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Humpy Wheeler, the ‘P.T. Barnum of motorsports,’ dies at 86

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Humpy Wheeler, a pioneering motorsports promoter and former president and general Florida manager of Charlotte Motor Speedway, has died, NASCAR said. He was 86. Charlotte Motor Speedway said Wheeler died of natural causes Wednesday in Charlotte, surrounded by his family. “Humpy Wheeler was a visionary whose name became synonymous with promotion and […]