When Jim France took on the role of interim CEO while Brian France battled legal troubles, fans didn’t know the role would turn permanent. And with the new CEO came a new era. Surviving in COVID, moving away from Homestead-Miami (and back to the track), and the Next-Gen era. Jim France was there for it all, but now, it’s one of his estranged family members coming under the spotlight after rumored dangerous moments.

As per News6, Jim France’s estranged grandson, Dallas Ashley, was allegedly involved in a YouTube video that showed motorcycles weaving through traffic in Central Florida at high speeds. Later, the Florida Highway Patrol assigned an investigator to review ‘Speed Demon 407,’ the YouTube account where the videos were posted.

This is a massive problem for Florida, especially considering its troubles with motorcycle accidents. According to a study from law firm Jones and Swanson, the state ranked highest for motorcycle accidents three years in a row. The state hosts the Daytona Bike Week and the Biketoberfest, meaning safety has to be the highest priority when motorcycle events take place.

Coming back to the YouTube channel Speed Demon 407, there have been several videos uploaded where the participants pushed legal boundaries, such as going past the speed limit when traveling from Orlando to Daytona. And it’s not just speeding violations. These bikers were performing stunts on the road, endangering other vehicles. After being contacted by a news agency, over 100 videos from the account were removed, either deleted or made private.

However, when it came to the other account, most videos were shot from the motorcycle rider’s helmet, and the faces of the riders were blurred out. Although one of the videos alleged the driver’s name was Dallas, Ashley repeatedly denied that he was driving any of the motorcycles featured in the videos. “You can’t prove who was riding. You can’t trust anything you see on the internet,” he said. Additionally, Ashley expressed concern about the safety of motorists. “I do have concerns for other people. Is anybody going to get injured? Hopefully not.” Dallas runs his own YouTube account named ‘Dallasmovin’, where he mostly posts fishing videos.

He has had his share of encounters with the law. A while ago, body cam footage from the Longwood Police Department showed Ashley being stopped for alleged equipment violations. Eventually, they wrote Ashley citations worth $1400 for operating a motorcycle with an obstructed license plate, folded-in mirrors, and no eye protection. And while Ashley has come under the spotlight for his alleged connection with ‘Speed Demon 407’, he has been in the NASCAR spotlight for a long time before that. He was involved in a lawsuit his father, Andrew Ashley, filed against Dallas’ mother, Amy Lea France, in 1999, in a dispute that lasted over a decade.

As per Dallas, he’s not been in contact with his mother or his grandfather in recent times. He did post an image alongside his grandfather, Jim France, on his Instagram account, with a caption that made allegations against France and his team. Outside of this, Dallas Ashley posts videos of himself doing stunts, such as flips.

For now, let’s see what is going on in NASCAR, as Dale Jr. makes a special request to Jim France and Co.

Junior wants NASCAR to get rid of a major component

After NASCAR’s visit to the North Wilkesboro Speedway during the All-Star Weekend, fans and the rest of the community saw how impactful cautions could be when the race gimmick, the promoter’s caution flag, was thrown. Bell pitted quickly and it was what led to him winning the race from that point.

It seems Earnhardt Jr. has come up with a version of the caution, picking to eliminate stage cautions, as he explained. “No stage break caution, that goes away. You still pay points out at certain moments in the race, as we do today. I’m fine with that. I like people accumulating points during the race. No stage break caution, that goes away. You still pay points out at certain moments in the race, as we do today. I’m fine with that. I like people accumulating points during the race.”

That’s not all. Junior even suggested a modification to how cautions could come. “There’s a lap clock, a lap counter. You run a certain amount of laps green, and if no caution has come out, you throw the yellow. If there’s a natural yellow at some point in that mix it resets the clock. I like that. That way, I think it changes fuel strategy, all types of things to be able to get the teams to have to… They have to race a little bit.”

Only time will tell whether these changes will actually take place.