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Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2025: CAMPBELL, CLAY
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 […]
Out and About May 2025
From biotech labs to NASCAR partnerships, Virginia celebrates its workforce, innovation, and new milestones in education, healthcare, and hospitality.
Arts | Entertainment | Sports 2023: CLAY CAMPBELL
For Campbell, the past year has been a chance to celebrate milestones — both NASCAR and Martinsville Speedway marked their 75th anniversaries in the second half of 2022. Owned by NASCAR, Martinsville Speedway hosts NASCAR Cup Series races every spring and fall. Campbell’s grandfather, H. Clay Earles, built the paperclip-shaped speedway in 1947, and Campbell […]
LORI COLLIER WARAN
As the first woman to lead NASCAR‘s Richmond Raceway, Lori Collier Waran races circles around everyone — literally. In July 2022, Waran grabbed the steering wheel and took over as the raceway’s president. It marked a big career switch for Waran, who previously served as publisher of Richmond-based Style Weekly magazine and associate publisher and […]
