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    Ollen Bruton Smith (March 3, 1927 – June 22, 2022) was an American motorsports executive and businessman. He was best known as the owner of two public...
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    began in the late 1940s and stretched into the 1950s, racing promoter Bruton Smith sought to build a state-of-the-art facility. At the same time, driver...
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    popularity for NASCAR in the 1990s, Speedway Motorsports (SMI) owner Bruton Smith and businessman Bob Bahre each bought out half interest from the families...
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    Walt Nix, the facility was bought out by motorsports mogul Bruton Smith in 1990, with Smith and his company, SMI, directing the facility's expansion and...
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    track's complex, which was completed in 1996. In 1998, SMI and its founder Bruton Smith bought the complex. Las Vegas Motor Speedway (LVMS) in its current form...
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    operates 11 racetracks across the United States. Smith, being the heir of his father, Bruton Smith, had previously worked for SMI at various positions...
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  • World of Outlaws and other racing series. The company was founded by Bruton Smith and has its headquarters at Charlotte Motor Speedway, in Concord, North...
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    control of the facility, owning it until 1996 when Bruton Smith bought control of it. Since Smith's purchase, BMS underwent major expansion, becoming of...
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    tenure, a Cup Series date was not given. After a change in ownership to Bruton Smith in 2008, the track gained a Cup Series date in 2011. However, after a...
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    United States as measured by total revenues. The company was founded by O Bruton Smith and completed its initial public offering on the NYSE in 1997. Sonic...
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    program in 1970, Wheeler was hired by Charlotte Motor Speedway chairman Bruton Smith as president to replace the outgoing Richard Howard in 1975. During his...
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  • the speedway. In 1995, he was promoted by Speedway Motorsports owner Bruton Smith and placed in charge of building the newly-announced Texas Motor Speedway...
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    February 2010, Bruton Smith sued Newton, claiming he was delinquent on a loan he had personally guaranteed, then bought from Bank of America. Smith sought foreclosure...
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    less than a 10% chance of survival. After the 1996 season Bahre and Bruton Smith bought North Wilkesboro Speedway and moved one of its Cup dates to New...
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    newly incorporated and rising Speedway Motorsports and its founder, Bruton Smith, sought to build a major racetrack west of the Mississippi River, deciding...
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  • Bruton is a small town and civil parish in Somerset, England Bruton may also refer to: Bruton (surname) Bruton Smith Bruton, Central Ontario, Canada,...
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    Daytona 500 and Dario Franchitti winning the Indianapolis 500. In 2010, Bruton Smith (owner of Speedway Motorsports, Inc.), offered $20 million to any driver...
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  • politician (b. 1926) 2018 – Vinnie Paul, American musician (b. 1964) 2022 – Bruton Smith, American racetrack promoter (b. 1927) 2022 – Yves Coppens, French anthropologist...
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  • Charities was founded by Bruton Smith, Chairman of Speedway Motorsports (SMI) and Sonic Automotive, after his son, Bruton Cameron Smith, died at a very young...
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  • also seen criticism from NASCAR businessmen, including Brian France and Bruton Smith, deeming the organization as unnecessary. On July 7, 2014, the Race Team...
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  • Bruton v. United States, 391 U.S. 123 (1968), is a 1968 United States Supreme Court ruling in which the Court held that a defendant was deprived of his...
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    Turner Stephen Bruton (November 7, 1948 – May 9, 2009) was an American actor and musician. Born in Wilmington, Delaware, United States, he moved with his...
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  • player Brandt Smith (born 1959), Arkansas state legislator Bruton Smith (1927–2022), American car racing promoter and CEO Bubba Smith (1945–2011), American...
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    cruise-in on the fourth Friday of every month. B. J. Hill, NFL player Bruton Smith, CEO of Speedway Motorsports. "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United...
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  • President) bought the team from Dale Earnhardt, Inc. and motorsports magnate Bruton Smith in December 2004. Larry and Sue Hedrick, the owners who bought the Spartanburg...
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  • terms of assets Hugh McColl, former chairman and CEO of Bank of America Bruton Smith, billionaire; founder and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, Inc. and founder...
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    Afterward, he learned that a group led by Bruton Smith had a similar idea to build a track near Pineville. Smith and Turner formed an alliance to build the...
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    Richard Bruton (born 15 March 1953) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Bay North since 2016, and previously...
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  • All-Star Race winner, named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers in 1998 Bruton Smith Promoter Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports Incorporated, helped...
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    Racing. The speedway opened in 1959 by owner Bruton Smith, who is a native of Oakboro, North Carolina. Smith's company, Speedway Motorsports, Inc., owns...
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