Brian Zachary France was born on August 2,1962 and is an American businessman and the former CEO and chairman of NASCAR.
15 Facts About Brian France
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Brian France served in the post from 2003 to 2018, following his grandfather Bill France Sr.
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In 2019, France founded Silver Falcon Capital, Inc and became CEO of the private investing firm.
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Brian France was exposed to the business of stock car racing from a young age.
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Brian France studied at the University of Central Florida but joined NASCAR before earning a degree.
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Brian France managed several short tracks, including Tucson Raceway Park in Arizona in the earlier years of his career.
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In 1995, Brian France helped to create the Craftsman Truck Series.
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Brian France became NASCAR's CEO and chairman of the board in 2003, after his father retired from the position.
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Brian France made an effort to expand the audience base of NASCAR to minorities, and allowed Toyota vehicles to begin competing on the NASCAR circuit.
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Brian France later pleaded guilty to one count misdemeanor DUI on June 7,2019.
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Brian France's leave of absence officially ended in February 2019 when interim head of NASCAR, Jim France, permanently took over as CEO and chairman.
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In 2019, Brian France founded and became CEO of Silver Falcon Capital, Inc.
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Brian France founded Brand Sense Partners, a Los Angeles-based licensing company.
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Brian France implemented a wide variety of policies and mandations that tended to focus heavily on driver safety and equal opportunity for virtually all drivers to contend.
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In March 2020 Brian France sued John L Steele, an internet user behind the parody Twitter account "Drunken Brian France", for "infliction of emotional distress" and invasion of privacy.