William Edgar Gossage was an American motorsports executive and promoter. He was best known as the president of the Texas Motor Speedway, a 1.5-mile banked racetrack in Fort Worth, Texas, which ran st
Gossage worked under Charlotte Motor Speedway promoter Humpy Wheeler (pictured above) from 1989 to 1994. Gossage credited Wheeler for much of his success.
The Texas Motor Speedway pictured in 2017. Gossage and Bruton Smith were instrumental to the track's construction.
Robbie Knievel performing a stunt in 2008 at the Texas Motor Speedway as part of a promotion directed by Gossage
Michael Gregory Helton is an American businessman and the current vice chairman for NASCAR. He is best known for being NASCAR's third president and for officially announcing to the public the death of
Eddie Gossage
…had always enjoyed being a "manager of people". Having helped various prominent figures in NASCAR to get their start, such as former NASCAR president Mike Helton, he self-proclaimed that he wanted to teach people how to become the best version of themselves by teaching lessons that he himself had learned over…
Helton (left) meeting with Admiral Thomas Collins in 2005 at the Lowe's Motor Speedway.
Helton (second from right) dedicates a section of Interstate 85 in NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon's name.