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NASCAR Closes Merger with ISC

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Jim France Will Serve as Chairman & CEO, Lesa France Kennedy Will Serve as Executive Vice Chair in New, Unified Company Under Steve Phelps’ Leadership

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (October 18, 2019) – NASCAR today announced that it has successfully closed its acquisition of International Speedway Corporation (“ISC”), merging its operations into one, new company moving forward. The new company will remain based in Daytona Beach, Florida and will continue as NASCAR. As part of this process, ISC has been delisted from NASDAQ. 

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Rising Talents Deegan, Daniels and O’Leary are Carrying the Torch for Women in Motorsports

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Hailie Deegan, Brehanna Daniels, and Breanna O’Leary
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of Hailie Deegan’s season-opening victory in NASCAR’s K&N Pro Series West at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend was that she doesn’t consider the victory big news just because she’s a young woman.

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Calling All Thrill-Seekers; Registration Now Open For ‘Over the Edge’ Rappelling Fundraiser

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Proceeds will support education and healthcare services
for children in the Charlotte community

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (May 16, 2018) – Registration is now open for “Over the Edge,” a unique fundraising event which allows thrill-seekers to rappel ten stories down the Embassy Suites Charlotte Uptown on Sept. 25-26, motivated by benefitting education and healthcare services to children in the Charlotte area through Friends of the NASCAR Hall of Fame Foundation and The NASCAR Foundation. Continue reading →

Ben Kennedy Brings New Perspective to Management Role

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France family scion Ben Kennedy brings a welcome point of view to his new role as general manager of the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series. Continue reading →

NASCAR Hall of Fame Welcomes Five Exceptional Talents in 2018 Inductee Class

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CHARLOTTE, NC – MAY 24: Robert Yates, Red Byron, Ray Evernham, Ken Squire and Ron Hornaday Jr. are announced to the Hall of Fame during the NASCAR Hall of Fame Voting Day at NASCAR Hall of Fame on May 24, 2017 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The distinguished NASCAR Hall of Fame class of 2018 includes a formidable array of eclectic talent: NASCAR’s first champion, arguably the sport’s most innovative crew chief, racing’s most recognizable voice, the Camping World Truck Series’ all-time leading winner and a revered engine-builder-turned car owner. Continue reading →