Photos: NASCAR Hall of Famer Bruton Smith through the years
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Bruton Smith Speedway Motorsports Executive Chairman Bruton Smith looks out over Charlotte Motor Speedway, which he built in 1960, launching his Hall of Fame career in motorsports. (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Bruton Smith (3rd from left) and Curtis Turner (3rd from right) with 4 of the 5 original board of directors. Early 1960s. (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Bill Elliott (2nd from right) and Bruton Smith (right) at the Miller High Life 500 in 1984. (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Benny Parsons (left), Bruton Smith (right) and David Pearson (seated, right) at the Miller High Life 500 in 1984. (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Bruton Smith (right) explains the Smith Tower to Darrell Waltrip (December 1985). (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Dale Earnhardt receives congratulations from track owner Bruton Smith after winning the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway in May 1986. (LMS ARCHIVES)
Bruton Smith Bruton Smith in Victory Lane with Richard Petty and Liz Taylor. (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Bruton Smith (left) and Jeff Gordon (1) at the Coca-Cola 600 (1994). (CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Kyle Petty (left) and CMS owner Bruton Smith at the Coca-Cola 600 (1987). (Don Hunter/CMS Archives)
Bruton Smith Speedway Motorsports, Inc. Chairman and CEO Bruton Smith gives his acceptance speech after being inducted into the Texas Motorsports Hall of Fame Wednesday, April 1, 2009 at The Speedway Club at Texas Motor Speedway. (Tom Pennington/Getty Images)
NASCAR Obit Smith Auto Racing FILE - Hall of Fame inductee Bruton Smith entertains the crowd as his son, Marcus Smith, left, looks on during NASCAR Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies in Charlotte, N.C., Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. Bruton Smith, a North Carolina native and entrepreneur who fell in love with auto racing and parlayed it into a career as an eccentric and successful promoter, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 of natural causes. He was 95. His death was confirmed by Speedway Motorsports, the company he founded and owns and operates 11 race tracks across the United States. (AP Photo/Mike McCarn, File) (Mike McCarn)
NASCAR Obit Smith Auto Racing FILE -New Hampshire Motor Speedway Chairman of the Board Bruton Smith speaks during a news conference at the track, Friday July 15, 2011, in Loudon, N.H. Bruton Smith, a North Carolina native and entrepreneur who fell in love with auto racing and parlayed it into a career as an eccentric and successful promoter, died Wednesday, June 22, 2022 of natural causes. He was 95. His death was confirmed by Speedway Motorsports, the company he founded and owns and operates 11 race tracks across the United States. (AP Photo/Jim Cole, File) (Jim Cole)
Bruton Smith NASCAR Hall of Fame induction ceremony in Charlotte. January 23, 2016. (Harold Hinson/HHP/HAROLD HINSON)
