On Thursday, NASCAR CEO and Chairman Brian France spent the day in New York meeting with members of the Associated Press at the ASPE annual commissioners meeting.
At the rally, France represented NASCAR and answered numerous questions regarding the future of the sport, as well as his controversial comments defending Republican candidate Donald Trump. He also commented on the current state of North Carolina in the recently passed transgender law.
Brian France on finding a NASCAR title sponsor to replace Sprint: “We’re ahead of schedule, where normally these things take longer to do.”
–APSE (@APSE_sportmedia) April 21, 2016
France expects a decision soon. Sprint’s sponsorship expires after 2016. “There is no strategy when it comes to a billion-dollar sports deal.”
–APSE (@APSE_sportmedia) April 21, 2016
NASCAR CEO Brian France, on backlash against his support of Donald Trump, says he’s surprised: ‘I probably shouldn’t have been.’
– Jeff Rosen (@jeff_rosen88) April 21, 2016
France on North Carolina business, continued: “We’re trying to be part of a solution, not make a bunch of threats.”
–APSE (@APSE_sportmedia) April 21, 2016
Since the meeting with Trump, France has remained discreet about the state of sport. But he insists that NASCAR is moving in the right direction.
Dustin joined the Frontstretch team at the start of the 2016 season. 2020 marks his sixth full-time season in the sport he loved growing up. His dream was to one day become a NASCAR reporter, so he attended Ithaca College (class of 2018) to earn a degree in journalism. From the age of four, he knew he wanted to become a storyteller.
