William Henry Getty France

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human motorsport executive

William Henry Getty France was an American racing executive best known as the founder and first president of NASCAR, who played a pivotal role in organizing and popularizing stock car racing in the United States.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	human ⓘ motorsport executive ⓘ
activeYearsEnd	1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1930s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Big Bill France NERFINISHED ⓘ Bill France Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived	induction into International Motorsports Hall of Fame ⓘ
basedIn	Daytona Beach, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Bill France Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Jim France NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
countryOfDeath	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1909-09-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1992-06-07 ⓘ
employer	NASCAR NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName	France NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	motorsport administration ⓘ stock car racing ⓘ
founded	NASCAR NERFINISHED ⓘ National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing NERFINISHED ⓘ
fullName	William Henry Getty France NERFINISHED ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	stock car racing promotion ⓘ
givenName	William ⓘ
heritage	American ⓘ
influenced	professionalization of stock car racing ⓘ
knownFor	founding NASCAR ⓘ organizing stock car racing in the United States ⓘ popularizing stock car racing in the United States ⓘ serving as first president of NASCAR ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
memberOf	NASCAR Hall of Fame honorees NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	creation of the NASCAR Strictly Stock Series ⓘ development of Daytona International Speedway ⓘ
occupation	promoter ⓘ racing executive ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Daytona Beach, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	chairman of NASCAR ⓘ president of NASCAR ⓘ
residence	Daytona Beach, Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent	convened 1947 meeting that led to formation of NASCAR ⓘ organized early stock car races on Daytona Beach ⓘ
spouse	Anne Bledsoe France NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Bill France Sr. → fullName → William Henry Getty France ⓘ

Bill France Sr. was the first president of NASCAR → fullName → William Henry Getty France ⓘ

subject surface form: Bill France Sr.