June 30th - July 4th, 2008
Thursday: Go Beyond the Cockpit with rising star Marcos Ambrose; among the questions we ask him in our one-one interview include how he's making the move from NASCAR to the Cup Series while finding gold away from the race track - literally. EDITOR'S NOTE: Look for Marcos' interview NEXT Thursday! We apologize for the inconvenience.
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10. Unable to fence in the fabled ‘Beach Course’ in the 1950s, he used "Beware of Snakes" signs to help channel possible freeloaders towards the track gates, forcing them to buy a ticket to watch the race.
9. Helped construct Daytona International Speedway, going so far as to attempt to use a mule to pull trees from the swamp.
8. Spearheaded the creation of Daytona USA in the mid-1990s, a NASCAR museum unlike any other that serves as a historical shrine to the Daytona 500.
7. Put together a three-year series of exhibition races in Japan from 1996-98 as a sign of the sport’s burgeoning popularity.
6. Completed the negotiations started by his father that landed R.J. Reynolds as the title sponsor of the Cup series.
5. Shortened the schedule for Winston Cup from 48 to 31 races in 1972, making all races run on paved facilities a half mile or larger while eliminating dirt tracks altogether.
4. Reduced the 1974 Daytona 500 to the Daytona 450 in an effort to help alleviate the gas crisis in America.
3. Enticed CBS to televise the 1979 Daytona 500 ‘flag to flag,' starting a new era in stock car television coverage.
2. Threatened to give Cale Yarborough, Donnie and Bobby Allison a ‘bonus' for fighting on live television after that race. "Hell, man, I might just give 'em a bonus,” France said with a smile. “You can't buy publicity like that."
1. Left a legacy that will be hard for anyone to top.
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