DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- The France family is the biggest name in NASCAR and race car driver J.C. France, who is the grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France, is facing drunk driving and drug charges and has been suspended from racing.

Thursday afternoon, Eyewitness News confronted J.C.’s half-brother, who was also arrested Wednesday night.

A statement from NASCAR says J.C. France is being treated like any other racer and he has now been suspended indefinitely from all races.

“JC France was arrested last night in Daytona Beach, Fl, for driving under the influence. He was also charged for possession of cocaine. JC is a driver in Grand American Road Racing series. Grand Am has issued a penalty notice and suspended JC indefinitely from all competition for actions detrimental to racing. The penalty is not appealable. JC is being treated like any other competitor. His suspension is immediate and indefinite,” NASCAR said in a statement issued Thursday afternoon.

Eyewitness News had a crew inside Daytona Beach police headquarters when reporter Jason Allen noticed Russell Van Richmond on the phone with investigators. He's J.C. France's half-brother and was arrested with him for drunk driving and drugs Wednesday night.

Eyewitness News tried to talk to him, but he had very little to say.

“Can you answer these allegations about threatening police officers?” Allen asked.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he replied.

But a police report says Richmond had a lot to say Wednesday night, threatening officers with statements like "I want your commander now. I am a France. Do you know what that means?" and "We own this city. I am gonna have your job."

Richmond was pulled over with J.C. France, the grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France. Two police officers say France appeared to be racing in a Lamborghini against Richmond in a Porsche over the Seabreeze Bridge. According to a police report, France's Lamborghini also blew through a red light.

When France was pulled over, police say he failed a field sobriety test, had blood shot eyes and slurred speech and cocaine in his possession, so he was arrested. Richmond was arrested, too, for drunk driving, cocaine and a hydrocodone tablet.

Eyewitness News tried to contact J.C. France on Thursday afternoon, but no one answered the door at his Daytona Beach home.

NASCAR says the suspension from racing cannot be appealed.

J.C. France's name had come up this summer as a victim of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that swept through NASCAR, including race car drivers. Many lost millions.

France races in the Grand Am Rolex Series. His uncle Brian is the current head of NASCAR. J.C. finished third in the Rolex Series Daytona Prototype Driver's Standings in 2008.