The whole idea at that time was that I was going to be a race car driver. I learned to drive, but that career didn't last long, you can't fight your mom and God, so I stopped driving.

Bruton Smith

Ollen Bruton Smith (March 2, 1927 – June 22, 2022) was a promoter and owner/CEO of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc. He was inducted into NASCAR Hall of Fame January 23, 2016. He was ranked #207 on the Forbes 400 list with an estimated worth of $1.5 billion in 2005, and fell to #278 (worth an estimated $1.4 billion) in 2006. He was inducted in the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2012, Smith was classified by CNN Money as the oldest CEO of the Fortune 500.

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