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History. Speedway started in 1952 as Speedway 79, the name of a fuel chain based in Michigan. Unlike other fuel station chains at the time, Speedway 79 did not have a service station to perform vehicle maintenance, but rather vending machines that focused on cigarette and soft drink sales, giving their locations the nickname " Smokes and Cokes ".
Speedway was founded in 1952 under the name Speedway 79, the octane rating of its gas. The gas station chain was based in Michigan and did not include a service station, which was unusual at the time. Speedway placed vending machines near the fuel pumps and sold cigarettes and soft drinks.
Speedway started in 1952 as Speedway 79, the name of a gasoline chain based in Michigan.
FOUNDING STORY. Speedway traces its roots back to the establishment of the Speedway 79 gasoline chain in Michigan, US. The chain was acquired in 1959 by Marathon, then operating under the name Ohio Oil Company, which converted the chain’s outlets to the Marathon brand in 1962.
Speedway is an American convenience store and gas station chain headquartered in Enon, Ohio, with locations primarily in the Midwest and the East Coast regions of the United States wholly owned and operated by 7-Eleven.
1 lut 2010 · “Speedway 79" was the primary brand name. In 1959 Marathon purchased Aurora Gasoline Co. and the Speedway 79 logo was redesigned and gas pump globes were eliminated at this time. The Speedway brand was replaced by Marathon in 1962, only to re-emerge in 1975 with Emro marketing Speedway and Starvin Marvin C-stores.
In 1996, RaceTrac founded Metroplex Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of RaceTrac, Inc. and a wholesale fuel supplying company that secures bulk fuel to supply RaceTrac and RaceWay stores and other third-party companies.
