House Bill 9491

    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9491

        By Representatives Lynn, Wiles, Kosmas, Ziebarth and
    Harrington





  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the National

  3         Association of Stock Car Auto Racing on its

  4         50th anniversary.

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  6         WHEREAS, motorsports are America'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 Auto 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,

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25         WHEREAS, NASCAR has through its effective regulation

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

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

28  unparalleled by the athletes in any other sport, and

29         WHEREAS, NASCAR events provide a significant and

30  growing contribution to the Florida tourist industry, entirely

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1998                HR 9491

    560-187-98






  1  through sound management, creative promotion, and strategic

  2  planning without benefit of public moneys, and

  3         WHEREAS, the officials of NASCAR have a firm and

  4  resolute commitment to the highest ideals of American sports

  5  ethics, and an everlasting dedication to the satisfaction of

  6  the fans of motorsports, NOW, THEREFORE,

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  8  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

  9  Florida:

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11         That this uniquely Floridian and especially American

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

13  anniversary year of its founding, and that the individual

14  members of the family of William H.G. France, Sr., who carry

15  on his high ideals and lofty purposes in the maintenance of

16  the great sport of stock car auto racing be congratulated and

17  encouraged for their continuing devotion to his legacy.

18         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution

19  be presented to William H.G. France, Jr., as a tangible token

20  of the sentiments expressed herein.

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