Speedway history

As self-service gasoline became legalized in many states, in 1976 Marathon decided to use "Speedway" (without the "79", as 87 octane had become the standard at this point) at higher-volume self-service stations with convenience stores.

Stations acquired in the Cheker deal included former Enco stations that Cheker acquired after they were sold off by Exxon in 1977.

When the merger was completed in 1998, the Speedway and SuperAmerica brands began to market together.

Some Hess stations in the Northeastern United States originated as Merit Oil stations until Hess bought the company in 2000.

In 2001, Speedway's truck stop chain was merged into the Pilot Travel Centers brand after Marathon and Pilot Corporation entered into a partnership to form Pilot Travel Centers.

In 2005, Marathon purchased Ashland's share of Marathon Ashland Petroleum, which became Marathon Petroleum Company LLC, retaining the SuperAmerica and Rich brands that were originally owned by Ashland.

Marathon sold SuperAmerica to Northern Tier Energy, a newly formed company backed by the private equity firms ACON Investments and TPG Capital, in February 2011.

On February 13, 2012, it was announced that a deal had been reached with Indiana and Ohio convenience store chain GasAmerica to acquire all 88 of its locations.

In May 2014, Speedway announced they would purchase Hess Corporation's retail business for $2.6 billion.

On October 1, 2018, the merger was completed.