Speedway LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of what corporation that was named best employer of the United States by Forbes in 2016?
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Speedway LLC Speedway LLC is the operator of a combination gas station/convenience stores that is based in Enon, Ohio, United States with locations operating under its namesake brand along the Midwestern and East Coast of the United States. Speedway LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Marathon Petroleum Corporation and is the largest chain in central Ohio.
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Marathon Petroleum Marathon Petroleum Corporation is an American petroleum refining, marketing, and transportation company headquartered in Findlay, Ohio. It was elected the best employer of United States in 2016 by Forbes. The company was a wholly owned subsidiary of Marathon Oil until a corporate spin-off in 2011.
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South Boston Speedway South Boston Speedway or "SoBo" is a short track located just outside South Boston, Virginia, U.S.A.. SoBo is located approximately 60 mi east of another area familiar to most NASCAR fans, Martinsville. It is owned by Mattco, Inc, the Mattioli family trust that owns Pocono Raceway, with longtime general manager Cathy Rice operating the track. NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series has not raced at the track since 1971; however, NASCAR's Busch Series (now Xfinity Series) raced here into the new millennium. After the NASCAR Busch Series left the schedule, the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series competed at SoBo for a couple years. The NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and Whelen Southern Modified Tour now hold events here, and SoBo continues to play a part in the NASCAR family hosting Whelen All-American Series late model and CARS X1-R ProCup events. Some of the better known graduates of South Boston's Saturday night weekly events include Jeff Burton, Ward Burton, Elliott Sadler, Stacy Compton, and the Bodine brothers (Todd, Geoff and Brett). Danville, Virginia driver Wendell Scott, the first African-American driver to compete at NASCAR's highest level, also raced in Modified Division events here.
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Roehl Transport Roehl Transport is an American trucking company based in Marshfield, Wisconsin. The company provides national transportation and logistics services and is one of the largest trucking companies in America, ranked 66th by "Transport Topics". The company has over 2,500 employees, 2,000 tractor trailers and 5,000 trailers and is ranked by "CCJ Magazine" in the top 60 trucking companies in the United States. The company has major terminal operations in Marshfield and Appleton Wisconsin, the Chicago Illinois area, Atlanta Georgia, Dallas Texas and Phoenix Arizona.
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Employer transportation benefits in the United States Employer transportation benefits in the United States
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Homestead-Miami Speedway Homestead-Miami Speedway is a motor racing track located in Homestead, Florida. The track, which has several configurations, has promoted several series of racing, including NASCAR, the Verizon IndyCar Series, The  WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, and the Championship Cup Series.
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Vantage Hospitality Vantage Hospitality Group Inc. was the 12th largest hotel and hospitality company in the world. Its brands include Best Value Inn and Lexington by Vantage. On September 30, 2016 Vantage Hospitality Group became a wholly owned subsidiary of Red Lion Hotels Corporation in a cash plus stock acquisition worth up to $40 million.
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U.S. Rail Corporation U.S. Rail Corporation (reporting mark USRC) is a family-owned short-line railroad operating the Winamac Southern Railway in Indiana.
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Flemington Speedway Flemington Speedway was a motor racing circuit in Flemington, New Jersey which operated from 1915 to 2002. The track was known for being the fastest 5/8 dirt track in the United States. Later it was for hosting four NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races and its pioneering use of foam blocks used to lessen the impact of crashes, which led to the adoption of the SAFER barrier and was America's longest-running Saturday night shorttrack until its closing.
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Valero Energy Valero Energy Corporation is a Fortune 500 international manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels, other petrochemical products, and power. It is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, United States. The company owns and operates 16 refineries throughout the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 3 Moilbbl per day, 11 ethanol plants with a combined production capacity of 1.2 e9USgal per year, and a 50-megawatt wind farm. Before the 2013 spinoff of CST Brands, Valero was one of the United States' largest retail operators with approximately 6,800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar, Beacon, and Texaco brands.
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AMA National Speedway Championship The AMA National Speedway Championship is an annual speedway championship to decide the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) USA national speedway champion.
