It was a great experience! People marveled at cars driving over 60 miles per hour (97 km/h). Denis said the discussion about adding Nashville to the schedule began during the Cup Series Awards Banquet in Nashville last December. The NASCAR Cup Series will race at Nashville Superspeedway in 2021, NASCAR announced Wednesday. were all track champions. According to a filing with the SEC, the cost of making Nashville Superspeedway ready to host a Cup race will be $7-$10 million over the next two years. I went to do a ride along in a NASCAR that my girlfriend bought me. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by NeXovation, having been sold by Dover Motorsports, which owns Dover International Speedway. The ARCA Racing Series held a 200-lap race in 1992. Our efforts to work with state and local government officials to revive the historic Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway will continue. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972. “… wkrn.com The 1.333-mile oval is owned by Dover Motorsports Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. What this does look like is the first domino to fall in the realignment of the schedules. The 1.33-mile of Nashville Superspeedway hosted NASCAR, ARCA and IndyCar events between 2001-2011. New grandstands were built and the track was lengthened (and banked to 35 degrees) in 1969. [citation needed], The track was converted to a 1⁄2 mi (0.80 km) paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. days hrs min secs. Nashville Superspeedway hosted Xfinity and Gander RV & Outdoors Series races from 2001-11. By DAN GELSTON June 3, 2020 GMT. The track returned to hosting weekly races in 1980. “The Nashville market is a vital one for our sport, and bringing NASCAR Cup Series racing to Nashville Superspeedway will be an integral building block in helping us further deliver on our promise in creating a dynamic schedule for 2021.”. They only do it once a year, so if you like to go fast, I suggest signing up for it next time they are here." DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 2, 2020) - NASCAR and Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD) have agreed to host a NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway in 2021. In 2009, the track's prestigious All American 400 was canceled and not rescheduled because of severe rain and political issues with Nashville mayor Karl Dean, who has wanted the track and the Tennessee State Fairgrounds closed in order to redevelop the site. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. In an afternoon teleconference, Denis McGlynn, president and COO of Dover Motorsports, said the speedway is “in great shape. 4,124 were here. Ally 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race. But while the Superspeedway is in the Nashville area, it’s definitely not Nashville. Nashville Superspeedway was the longest concrete oval in NASCAR during the time it was on the NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series circuits. Also no telling how long this had been in he discussion stage and decided before this announcement. Wilson County’s Nashville Superspeedway will host its first-ever NASCAR Cup Series race in 2021. DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (June 2, 2020) – NASCAR and Dover Motorsports, Inc. (NYSE: DVD) have agreed to host a NASCAR Cup Series race at Nashville Superspeedway in 2021. The 1.333-mile oval is owned by Dover Motorsports Inc., which also owns Dover International Speedway. On July 19, 1958, the first race was held at the new speedway. Dover will give up one of its dates and move it to Nashville for an expected late June 2021 race weekend. And, of course, us having a track already built in Nashville led to the conversation that basically resulted in what we’ve announced today.”, McFlynn called the deal a “win‑win‑win for everybody, specifically for our company now that we’ll be able to have two operating Cup tracks, one here on the East Coast in the middle of major metropolitan areas, and the other in what is going to be the hottest market in NASCAR.”. Maybe because it is the most unwelcoming place in the USA. RECORDS: It is situated on approximately 1,000 acres just outside of Nashville, and currently has 25,000 permanent grandstand seats and lights for night racing. The SEC filing lists the total purse and sanction fees to be paid by Nashville for the events over the next four years: 2021 – $8.6 million, 2022 – $9.0 million, 2023 – $9.4 million and 2024 – $9.9 million. Some of the early stars of the track decided to retire. ‘We had a chance to sit down with the NASCAR leadership and listen to where everybody was on this subject,” McGlynn said. Harness horse racing events were also held at the track. A capacity crowd of 13,998 watched Joe Weatherly win the first NASCAR race on August 10, 1958. The 1960s also frequently brought drivers from outside Nashville, most notably the Alabama Gang. 1968 champion P.B. Estimated live broadcast revenue to be recognized by Nashville for the events is approximately: 2021 – $18.2 million, 2022 – $18.9 million, 2023 – $19.9 million and 2024 – $20.8 million. Coo Coo Marlin was the first back-to-back champion in 1965/1966. Price & Seat Chart. Nashville Superspeedway held Xfinity and Truck events from 2001 until 2011. Dover will give up one of its dates and move it to Nashville for an expected late June 2021 race weekend. