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PRESIDENT, MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY; PRESIDENT, MID-ATLANTIC REGION, NASCAR, MARTINSVILLE
PRESIDENT, MARTINSVILLE SPEEDWAY; PRESIDENT, MID-ATLANTIC REGION, NASCAR, MARTINSVILLE
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Campbell’s life has taken him off to the races for as long as he can remember. Grandson of Martinsville Speedway founder H. Clay Earles, who built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, Campbell has worked at Martinsville since he was a child. He worked in maintenance, concessions and souvenirs before moving up to vice president and general manager, finally taking over as track president in 1988.
A longstanding fixture in Virginia motorsports, Campbell also has driven in some Late Model, K&N East and ARCA races.
When the family racetrack was sold to International Speedway in 2004, and later absorbed by NASCAR, Campbell remained with the track as president, and in 2021 was named president of NASCAR’s mid-Atlantic region. In 2023, he served as interim president of Watkins Glen International raceway in New York.
Every spring and fall, Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR Cup Series races. Earlier this spring, the historic racetrack hosted a triple-header race weekend, including Long John Silver’s 200, Dude Wipes 250 and Cook Out 400. It’s the only track on the circuit that has hosted NASCAR Cup Series races since 1949.
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