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LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) — The man who founded Speedway Motorsports had a presence Sunday during NASCAR's Ally 400 race at the track his company bought last November .

Bruton Smith, who built Charlotte Motor Speedway and became a crucial figure in NASCAR’s history, died last week at age 95. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, looks back at how Smith changed the sport—and how he always thought big.

Elliott thinks a race at the Nashville Fairgrounds would offer more excitement than the Nashville Superspeedway.

Elliott thinks a race at the Nashville Fairgrounds would offer more excitement than the Nashville Superspeedway.

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COVID-19 vaccines are available for our youngest children. NASCAR Hall of Famer and founder of Charlotte Motor Speedway Bruton Smith has died at age 95. North Carolina sees its first case of monkeypox. And, few answers emerge — even after two years — about a shooting on Beatties Ford Road.

Late on Thursday afternoon, Sonic Automotive chief executive officer David Smith released a statement on the passing of the company’s founder and executive chairman Bruton Smith.

Smith was considered one of the most forward-thinking track operators and promoters in all of motorsports.

NASCAR Chairman and CEO Jim France released a statement on the death of racing legend Bruton Smith.

O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the biggest track owners and most successful promoters in the history of auto racing, died Wednesday. He was 95.