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Brian France, the CEO and chairman of NASCAR, was reportedly detained on Sunday night and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated as well as illegal possession of a controlled drug. NASCAR stated on Monday that France has taken an indefinite leave of absence. Brian’s uncle Jim France, the vice chairman and executive vice president of NASCAR, will take over as chairman and CEO in the meantime. The first outlet to report on the arrest, TMZ, said that Brian France was stopped at 7:30 p.m. ET in Sag Harbor, New York, for running a stop sign. The Associated Press reported that testing revealed France’s blood alcohol content to be 0.18, which is more than twice the 0.08 limit set by New York. He did not pass a field sobriety test either. According to a press statement from the Sag Harbor Village Police Department, ESPN’s Bob Pockrass

After he was allegedly arrested on Sunday night and charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and illegal possession of a controlled drug, NASCAR chairman and CEO Brian France stated on Monday that he has taken an indefinite leave of absence. Jim France, Brian’s uncle and vice chairman of NASCAR’s executive vice president, will take over as chairman and CEO in the meantime. Brian France was stopped about 7:30 p.m. ET in Sag Harbor, New York, after running a stop sign, according to TMZ, which broke the story of the arrest first. Tests revealed that France’s blood alcohol content was 0.18, more than twice the 0.08 limit set by New York, according to the Associated Press. A field sobriety test was also failed by him. Bob Pockrass of ESPN, referencing a Sag Harbor Village Police Department news release,