Brian France
Brian France
Brian Franceis an American businessman who is the current CEO and Chairman of NASCAR, taking over the position from his father, Bill France Jr., in 2003. Time Magazine named him one of the "100 Most Influential of the Century" in 2006 and he was named one of the five most powerful sports executives by The Sporting News in 2005...
competing guys owners talk team
One of the things I wanted to say to all you guys is that when you talk to the team owners about this . . . we come at it from different views. We actually have very much competing agendas.
competition easier spend time
I am going to spend a lot more time on our competition side, so I am going to be here a lot more. It's just an easier place for me to spend time.
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Joe Gibbs has proven that you can take success from one sport and translate it to another. If they follow anything close to his model, and they're smart guys, they'll have a chance to be successful.
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I think it definitely would be helpful. They're the two biggest stars in the sport. We'd love to see the most popular drivers be in the Chase, but you have to earn it. They would agree with that.
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We'd always like it to be closer, but it really is close enough for us. The perfect scenario would be all 10 guys within 25 points of each other. But I don't think we would go to a separate points system because part of the beauty of this is that you still have to beat 33 others.
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We have a lot of drivers who speak for the garage area now. But Dale was like Michael Jordan. I don't think you'll ever replace him fully because of the type of person he was.
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We are going to have a greater urban impact. Anytime you can create awareness, it stands to create interest.
allowed five smooth sure system teams
We don't want to penalize him unnecessarily. He started out with five teams in a system that allowed that. We want to make sure to do it in a smooth way.
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We hear ideas all the time that we could consider.
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We are very under-covered for the size audience we have. The good news for us is we're looking at that. We're disappointed, but we know one day we are going to turn the corner on that.
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We have to be, and we will be, a performance-based series. You have to perform. You know what, the drivers ... don't want to limp in on a fan vote. They want to earn their way in or not earn their way in.
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The other thing is, I know how competitively hungry they are. They're not here just to be here. They're here to compete hard, showcase their products and support their teams. And they're going to do it on the biggest stage.
firm four looks next six sooner weeks
We're getting down to the wire. Looks to be in the next four to six weeks or sooner there will be some firm announcements of where we'll land.
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We have not announced the final penalties for Chad. We're not happy that he has had a progression of pushing the envelope.