Charlotte Motor Speedway Parent Company Eliminates 180 Jobs

CHARLOTTE, N.C. —Speedway Motorsports, the parent company of Charlotte Motor Speedway and several other tracks on the NASCAR circuit, announced it has eliminated 180 jobs and fuloughed anotther 100 employees. 

In a statement, Speedway Motorsports said in part, " The extraordinary circumstances presented by this pandemic and then subsequent shutdown of the economy have had a significant impact on our business." The jobs include positions across all departments at Speedway Motorsports' properties and subsidiaries. 

NASCAR has announced all events through next month's event at Martinsville Speedway are postponed. It is unclear if the May races at Charlotte Motor Speedway will be run as scheduled. 

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