Speedy Thompson Net Worth 2018: What is this NASCAR driver worth?
Speedy Thompson was a professional NASCAR racing driver. Thompson died of Heart attack resulting in racing crash, on April 2, 1972. Thompson was born on April 3, 1926, in Monroe, North Carolina, North Carolina. This page examines Speedy Thompson’s net worth.
Speedy Thompson Career and Earnings/Salary
Speedy Thompson raced in a total of 198 NASCAR cup races over a 14 year cup career, with 20 wins, 106 top tens, and 19 poles. Thompson’s best cup position was 3rd – 1951, 1957, 1958 and 1959 Grand National seasons. Thompson began NASCAR cup racing with the 1950 Vernon Fairgrounds race. Thompson’s last cup race was the 1971 World 600 (Lowe’s Motor Speedway), and last cup win was the 1960 Capital City 200 (Richmond International Raceway).
Thompson has won several awards, including being Inducted in the National Motorsports Press Association’s Hall of Fame and Georgia Automobile Racing Hall of Fame.
Speedy Thompson Net Worth 2018
Auto racing essentially has two earnings levels. One one hand, there are multi-million dollar drivers, who pull in millions of dollars anually through performance bonuses and sponsorships. Separately, the rest of NASCAR competitors make quite a bit less. Young drivers can bring in as little as 5 figures. More successful drivers, in contrast, earn between $200,000 and $500,000, with a base salary in addition to either a percent of their prize money or a performance bonus.
So what was NASCAR driver Speedy Thompson’s net worth at the time of death? Our estimate for Speedy Thompson’s net worth at death is:
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