Jim France

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James Carl "Jim" France (born October 24, 1944) is an American motorsports executive, at present the vice chairman of the board of directors and executive vice president of NASCAR and the former chief executive officer (CEO) of International Speedway Corporation (ISC).

The son of NASCAR co-founder William Henry Getty France, Jim France began working for his father at ISC in 1959, aged 14 years, and ultimately acceded to the ISC presidency in 1987. With his brother Bill France, Jr., he inherited control of NASCAR and ISC upon his father's death in 1992, and, a member, and for a time secretary, of the board of directors of NASCAR, he served influentially as an adviser to his brother through the latter's retirement as NASCAR president in 2000 and as NASCAR CEO and chairman of the board in 2004; France, Jr., explained in 2000 that his singular prominence notwithstanding, the two jointly guided NASCAR and ISC, joking that, "In the past, we'd have a board meeting in the hall. My brother and I would meet and shoot the breeze for a few minutes". Upon the accession of Brian France to the chairmanship of NASCAR in 2003, Jim France served his nephew in a similar advisory role, most significantly after the 2007 death of France, Jr