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:

    “Bill McKay: I thought the point was to say what I wanted.
    Lucas: Well, it is. But in the right way, and at the right time.”
    —Jeremy Larner, U.S. screenwriter, and Michael Ritchie. Bill McKay (Robert Redford)

    “The bugle-call to arms again sounded in my war-trained ear, the bayonets gleamed, the sabres clashed, and the Prussian helmets and the eagles of France stood face to face on the borders of the Rhine.... I remembered our own armies, my own war-stricken country and its dead, its widows and orphans, and it nerved me to action for which the physical strength had long ceased to exist, and on the borrowed force of love and memory, I strove with might and main.”
    —Clara Barton (1821–1912)