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 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - NASCAR stars paid respects to former chairman Bill France Jr. on Thursday in a short, simple funeral service that was far more fuss than he would have wanted.
About 2,000 people filled the Performing Arts Center at Bethune-Cookman University to say goodbye to France in a send-off for a man who loved hot dogs, fishing and, more than anything else, NASCAR.
"That's enough — let's go. You're burning daylight," Daytona Mayor Glenn Ritchey said as he wrapped up his remarks in a service that ran less than an hour. "That's what he would probably say to us."
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