UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

_________________

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

       Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):   November 29, 2014  

 

 

SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

Delaware

 

1-13582

 

51-0363307

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS Employer

of incorporation)

 

File Number)

 

Identification No.)

 

 

5555 Concord Parkway South, Concord, North Carolina 28027
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

  

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (704) 455-3239

 

 


 

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 



Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 
 

 

 

Item 8.01. Other Events.

 

Robert L. Rewey, the Company’s lead independent director and member of the Board of Director’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and Compensation Committee, passed away on November 29, 2014. With Mr. Rewey's passing, the Company's Board is comprised of three independent directors and three management directors, and will no longer be comprised of a majority of independent directors until a new independent director is appointed by the board. The Company remains in compliance with New York Stock Exchange director independence requirements because the Company is a controlled company as defined in Section 303A.00 of the Listed Company Manual.

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SPEEDWAY MOTORSPORTS, INC.

 

       

 

 

 

 

Date: December 2, 2014

By:

/s/ J. Cary Tharrington IV

 

 

 

J. Cary Tharrington IV

 

 

 

Senior Vice President,

 

    General Counsel and Secretary