75 years ago, on Dec. 14, 1947, Bill France Sr. founded NASCAR, signing the founding documents at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach.
DAYTONA BEACH, FL -- December 1947: Members attending the organizational meetings that would eventually form NASCAR pose for a photo in the smoke-filled room atop the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach. From racing on the beach to racing in multimillion-dollar racing venues.
“When you look at that old school footage, those were cars, essentially, that we’re passenger vehicles just off the road,” said Frank Kelleher, president of Daytona International Speedway. “And they’re slight modifications and now they’re racing…to now the NextGen car. The speeds, the safety of the car. I know, one of that footage shows a car rolling over. I mean, there was no HANS device back then. No five-point seatbelt harness.
Perhaps no community has been more impacted by NASCAR’s existence over the past 75 years than Daytona. Had France not organized stock car racing where and when he did, Daytona Beach might be a much different place today. With Formula One seeing a boon in popularity in the United States thanks, in part, to the Netflix documentary that took viewers behind the scenes, NASCAR is also trying to expand its reach. That includes races in Canada and Mexico as well as a series in Europe and Brazil.
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