Bruton Smith Wife: Was Bruton Smith Still Married To Bonita Harris?

Bruton Smith was a promoter, owner and CEO of NASCAR track owner Speedway Motorsports, Inc.

He had an estimated worth of $1.5 billion in 2005.

Bruton Smith was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 2007.

In 2012, Smith was classified by CNN Money as the oldest CEO of the Fortune 500.

He was inducted into the NASCAR Hall of Fame on January 23, 2016.

Bruton Smith died on June 22, 2022, at the age of 95.

Bruton Smith Wife: Was Bruton Smith Still Married To Bonita Harris?

Bonita Harris was the wife of Bruton Smith.

Bonita Harris and Bruton Smith met at the Rockford, Illinois dealership in 1969 when he sold her a new Thunderbird. She was 21 and he was 42.

The pair married on June 6, 1972, in Las Vegas.

Bonita and Bruton had four children, one of whom succumbed to crib death at the age of 6 months. Bonita also has a son, Scott, from a previous marriage.

Bonita and Bruton separated on June 24, 1988, and divorced on February 5, 1990. The divorce was followed by acrimonious litigation that ultimately culminated in a 1994 settlement of more than $19 million, the largest amount in North Carolina history.