He asked me what I wanted to do with my life, and I said, Well, maybe the ministry, maybe racing, I didn t know what. He said it would be great to have someone involved in racing, with a facility like this, someone with a heart for God. A heart for God. Somehow it seems somehow incongruous to have a young man with Marcus Smith s missionary zeal deeply involved in a business like stock car racing, a business that seems tawdry to some. We have 200 people who show up here every day.
People have challenges.
This is great. I had grown to love the business of racing and working with the people. I discovered that I could work here and fulfill myself. He is also aware of the expectation that one day he may be leading Speedway Motorsports and is preparing himself for that end. It s been the family business for 40 years.