On Thursday, NASCAR CEO and Chairman Brian France spent the day in New York City meeting with members of The Associated Press at the yearly ASPE Commissioner Meeting.
At the gathering, France represented NASCAR and answered many 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 recent law that was passed regarding transgenders.
Brian France on finding 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 decision soon. Sprint's sponsorship runs out after 2016. "There's no playbook when it comes to a billion-dollar sports deal."
— APSE (@APSE_sportmedia) April 21, 2016
NASCAR CEO Brian France on backlash against his endorsement of Donald Trump – says he was surprised: "I probably shouldn't have been."
— Jeff Rosen (@jeff_rosen88) April 21, 2016
France on doing business in NC, cont.: "We try to be part of a solution, not make a bunch of threats."
— APSE (@APSE_sportmedia) April 21, 2016
Since the encountering with Trump, France has been quiet on the state of the sport. But he insists that NASCAR is going in the right direction.
Dustin joined the Frontstretch team at the beginning of the 2016 season. 2020 marks his sixth full-time season covering the sport that he grew up loving. His dream was to one day be a NASCAR journalist, thus why he attended Ithaca College (Class of 2018) to earn a journalism degree. Since the ripe age of four, he knew he wanted to be a storyteller.