Bruton Smith was a promoter, owner and CEO of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc.
Smith attended his first auto race at age 8, promoted events on a dirt track in Midland, North Carolina as a teen, and opened the Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1960 at age 33.
He is the founder and chairman of Speedway Motorsports, which owns and manages eight NASCAR tracks. He shook up the motorsports world in 1995 when he took the company public and traded it on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).
Bruton Smith was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007.
In 2012, Smith was classified by CNN Money as the oldest CEO of the Fortune 500
In January 2016, Bruton Smith was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Bruton Smith Children: Who Are Marcus G. Smith And Anna Lisa Smith?
Bruton Smith was married to Bonita Harris and together they share Marcus G. Smith and Anna Lisa Smith.
Marcus G. Smith
Marcus G. Smith is an American businessman.
He was born in 1973 to SMI CEO Bruton Smith and Bonita Harris.
Marcus Smith is the president, chief operating officer and director of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorports, Inc. and general manager of SMI-owned Charlotte Motor Speedway.
He graduated from Charlotte Country Day School and subsequently went to the University of North Carolina to become a doctor, then later a journalist, but did not earn a degree.
Marcus started working at Charlotte Motor Speedway during summers as an intern picking up trash, selling tickets and souvenirs, and cutting the grass.
Smith slowly climbed the SMI corporate ladder, becoming a sales associate in 1996 and manager of new business development in 1999.
In 1999, Smith led talks between SMI and Lowe’s Corporation, Inc. to sell the naming rights of Charlotte Motor Speedway. The track was known as Lowe’s Motor Speedway until 2009 when a deal could not be reached to extend the contract.
Smith, 49, became vice president of business development in 2001.
He was made director in 2004 and became the executive vice president of national sales and marketing for SMI that same year.
Marcus Smith has been married to Cassi Mitchell Smith since 1996 and shares two children.
Anna Lisa Smith
Anna Lisa Smith is the only daughter of Bruton Smith and Bonita Harris.
Anna Lisa Smith is a racer. She underwent her acceleration education with drag racing school instructor Roy Hill.
In 2008, Huntersville police charged Anna Smith with DWI and Driving with a Revoked License.
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