Racing Community Honors NASCAR’s 75th Anniversary
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — “If managed right, stock car racing has the real potential for Sunday shows,” This is what Bill France Sr. told a group of drivers, businessmen and promoters in a hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida 75 years ago. While many see the founder of NASCAR as a visionary, they would tell you even he could not predict how big it truly would become.
“When I think about the fact that I first started going to NASCAR over 60years ago and to be fortunate enough to be apart of the team that helps NASCAR celebrate their 75 years of existence, there are so many businesses and companies that don’t make it seven years much less 75 years,” said Winston Kelley, the executive director of the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Before Kelley joined the Hall of Fame, he spent more than 30 years on air with the Motor Racing Network. He got to see NASCAR rise and fall throughout his life and is optimistic about the future.
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