Michael Helton was born in 1953 in Bristol, Virginia USA, and is the third and current president of NASCAR, the highest level and most popular motor sport competition in the USA, having taken over the office from Bill France at the end of 2000. In the beginning of 1999, he was appointed Chief Operating Officer of NASCAR. Previously, Helton was, among other positions, manager of the Talladega Superspeedway.
How much is the net worth of Mike Helton? It has been reported by authoritative sources that the overall size of his wealth is as much as $25 million, as of the data presented in early 2017. Car racing is the major source of Helton’s fortune, in a carer active since the mid-1970s.
Mike Helton Net Worth $25 Million
To begin with, he was raised in Bristol, and was educated at the John S. Battle High School, in which he served as a senior class president. Then he studied at King College, Tennessee, from where he graduated with a degree in Accounting. In 2000, Helton was honoured with an Honorary Degree from King College.
Concerning his professional career, at first he worked as an accountant, then sports director in a local radio station. In 1980, Mike Helton was appointed as a director for public relations at Atlanta Motor Speedway, rising over five years to be promoted into the position of the general manager. Then, he worked as the general manager for Daytona International Speedway from 1986, and afterwards he served in the same position at Talladega Superspeedway from 1987. In 1989, Helton was appointed as the vice president of the corporation International Speedway, whose business is the ownership and management of IndyCar and NASCAR race tracks. He served in the aforementioned position until he won the competition to becoming the new vice president for NASCAR in 1994. In 1999, he became the president of NASCAR, which is the biggest institution organizing competitions stock car of the USA with more than 1500 competitions on more than 100 tracks in 39 USA states and Canada. The three major championships organized by NASCAR are the Sprint Cup Series, the Xfinity Series and Camping World Truck Series. The company also handles various local and regional championships brought together under the name of NASCAR Home Tracks. Among the minor leagues, they have to organise the Whelen Modified Tour, the Whelen All-American Series and NASCAR iRacing.com Series. The company is headquartered in Daytona Beach, although there are also offices in four cities in North Carolina: Charlotte, Mooresville, Concord and Conover. Helton works in the headquarters based in Daytona Beach. Regional offices are located in New York, Los Angeles, Arkansas and international in Mexico City and Toronto. NASCAR is the second most watched sporting event, just after the Super Bowl of American football, through television programs in America. The races are broadcast in 150 countries and cover 17 of the top 20 places in the ranking of most viewed sporting events in the USA. Since 2015, Helton contributes to the race coverage from Talladega alongside Kyle Petty, Dale Jarret and Krista Voda.
Finally, in the personal life of Mike Helton, he is married to Linda Helton.
