Senate Bill 2670

    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2670

    By Senators Burt and Bankhead





    16-1902-98

  1                    Senate Resolution No.     

  2         A resolution recognizing NASCAR - the National

  3         Association for Stock Car Auto Racing - and the

  4         William H. G. France, Sr., family.

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  6         WHEREAS, motorsports are American's fastest growing and

  7  most exciting sports venue in the closing days of the 20th

  8  Century, and

  9         WHEREAS, motorsports events have become the largest

10  sporting events in Florida in terms of consistent fan interest

11  and support, both in terms of actual gate ticket sales and

12  mass media audiences, and

13         WHEREAS, stock car racing was created and fostered as a

14  unique Florida sport by the entrepreneurship of William H.G.

15  France, Sr., on the hard sands of Daytona Beach, and

16         WHEREAS, the necessity for a firm and responsible

17  authority to self-regulate this complex and popular sport led

18  to the creation by William H.G. France, Sr., in 1948 of the

19  National Association for Stock Car Racing (NASCAR), and

20         WHEREAS, NASCAR now regulates a major American sport on

21  a par with the National Football League, the National

22  Basketball Association, the National Hockey League, Major

23  League Baseball, and the Professional Golfers Association, and

24         WHEREAS, NASCAR has through its effective regulation

25  achieved an image for its drivers, teams, and sponsors of

26  clean living, honesty, family values, and fan appreciation

27  unparalleled by the athletes in any other sport, and

28         WHEREAS, NASCAR events provide a significant and

29  growing contribution to the Florida tourist industry, entirely

30  through sound management, creative promotion, and strategic

31  planning without benefit of public moneys, and

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    Florida Senate - 1998        (NP)                      SR 2670
    16-1902-98




  1         WHEREAS, the officials of NASCAR have a firm and

  2  resolute commitment to the highest ideals of American sports

  3  ethics, and an everlasting dedication to the satisfaction of

  4  the fans of motorsports, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  6  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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  8         That this uniquely Floridian and especially American

  9  organization be recognized and applauded during this, the 50th

10  anniversary of its founding, and that the individual members

11  of the family of William H.G. France, Sr., who carry on his

12  high ideals and lofty purposes in the maintenance of the great

13  sport of stock car auto racing be congratulated and encouraged

14  for their continuing devotion to his legacy.

15         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

16  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be transmitted to the

17  family of William H. G. France, Sr., as a tangible token of

18  the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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