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Primerica Primerica, Inc. is a United States-based multi-level marketing company that sells insurance and financial services. As of 2016, it reported 116,827 independent representatives. Primerica is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia and conducts business mainly in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
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Oswego Speedway The Oswego Speedway (nicknamed "The Steel Palace") is a race track in Oswego, New York. It was built in 1951 and today is an asphalt race track. The track is the Labor Day Weekend home of the 200-lap, non-wing, big-block supermodified Budweiser Classic and Race of Champions (a modified touring series event). Oswego Speedway also hosts the annual "King of Wings" event for winged supermodifieds. In 2016 Oswego Speedway hosted the 45th edition of World Racing Group's Super DIRTcar Series Super DIRT Week. The speedway was covered by approximately 6,900 cubic feet of clay for DIRTcar modified drivers to compete in the NAPA 300, the richest dirt modified race in the world. The event took place Oct 5-9, 2016.
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Forbes Energy Forbes Energy LLC is an American company developing a new way of producing renewable, sustainable fuel and electrical energy. The Company is building a zero-environmental impact, global energy facility which uses ethanol derived from sugarcane. Forbes Energy was established in 2006 by entrepreneur Lucien Forbes. The concept was developed in 2003 when he visited a self-sufficient organic sugar production plant in Brazil. Forbes Energy is a Rhode Island Company.
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Pilot Corporation Pilot Corporation (or simply Pilot) is a petroleum corporation in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. Pilot operates the Pilot Food Mart convenience stores in Tennessee. Along with FJ Management, Pilot is joint-owner of Pilot Flying J, the largest truck stop chain in the United States.
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2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series The 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series was the 68th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 45th modern-era Cup series season. The season began at Daytona International Speedway with the Sprint Unlimited, the Can-Am Duel and the Daytona 500. The season ended with the Ford EcoBoost 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Jimmie Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports won his seventh drivers' championship, tying Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt for most all-time.
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John Menard Jr. John Robert Menard Jr. (born January 22, 1940) is an American entrepreneur and billionaire who is the founder and owner of Menards, a Midwestern chain of home improvement stores. He is also a former IndyCar racing team owner. He is also the father of Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series driver Paul Menard. He is the 136th richest person in the world, and the 68th richest person in the United States.
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2014 FedEx 400 The 2014 FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on June 1, 2014, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps on the 1 mi oval, it was the 13th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his second of the season and ninth at Dover, while Brad Keselowski finished second. Matt Kenseth, Clint Bowyer, and Denny Hamlin rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (11th), Austin Dillon (20th), and Brett Moffitt (22nd).
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FireKeepers Casino 400 The FireKeepers Casino 400 is a 400-mile (643.737 km) Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series stock car race held annually at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan (15 of 36), the other one being the Pure Michigan 400 in mid-August, and it is the first of two NASCAR Cup Series races at Michigan.
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Warren Stephens Warren Amerine Stephens (born February 18, 1957) is an American businessman. He is the chairman, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Stephens Inc., a full service, privately held investment bank. On the "Forbes" 2016 list of the world's billionaires, he was ranked #722 with a net worth of US$2.4 billion. Stephens lives in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Herb Chambers Herbert G. Chambers (born November 15, 1940) is owner and CEO of The Herb Chambers Companies, a group of 55 car dealerships in the greater Boston, Massachusetts, area. A directory of Herb Chambers Car Dealerships lists their OEM brand portfolio in Massachusetts and New England. In 2015, at the age of 74, he was named as one of the 400 richest Americans, ranking number 392, with an estimated $1.7 billion, by Forbes magazine.
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Premium Motorsports Premium Motorsports (formerly Jay Robinson Racing) is an American professional stock car racing team that currently competes in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, and the Camping World Truck Series. The team competed for most of its history in the Nationwide Series (now the Xfinity Series), before moving to the Cup Series in 2012. The team folded in late 2012 and Robinson moved into a partner role at NEMCO Motorsports (renamed NEMCO-JRR Motorsports), and later was a partner in the successor team Identity Ventures Racing. For 2015, Robinson began fielding NASCAR entries again, planning to run both the Sprint Cup Series and the Camping World Truck Series. Mike Hillman's 40 team was absorbed by Premium in January 2016.