{"id":28000,"date":"2025-08-25T05:21:51","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/humpy-wheeler-motorsports-legend-and-nascar-promoter-passes-away\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T05:21:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:21:51","slug":"humpy-wheeler-motorsports-legend-and-nascar-promoter-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nascar\/humpy-wheeler-motorsports-legend-and-nascar-promoter-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Humpy Wheeler, Motorsports Legend and NASCAR Promoter, Passes Away"},"content":{"rendered":"CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8211; The world of motorsports mourns the loss of Humpy Wheeler, a visionary promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR announced Wheeler&#8217;s passing at the age of 86.\n\nWheeler passed away on Wednesday of natural causes, surrounded by his family, according to Charlotte Motor Speedway.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are saddened to learn of the passing of Humpy Wheeler, a true visionary who transformed the fan experience and helped grow NASCAR into the sport it is today. Our thoughts are with his family and friends.<\/p>\u2014 NASCAR (@NASCAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NASCAR\/status\/1958518898942156838?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">November 29, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote> \n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Humpy Wheeler was a visionary whose name became synonymous with promotion and innovation in our sport. During his decades at the helm of Charlotte Motor Speedway, Humpy transformed the fan experience through his creativity, bold ideas, and tireless passion. His efforts helped expand NASCAR&#8217;s national footprint, solidifying Charlotte as a must-visit racing and entertainment complex.&#8221;<\/p><cite>Jim France, NASCAR Chairman<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nHoward Augustine Wheeler Jr., born in 1938 in Belmont, began his career in advertising with Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. After Firestone closed its racing program in 1970, he held several other positions before being hired by Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith as president in 1975.\n\nWheeler became a transformative figure in race promotion, known as the &#8220;P.T. Barnum of motorsports&#8221; for his spectacular pre-race stunts, elaborate productions, and his dedication to ensuring that fans had the most enjoyable experience possible at his events.\n\nEarlier this year, Wheeler was awarded NASCAR&#8217;s prestigious Landmark Award for his outstanding contributions to the organization.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CHARLOTTE, N.C. &#8211; The world of motorsports mourns the loss of Humpy Wheeler, a visionary promoter and former president and general manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway. NASCAR announced Wheeler&#8217;s passing at the age of 86. Wheeler passed away on Wednesday of natural causes, surrounded by his family, according to Charlotte Motor Speedway. &#8220;Humpy Wheeler was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1644,7625,7626,182],"class_list":{"0":"post-28000","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-charlotte","9":"tag-humpy-wheeler","10":"tag-motorsports","11":"tag-nascar"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28000"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28000\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28001"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}