Marcus G. Smith, Anna Lisa Smith, Scott Smith

Posted by Carisa Kissane on Tuesday, May 21, 2024

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Ollen Bruton Smith was a NASCAR track promoter and the owner/CEO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

On January 23, 2016, he was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame. In 2005, he was placed #207 on the Forbes 400 list with a net worth of $1.5 billion, but he dropped to #278 in 2006.

He was 95.

Bruton Smith children: Marcus G. Smith, Anna Lisa Smith Scott Smith

Sons Scott, Marcus, and David are survivors, as with his daughter Anna Lisa, their mother, Bonnie Smith, and seven grandkids.

Smith established Speedway Racing in December 1994 by merging his motorsports businesses, and in February 1995, he made it the first motorsports firm to list on the New York Stock Exchange.

Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sonoma Raceway, Texas Motor Speedway, Dover Motor Speedway, Nashville Superspeedway, North Wilkesboro Speedway, and Kentucky Speedway are among the 11 motorsports entertainment facilities owned and operated by his company.

He will be missed by a lot people who cherished his work.

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