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Jim France, son of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., will step down June 1 as head of the largest operator of NASCAR tracks.

Lesa France Kennedy, granddaughter of NASCAR’s founder and older sister to current NASCAR chairman Brian France, will move from president to chief executive officer of International Speedway Corp. The announcement was made at Tuesday’s annual stockholders’ meeting in Daytona Beach, Fla.

ISC is the largest operator of NASCAR tracks and the France family’s publicly traded company. The family runs NASCAR as a private entity…  Details

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