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...
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We knew that when we did all the moves in the last three years, another event in Phoenix in the calendar year, another one in California, that would take time to absorb that in the marketplace. They've made a lot of progress with management changes that I think are starting to pay some dividends. I think they're going to have a very big crowd.
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No big changes that we can see. There may be some adjustments. We know that NASCAR's success is in the longevity of historically important events.
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Baseball's Hall of Fame wasn't located in a major metropolitan area, and they've struggled.
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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 just need to find a market in Canada that works. We know we have a tremendous fan base up there.
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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 are going to have a greater urban impact. Anytime you can create awareness, it stands to create interest.
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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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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.
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We're looking at making sure we have the right balance in terms of points for a win. We're not ready to make that decision, but we are studying that to make sure we have enough real reward for a win. That's something we will have to look at.
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Many of the cars are made here in the U.S., and they're very much in the fabric of the culture here today, Any American make .....
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We are going to look at the Chase when the season clears, but my sense of it is that it isn't going to be anything more than a small adjustment.
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We hear ideas all the time that we could consider.
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It has been a big distraction. We haven't announced the final penalty for Chad yet. We don't expect somebody to fall into the bad zone, if you will, too many times. So we're going to have to check ourselves from a deterrent standpoint to make sure the guys understand what we're trying to get done.