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Bill France Jr., longtime NASCAR chief, dies

Bill France Jr., who steered NASCAR for 31 years through its strongest growth era, died Monday, according to the Chicago Tribune. He was 74.
France, the second czar in NASCAR's owning dynasty, took over as president from his father, founder "Big Bill" France, in 1972. He was diagnosed with cancer in 1999, but the cancer was in remission when he handed control of NASCAR to his son, Brian Z. France, in 2003.

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