you may be surprised to find the remains of a speedway owned by the king of NASCAR himself: Daytona Beach's Bill France, Sr. The Historic Occoneechee Speedway is the last remaining dirt speedway ...

NASCAR founder Bill France Sr. saw the potential of the track. He transformed it into a one-mile dirt oval, making it one of NASCAR’s first official tracks. However, Occoneechee Speedway was ...

A historic NASCAR dirt track has been preserved as a popular Orange County hiking trail. Occoneechee Speedway was one of the first two tracks to open for NASCAR’s inaugural season in 1949.

RacingOne//Getty Images Master mechanic Red Vogt, NASCAR founder Bill France, Sr ... finishing 15th at Occoneechee Speedway in Hillsborough, N.C. later that season. He eventually moved from ...

Occasionally, armchair historians run with the legend of Big Bill France — the NASCAR founder and Speedway builder — “inventing” a new track shape because it helps the sightline for fans ...

The France family primarily owns NASCAR. The sanctioning body was founded by Bill France Sr ... races are run on tracks owned by International Speedway Corporation and Speedway Motorsports ...

at Daytona International Speedway, opening the destination’s first year-round motorsports attraction and museum. 1999: Brian France, Bill Jr.’s son, leads effort to consolidate the television ...

RELATED: Big Bill Excerpt 1 on France’s induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame The brainstorm that became Daytona International Speedway always was linked to Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Bill France ... Speedway in 1959 and the Talladega Superspeedway in 1969. Both facilities host some of the fastest wheel-to-wheel racing action the world has ever known. France was a force ...