Speedway Motorsports Announces Promotions

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Speedway Motorsports officials have announced promotions for three senior executives. Jessica Fickenscher has been promoted to Chief Experience Officer; Kevin Camper to Chief Sales Officer; and Steve Swift to Senior Vice President of Operations and Development.

A member of the Speedway Motorsports staff for more than 20 years, Fickenscher will now expand her role to develop new Fans First initiatives and continue improving the sports entertainment company’s best-in-class fan experiences.

Fickenscher also facilitates capital improvement and property development projects across all eight of Speedway Motorsports’ NASCAR facilities and oversees the company’s relationship with food services partner, Levy Restaurants. In addition, she leads business operations as the senior executive for company subsidiaries U.S. Legend Cars International and SMI Properties. Fickenscher is also the managing director of Speedway Children’s Charities national chapter and serves as a board member for the Charlotte chapter.

“It takes a very unique skill set to excel in different facets of business, and Jessica has excelled in every area of her responsibilities during more than two decades with our company,” said Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith. “Her attention to detail is exceeded only by her commitment to improve our fan experiences, and we look forward to her continued efforts each day to bring our ‘Fans First’ commitment to life.”

In his new role, Camper will be responsible for corporate sales revenue across all eight of Speedway Motorsports’ facilities and its Performance Racing Network subsidiary. He’ll also collaborate and help develop new events and revenue platforms while continuing his sales leadership role at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

In his new role, Swift will oversee construction projects and capital expenditures at all eight of Speedway Motorsports’ facilities. Additionally, he will lead the development and management of standardized operation-related processes and procedures.

To date, Swift has supervised the construction of zMAX Dragway; the Neon Garage and ThriveHive Digital Center at Las Vegas Motor Speedway; multiple structures in the Bristol Motor Speedway infield; Kentucky Speedway grandstand and camping expansions plus track reconfigurations at Bristol, Texas, Las Vegas, Kentucky and the creation of the innovative Charlotte Motor Speedway ROVAL, among other projects.

For more information on each of the promotions, visit the Speedway Motorsports website here.

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