Bill France

Bill or William France may refer to:

  • Bill France, Sr. (1909–1992), nicknamed "Big Bill", the founder of NASCAR and its president from 1948–1971
  • Bill France, Jr. (1933–2007), nicknamed "Little Bill", son of Bill France, Sr., who ran NASCAR from 1972–2000
  • William France, Sr (cabinetmaker) (1727–1773)
  • William France Jnr (cabinetmaker) (1759–1838)

Famous quotes containing the words bill and/or france:

    “What I am anxious to do is to get the best bill possible with the least amount of friction.... I wish to avoid [splitting our party]. I shall do all in my power to retain the corporation tax as it is now and also force a reduction of the [tariff] schedules. It is only when all other efforts fail that I’ll resort to headlines and force the people into this fight.”
    —William Howard Taft (1857–1930)

    “Intellectuals can tell themselves anything, sell themselves any bill of goods, which is why they were so often patsies for the ruling classes in nineteenth-century France and England, or twentieth-century Russia and America.”
    —Lillian Hellman (1907–1984)