"Ollen Bruton Smith" is a promoter and owner/CEO of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc. 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 is divorced with four children. 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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I don't see any reason to ever retire. I don't even like that word. Retiring sounds like the end of the road. We have a lot of things to do yet. If I can keep this thing going for another 20 years maybe we'll get some stuff done. I have to accomplish more in the next 20 years than I have done in the past 20.

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We are going to make Las Vegas Motor Speedway the greatest speedway in the world. Las Vegas is all about glitz and glamour. This speedway will be as spectacular as anything on the Las Vegas Strip when we are finished.

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Brace yourselves -- Honda won't be far behind.

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For several years before that, I had a picture of the jet on the mirror. I used to look at it while I shaved.

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I was around George about a half hour once and I knew right then I could do what he did and with less expense. … the only thing that is holding me back is a signing bonus.

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Well, I'll be 39 this year, what would that be?

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In that world, there was no money. We had food and clothing, but we had no money. I like the world today better. People have money.

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They either like the money or they don't.

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These speedways across the country are four or five years behind. NASCAR will never be any better than the facilities. Money is needed on these facilities; that makes the racing better and helps these drivers make more money.

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