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles (2.145 km) long. Fairgrounds Speedway is a motorsport racetrack located at the Nashville Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville Superspeedway will reopen in 2021 for NASCAR competition. Today, NASCAR confirmed that Nashville Superspeedway will return in 2021. The 1.33-mile concrete track was built in 2001 by Dover Motorsports, Inc. and hosted NASCAR- and IRL-sanctioned events from 2001 to 2011. [6][7], "Nashville Speedway" redirects here. And as it turned out, No. Nashville Superspeedway is a famous motor racing complex, located in Gladeville, Tennessee, United States, about 48 km southeast of the Nashville city.The track was built in early 2001 but is currently closed to all types of competitive events, though it’s still used by private users such as driving schools and GT Academy.It has a concrete oval track measuring 2.145 km. The racers ended opposition from horse racers by building a horse track. Of the 42 Cup races, Richard Petty has nine wins, with Darrell Waltrip right behind with eight wins. Weekly Tuesday night races were added, and fans were awed by the crazy Figure-8 drivers barely missing each other as they crossed each other's paths. In December 2018, track operator Tony Formosa, Jr. reached an agreement with Speedway Motorsports and its main Tennessee track Bristol Motor Speedway to co-operate the facility and make the necessary upgrades for the track to host NASCAR Cup Series, NASCAR Xfinity Series and NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series races again and continue to host weekly racing events.[4]. The track first featured "horseless carriages" and motorcycles on June 11, 1904, on a 1 1⁄8 mi (1.8 km) dirt oval. “As we’ve done in the past out there, we’ll augment our permanent seats with portable seats for this first go around,” McGlynn said. For the 1.3 mi (2.1 km) track opened in 2001, see, Learn how and when to remove this template message, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series, "Fairgrounds Speedway primed for 55th season", "Mansfield Replaces Nashville on 2009 ARCA RE/MAX Series Schedule", "Track operator strikes deal with Speedway Motorsports to return NASCAR to Nashville", "To lure Cup race, two tracks take different tacks", https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9u_YhLc1cI, Nashville420.com – NASCAR Races 1958–1984, Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway at Racing Reference, Circuits of the ISCARS Dash Touring Series, NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race venues, ARCA Menards Series (East / West) race venues, Tracks of the NASCAR Whelen Southern Modified Tour, Tracks of the NASCAR Elite Division | Southeast, Tracks of the NASCAR Elite Division | Midwest, USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Championship race venues, World of Outlaws NOS Energy Sprint Car Series race venues, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Fairgrounds_Speedway&oldid=1009012123, Articles needing additional references from November 2013, All articles needing additional references, Articles with unsourced statements from August 2016, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. “The news that NASCAR will bring a Cup race to Wilson County and the greater Nashville region in 2021 is a positive move for the sport of NASCAR and for NASCAR fans,”   Speedway Motorsports President and CEO Marcus Smith said in statement. “It looks more and more like we’ll be hosting a doubleheader,” Tatoian told the AP. Counting NASCAR, USAC, ASA, and local track races, Waltrip holds the all-time track record for wins with 67. The Daytona 500 in Florida was attended by about 30,000 fans in a race that normally attends 200,000 people. In September 1904 another series of races was organized. LEBANON, Tenn. (WKRN) – The Nashville Superspeedway is on the comeback trail. The move to the superspeedway likely means that Speedway Motorsports’ efforts to bring NASCAR back to Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville will not take place in 2021. Dover has hosted two Cup races a year since 1971. The change will drop Dover International Speedway from two Cup Series races to one event next season. "When we built Nashville Superspeedway in 2001 our goal was to one day secure a NASCAR Cup Series race for the venue. Waltrip's victory in the 1988 Busch Series event gives him the career best nine wins total at the track. Dover is expected to host a Cup doubleheader Aug. 22-23. The Ally 400 is the centerpiece of a full schedule of activities at Nashville Superspeedway on June 