Brian France meets with drivers council

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Brian France meets with drivers council after talking with Tony Stewart


TALLADEGA, Ala. – NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France attended his first drivers council meeting Friday night at Talladega Superspeedway after meeting with driver/owner Tony Stewart earlier in the day to clear the air.

France, making a rare Friday appearance in the garage, was present at the meeting in a reversal from his initial position that he would detract from an open conversation. NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said France started the meeting and interjected throughout before leaving early due to an evening commitment.

The drivers council meeting, which was the second formal meeting of the season, lasted more than three hours. There are nine drivers on the council who are either elected or earn spots based on their points position and meet with NASCAR executives to discuss issues facing the sport.


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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...rivers-council-meeting-lug-nut-rule/83736214/
 
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"NASCAR spokesman David Higdon said France started the meeting and interjected throughout before leaving early due to delirium tremens and an need to restore his equilibrium with copious amounts of Crown Royal"
 
Quite a turn out.

NASCAR executives in the meeting included France, chief racing development officer Steve O’Donnell, chief marketing officer Steve Phelps, chief operating officer Brent Dewar and vice chairman Mike Helton.
 
I wonder was said at that Dover casino on that lovely puffy white cloud day in June at the Monster Mile
 
oh no were my worse fears come true and that was a debris shooter on the backstrach at Atlanta with the fake syndofoam cup?
 
Just further proves that Brian doesn't care. Not only is he rarely ever in the garage area, but when he is there for something important he leaves early because of other commitments.

Either fully commit to this sport and the drivers or don't commit at all (i.e. get the hell out).
 
RacerrecaR said:
... but when he is there for something important he leaves early because of other commitments.
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Reinforces the status and authority of his position. Standard stuff for operators of billion dollar enterprises.

He showed up. Baby steps.
 
aunty dive said:
Reinforces the status and authority of his position. Standard stuff for operators of billion dollar enterprises.

He showed up. Baby steps.
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But if you truly care about something, you'll make time for it in your schedule no matter how busy you are. I frequently work 100 hours per week and if something comes up where 1 (or more) of my employees wants to discuss something, I'll do whatever it takes to fit that discussion into my schedule.
 
I wasn't suggesting it's right ... just pointing to it as sort of standard operating procedure for some of these guys.

Power and control. Call a meeting and sit at a table 6" higher than everybody else.
 
One of the reasons the meeting might have lasted so long? Drivers apparently didn't feel muzzled.

"You can say what you want to say amongst the drivers on the council and you're not going to offend everybody," Harvick said. "Everybody has got an open mind about pushing the sport in a better direction anytime we were on any subject.
"It's not a situation where you want to hold back and not say something because you're worried about offending somebody."

The council talked about everything from aero packages to television ratings, Logano said. Aero packages last year were a source of disagreement between drivers and NASCAR, with the drivers eventually getting the reduced-downforce package they wanted for 2016.

"Any animosity we have is not necessarily something that is natural but has happened through experiences that we have to unwind," Keselowski said. "It is not natural to collaborate. It is not natural to work together for common benefits. It doesn't come easy or naturally.

"It is something we have to work through as a group and those things take time. ... There is a tremendous amount of good faith that is earned when Brian comes to the meeting like that."



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This is a large sign of weakness from Brian France. Can you imagine Bill France tolerating anything like this? NASCAR is being run less and less like a dictatorship as the balance of power moves away from the CEO to the teams.
 
sloggie said:
This is a large sign of weakness from Brian France. Can you imagine Bill France tolerating anything like this? NASCAR is being run less and less like a dictatorship as the balance of power moves away from the CEO to the teams.
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You say that as if it's a bad thing. I think most people agree the racing is definitely better this year. Compromise that results in improvements isn't weakness; it's good management.
 
The RTA, Driver Council, and Charter Members all feel like a bunch of rich guys really trying hard to screw themselves. They are very successful people. They just might do it.
 
sloggie said:
Compromise in Government is a good thing. Compromise in a Racing series gets you Indycar.
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Spot on post. Well said. Remember when Indycar (ChampCar, whatever) was great?
 
Charlie Spencer said:
An inability to compromise in open wheeled cars resulted in the IndyCar / CART split. That division is the basis for what may still ail the current IndyCar series.
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I am not sure that rich dudes know how to compromise much. It's how they became rich dudes. Then, when they get a piece of the pie (Charters), they start to get hungry for the whole pie. It is what they do. Throw tin he drivers bitching and whining about stuff, and now you have a sanctioning body chasing its ass. For the record, I do believe that the drivers should have a safety council. They should have a say in the risks that they are willing to take. However, this bull**** about having the right to speak their minds is a joke. Now, don't get me wrong, I want Kyle Busch firing off--I love that about him. I just don't want a policy that allows him to do so--takes all of the fun out of it.
 
Rick Hendrick is 66, Childress is 70, Roush is 74, Gibbs is 75, Penske is 79....I don't see racing franchises carrying on the way stick & ball sports franchises do when their owner dies. I think we see that evidenced enough with Brain France running NASCAR into the ground.
 
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