Chorale performs at the funeral service for Bill France Jr. at Mary McLeod Bethune Performing Arts Center June 7, 2007 in Daytona Beach, Florida. France died June 4 at the age of 74. (Photo: Mike Meadows) ยป More Photos

Members of the NASCAR community turned out in force Thursday to say goodbye to William C. France, the man credited with making the sport of stock car racing the national phenomenon it is today.

France, 74, died Monday at his home on the Halifax River in the same city where his father, William H.G. France, conceived NASCAR in 1947. The
elder France, known as "Big Bill," handed the reins of the sanctioning body to "Bill Jr." in 1972, and over the next 30 years France guided NASCAR to unprecedented growth before giving way to his son, Brian Z. France, in 2003.

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