Smith died on June 22 at the age of 95.
It became the marathon of marathons. Jack Smith, a NASCAR pioneer driver from Spartanburg, S.C., had the race won until debris caused a rupture in his gas tank in the closing laps. His crew tried to plug the leak with numerous items, including a bar of soap, but nothing worked. Smith wept as what would have been a signature win disappeared.
• He scheduled a college football game at Bristol and hosted a crowd bigger than any other to watch college teams play. Bruton Smith with Roger Penske and Brad Keselowski in victory lane at Smith’s New Hampshire Motor Speedway in 2011.• He went toe-to-toe with various members of the NASCAR-founding France family and, on at least one occasion, talked of leaving NASCAR and making his tracks part of a new stock car racing series.
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