Bruton Smith Autographs
Ollen Bruton Smith (March 3, 1927 – June 22, 2022) was an American motorsports executive and businessman. He was best known as the owner of two public companies, Speedway Motorsports, Inc. (SMI) and Sonic Automotive. Smith held the positions of vice president and general manager of the Charlotte Motor Speedway and later was the chief executive officer (CEO) of both Speedway Motorsports and Sonic Automotive. He was an entrepreneur, race promoter, and businessman during the rise of stock car racing that began in the 1950s.
Smith was born and raised near Oakboro, North Carolina. In 1959, he and stock car racing driver Curtis Turner partnered to construct the Charlotte Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) banked racetrack in Concord, North Carolina. After the initial failure of the speedway, Smith went bankrupt, leading him to work in the car dealership business. After the success of his car dealership business, Smith bought back an interest in the speedway, eventually becoming its general manager in 1975. After a period of investing in businesses outside the auto-racing industry in the 1980s, Smith bought numerous tracks in the 1990s and 2000s, using the funds he had made after taking SMI public on the New York Stock Exchange in 1995. Two years later, he incorporated Sonic Automotive, a chain of car dealerships, becoming CEO of both SMI and Sonic Automotive.
Smith is widely regarded as one of the most influential businessmen in auto racing and a polarizing figure in the industry. Throughout his time as a businessman, he was known as an extravagant spender and someone who cared about details. He used his wealth and power to turn racetracks owned by Speedway Motorsports into world-class facilities and to turn Sonic Automotive into one of the biggest car dealership businesses in the United States. Businessmen who worked under Smith, including Humpy Wheeler and Eddie Gossage, viewed Smith highly for his actions. He was embroiled in numerous legal battles and controversies, including his divorce with his only wife and his reaction to opposition of construction of a drag strip at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
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Traded items with a signature of Bruton Smith
The most expensive item with a signature of Bruton Smith (Gov. George Bush Handwritten Signed Letter to Nascar Legend Bruton Smith JSA/LOA) was sold in September 2017 for $999.00 while the cheapest item (BRUTON SMITH AUTOGRAPHED TEXAS VIP NASCAR CARD MINT!) found a new owner for $0.99 in December 2009. The month with the most items sold (3) was March 2021 with an average selling price of $4.30 for an autographed item of Bruton Smith. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in September 2019 with $202.49 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was March 2008. In average, an autographed item from Bruton Smith is worth $14.99.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bruton Smith were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1997 Press Pass VIP #49 Bruton Smith Signed Auto NASCAR HOF RC Rookie Card, RARE | $39.99 |  |
| 1997 Press Pass VIP Explosives #49 Bruton Smith Signed Auto HOF RC Rookie Card | $39.99 | |
 | 2009 Bruton Smith Lowe's Motorspeedway 50th Anniversary Signed 1:24 Action MIB % | $77.94 | |
| 2019 Panini Prime Legacy Autograph Bruton Smith Auto Serial #10/99 | $14.99 | |
| 2019 Panini Prime Racing Bruton Smith Legacy Auto Autograph #’D 17/99 | $49.99 | |
| 2019 Panini Prime Racing Bruton Smith Legacy Auto Autograph 07/25 Z11491 | $14.99 | |
| 2019 PANINI PRIZM BRUTON SMITH LEGACY AUTOGRAPH CARD 95/99 ~ #HOF-BS | $15.00 | |
| Autographed Bruton Smith / Eddie Gossage 1997 Press Pass VIP #49 | $9.99 | |
| Bruton Smith 2019 Prime Legacy autograph # 4/25 NASCAR | $23.01 | |
| BRUTON SMITH August 1996 SIGNED Autographed Copy of Stock Car Racing - NASCAR | $17.99 | |
| Bruton Smith NASCAR Hall of Fame auto autographed signed card Panini Legacy /99 | $29.99 | |
| Bruton Smith NASCAR Hall of Fame auto autographed signed card Panini Legacy /99 | $49.99 | |
| Bruton Smith PANINI PRIME LEGACY SHADOWBOX 2019 PACK PULLED autographed card | $20.50 | |
| BRUTON SMITH signed 1988 MAXX trading card NASCAR Driver #36 HOF (d. 2022) | $14.99 | |
| Bruton Smith signed 1997 PRESS PASS VIP trading card NASCAR #49 TEXAS MOTOR | $19.99 | |
