Nashville Superspeedway
Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Gladeville, Tennessee (though the track has a Lebanon address), United States, about 30 miles (48 km) east of Nashville. It is a concrete oval track 1 1/3 miles (2.145 km) in length. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports, which owns Dover International Speedway.
The track was built in 2001 and currently hosts three major races: two NASCAR Nationwide Series races and a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race (an IndyCar series race was run at the track from its opening until 2008). Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 50,000 [1]. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and seating capacity can be expanded to 150,000.[2] As of 2005, NASCAR has shown little interest in staging a Sprint Cup Series race or other major event at the track, though NASCAR would likely not object if track ownership moved one of its races from Dover International Speedway to Nashville. Management has shown no inclination to move either of its two successful races away from Dover. Nashville Superspeedway is one of two track to host two NASCAR Nationwide Series races without hosting a Sprint Cup Series event, the other being Gateway.
As is a Nashville metropolitan tradition, specially-designed Gibson Les Paul guitars are presented to race winners in place of conventional trophies. The track also has a reputation for producing many first-time winners.
The track is referred by the classic term of a "superspeedway" (a track of one mile (1.6 km) or longer, compared to a short track), and is named to differentiate itself from the .596 mile Nashville Speedway USA (now Music City Motorplex) at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds near downtown Nashville. Until 1984, the Nashville Speedway USA had conducted a pair of 420-lap races in the Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series), but NASCAR pulled its sanctioning license from the circuit after disputes over who would manage the track took place prior to the start of the 1985 season.
See also: List of NASCAR race tracks
Current Races
Records
- NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: David Stremme, 28.811 sec. (166.561) mph, 2007
- NASCAR Nationwide Series Race: Carl Edwards, 2 hrs. 18 min. 28 sec. (129.949 mph), June 9, 2007
- NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Qualifying: Erik Darnell, 29.601 sec. (162.116 mph), 2006
- NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Race: Scott Riggs, 1 hr. 30 min. 34 sec. (132.466 mph), August 10, 2001
- IRL Qualifying: Scott Dixon, 206.211 mph (331.864 km/h), July 18, 2003
- IRL Race: Buddy Lazier, 144.809 mph (233.047 km/h), July 21, 2001
Feature Race Winners
NASCAR Nationwide Series
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series
Indy Racing League IndyCar Series
References
- ^ Welcome to Nashville Superspeedway
- ^ Welcome to Nashville Superspeedway
- ^ Postponed from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon due to rain
- ^ Shortened to 171 laps due to rain
External links
Coordinates: 36°02′40″N 86°24′45″W / 36.04442°N 86.41262°W / 36.04442; -86.41262
Buddy Lazier
Gil de Ferran
Dario Franchitti
Scott Dixon