18-20, including a NASCAR Xfinity Series race on Saturday, June 19 (3:30 p.m. By 1964 the parts for cars were too hard to find, so the track changed to newer 1950s model cars called "Late Model Modifieds". The Nashville track is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which has held Cup race weekends at Dover International Speedway each year since 1969. The track was used in the Grand National Expansion Pack for Sierra's NASCAR Racing 2 game and was later converted for use in NASCAR4, NASCAR 2002 and NASCAR 2003. “In recent years, we’ve made it very clear that we think Nashville is a place where NASCAR should be for the future and not just the past. You have to figure Cup at Iowa is a certainty, likely with a date from another NASCAR owned track with 2 dates. Nashville Superspeedway held Xfinity and Truck events from 2001 until 2011. Well, no, it turns out. The 1.33-mile concrete track was built in 2001 by Dover Motorsports, Inc. and hosted NASCAR- and IndyCar-sanctioned events from 2001 to 2011. “We talked about a list of possibly 10 markets that NASCAR had identified for penetration. As of 2020, NASCAR's highest level of competition has not returned to a track in the Nashville market. Joe Buford won the 1998 and 1999 track championships. Crowell decided to retire, and hired the talented young Darrell Waltrip to drive his car. FILE -- In this April 3, 2010, file photo, Kevin Harvick takes the checkered flag at the finish line to win the NASCAR Nationwide Series Nashville 300 auto race at Nashville Superspeedway in Gladeville, Tenn. NASCAR is set to return to the track in 2021. Grandstand Tickets. The track held 9 Xfinity Series races in 1984, 1988, 1989, and from 1995 to 2000. As part of a four-year sanctioning agreement with NASCAR, the track in Lebanon, Tennessee’s first Cup race is tentatively scheduled for June 21, 2021. Next year’s Cup race at Dover is tentatively scheduled for May 16 or May 23. Inside the larger oval is a 1⁄4 mi (0.40 km) paved oval. Nashville Superspeedway Hosting Cup Race in 2021. A fire burned the grandstands at the 1965 State Fair. [citation needed]. Of course, the Nashville Superspeedway will be working with the Wilson County government in the months and weeks leading up to the race. The World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series will cover the quarter-mile track in dirt for an event, while the CRA Super Series also race at the track. The new ownership decided to hold no weekly races in 1979. A 1959 NASCAR Grand National race of 200 laps in 1959 was unique; it was the first time an entire starting field (12 of 12 cars) finished the race,[2] one of four instances it has happened in Cup Series history. The speedway is currently an 18 degree banked paved oval. Mike Alexander won the 1992 track championship. The 1970s also featured talented drivers that would progress to NASCAR's highest division. In 1995, the track returned to the NASCAR circuit, hosting a yearly Busch Series race and, later, a yearly Craftsman Truck Series race. The 2007 schedule featured races in NASCAR's two regional series, the Busch East Series and Whelen Southern Modified Tour. The track was renamed "Music City Motorplex" for 2004 by new promoter Joe Mattioli III, whose family owns Pocono Raceway and South Boston Speedway. One of Dover’s two race dates will be moved to Nashville. It was cancelled in 2018, but returned in 2019. One of Dover’s two race dates will be moved to Nashville. The track began holding annual events in September 1915 to coincide with the state fair. Local tracks sprang up and began running weekly Saturday night shows (collectively called the "Legion Bowl"), and the local racers competed at the track for the 1954 through 1957 State Fairs. Nashville Superspeedway will hold a Cup race for the first time next season, ending NASCAR's decade-long absence from the track. We believe that the beloved short track in downtown Nashville provides tremendous opportunity to be a catalyst for year-round tourism and entertainment development.”. “We always like to make sure we have a solid market that we can rely on before we go to the investment for permanent seats. The track held 5 Gander Outdoors Truck Series events between 1996 and 2000. The track is the oldest continually operating track in the United States. Andy Kirby won the 1994, 1996, and 1997 track championships. #NASCAR https://t.co/CLpO62z3nI, — Peter Stratta (@peterstratta) June 3, 2020, Well y'all, we're excited to say that this tweet did not age well!#NASCAR https://t.co/i3GH1xBt22, — Nashville Superspeedway (@NashvilleSpdwy) June 3, 2020. Nashville Superspeedway, Lebanon: Address, Phone Number, Nashville Superspeedway Reviews: 3.5/5 Looking forward to this https://t.co/wYjy7gCXF7, — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (@StenhouseJr) June 3, 2020, Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window), The move to the superspeedway likely means that, Speedway Motorsports’ efforts to bring NASCAR back to Fairgrounds Speedway in Nashville.