Lake Speed is a professional NASCAR racing driver. Speed was born on January 17, 1948, in Jackson, Mississippi. This page examines Lake Speed’s net worth.
Image Credit: Mike TraverseLake Speed raced in a total of 402 NASCAR cup races over a 19 year cup career, with 1 wins, 75 top tens, and 0 poles. Speed’s best cup position was 10th (1985 NASCAR Winston Cup Series). Speed began NASCAR cup racing with the 1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Winston Western 500 (Riverside International Raceway). Speed’s last cup race was the 1998 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Jiffy Lube 300 (New Hampshire International Speedway).
With respect to Busch series races, Speed competed in 6 over a 2 year period, with 0 wins, 3 top tens, and 0 poles. Speed began Busch series racing with the 1983 NASCAR Busch Series Miller Time 300 (Charlotte Motor Speedway). Speed’s last Busch race was the 1984 NASCAR Busch Series Miller Time 300 (Charlotte Motor Speedway).
Speed has won several awards, including the 6-time United States Karting champion, and 1978 champion.
Auto racing in practice has two earnings levels. One one hand, there are top earners, who pull in millions a year via prize money, bonuses, and sponsorships. Meanwhile, the rest of the drivers earn a lot less. Newer drivers can bring in as little as $50,000. Better known drivers, in contrast, bring in between $200,000 and $500,000, including a base salary in addition to either a percent of their prize money or a performance bonus.
So what is NASCAR driver Lake Speed’s net worth in 2018? Our estimate for Lake Speed’s net worth as of 2018 is:
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