|| *Comments on Nashville Superspeedway:* View the most recent comment <#97> | Post a comment <#post> 1. Cooper posted: 03.14.2010 - 4:33 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 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. 2. Eric posted: 08.03.2011 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nashville will not have any Nascar races in 2012. Source: http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/nationwide/story/_/id/6830271/nashville-track-says-not-host-nascar-events-2012 3. Tyler (fourturns.blogspot.com) posted: 08.23.2012 - 12:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Since I live in Memphis, I would always go to Memphis Motorsports Park and to Nashville Superspeedway -- when I was really young, I visited the old Nashville short track as well -- still have yet to go to Bristol though. Anywho, Nashville was an awesome race track -- I saw the majority of the Nationwide Series races there. Its a shame that Cup guys dominated there so much -- Carl won there like 5 times with Bowyer, Harvick, Keselowski, Michael Waltrip and a few others winning. But regardless it was still a cool track. It definitely bummed me out when NASCAR took Memphis off the schedule and then announced last year that they won't be returning to Nashville. Oh well, maybe they'll make a return someday. Additionally the track also had some cool winners -- Scott Riggs, Scott Wimmer, Reed Sorenson and even Jason Leffler (even though he can't drive a car whatsoever). The track also saw David Reutimann win his one and only Truck Series race and one of Austin Dillon's four Trucks Series wins. 4. RaceFanX posted: 11.08.2013 - 5:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) NASCAR's only concrete tri-oval superspeedway 5. Gordon7timechamp posted: 01.28.2016 - 7:23 am Rate this comment: (1) (3) i had a blast driving at this track in nr2003s 6. Braindead Zombie posted: 03.25.2016 - 8:28 pm Rate this comment: (4) (0) Remember when the Xfinity series used to come here on Easter weekend for a non-companion race every year and there were usually only a few cup drivers if any? Pepperidge Farms remembers. 7. rw posted: 08.19.2016 - 1:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I miss this track on the ARCA and NASCAR schedule, such a great track. 8. possum posted: 08.25.2016 - 6:18 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) Looks like Nashville Superspeedway was just sold to a developer. That probably means it'll be torn down and replaced by houses/offices/retail/something other than a race track. 9. Anthony posted: 08.26.2016 - 10:15 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) Good, the track was utter trash. Corners too tight, wrong surface, not enough banking. 10. RaceFanX posted: 08.27.2016 - 2:31 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Bummer, this place was very unique as the only concrete trioval superspeedway. 11. Damon posted: 08.27.2016 - 10:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 10, Agreed, always enjoyed the Indycar races there. 12. JeffGordon24FanForever posted: 10.03.2016 - 10:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Joe Nemechek had one of the weirdest crashes here in '09 when he was flipped over in a pile up and drove it to the pits. Unfortunately he couldn't continue. 13. John posted: 04.07.2018 - 10:26 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know why NASCAR left the Nashville short track to go this track? If I was NASCAR and I had to choose between 2 tracks in the same city I would take the short track. 14. RaceFanXeFanX posted: 04.07.2018 - 10:41 am Rate this comment: (4) (0) @13 The early 2000s were a time of unprecedented growth for NASCAR that may never be seen again. Superspeedways offered big races and with a boom in their construction (Chicagoland, Kansas, Kentucky, and Nashville all opened in 2001 alone). There was a growing thought at the time that as NASCAR went more and more mainstream it was outgrowing short tracks like the Nashville short track or Myrtle Beach in favor of races at larger tracks like this one. The backlash against "cookie cutter" tri-ovals producing worse racing than short tracks also didn't come until later. 15. Rider77 posted: 04.07.2018 - 10:58 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) The track and grounds looked nice back then, but the races here, IMO, were boring and forgettable. The only race that stands out in my mind was the race where Clint Bowyer got his first win. 16. Ferret posted: 04.07.2018 - 11:39 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) "14: The IRL was also doing pretty good at that time and sold a lot of tickets for Nashville, Chicagoland et al too, so it wasn't just the owners putting all their eggs in one basket with NASCAR though, the IRL races were unique and the track was a change from the usual higher banked paved tri ovals of the time. 17. Mannoroth posted: 04.07.2018 - 12:13 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 15. Carl Edwards was the man to beat at this track - 5 wins, 11 top 5s, 12 top 10s and the worst finish of 13th place in his 13 starts. And he also has 1 win from Trucks here. That's why I still remember this track, because it really suited him (excluding the fact that Kyle won there twice in Trucks and once in Xfinity). 18. John posted: 04.13.2018 - 7:02 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @14 Thanks for the response. I can't remember where I read it, it was a long time ago, but another reason why "cookie cutters" were being built frequently had to do with the shape of the track. That shape of track I guess leads to a very high percent of seats that have a great view of the racing, plus you can build a lot more seats compared to, say, a short track. I'm still questioning the move to build the track though. Obviously Nashville could sell a lot more seats with the speedway, but didn't they still lose a lot of money in the end because they had to pay for creating a whole new race track? It seems to me like it would of been smarter to stay with the short track because they didn't have to pay for creating a new race track. 19. Evan posted: 04.13.2018 - 7:27 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Cookie cutters were built to showcase the sport, they had a wide seating radius which allows for great race viewing. I always call them the million dollar playgrounds because it delivers racing and optimum fan entertainment and for fans as well as the men in the suits. And NASCAR did what made sense at the time and added California in 1997 and Las Vegas in 1998 then Chicago and Kansas in 2001. But I just never liked these tracks after a while, but I did like when Vegas added some banking and that is something that I'd like to see them do at Kansas and Chicago. 20. John posted: 06.12.2018 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @19 Didn't they add progressive banking to Kansas? "they had a wide seating radius which allows for great race viewing." That is what I was trying to say in #18, you had better wordage. "And NASCAR did what made sense at the time and added California in 1997 and Las Vegas in 1998 then Chicago and Kansas in 2001." Don't forget Kentucky and Texas. Your quoted comment here has gotten me thinking. I understand that at the time the cookie cutters seemed like a good idea. I can understand why they seemed like a good idea at the time, but would it have killed them to add a short track or 2? I realize at the time it felt like they had outgrown the short tracks, but couldn't they add a short track or 2 with seating like Bristol Motorspeedway has? 21. Travis Simpson posted: 08.07.2018 - 2:16 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) 8, 13 & 14 The other reason is because the fairgrounds has only 32 pit stalls. They had to do some double ups, the Superspeedway being built gave them more room. The land developer according to a couple articles I have read said he won't demolish the track but rather upgrade it in an attempt to get NASCAR and Indycar to come back in the future. If that doesn't work, he will probably demolish it then. 22. Scott B posted: 08.07.2018 - 11:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Nashville seems like a very natural market for NASCAR. It's a shame that neither the short track or the superspeedway has a race date in any of the top three series. 23. possum posted: 08.07.2018 - 8:20 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @21 - doggone guys, no, none of those are the reason NASCAR went to the Superspeedway instead of the fairgrounds. The seating capacity of the fairgrounds is 14,000 and some odd. Back in the 2000's that was far too small for even a Busch (Xfinity, whatever) race, let alone a Cup date. With today's crowds, I think Cup could work at the fairgrounds - up the seating to 30,000 and you'd be in the right ballpark. You could move some stuff around and get 40 pit stalls too - the fairgrounds track is 0.6 mile, and there's plenty of half mile tracks with 40 pits. As for the Superspeedway, I'm pretty sure they've started tearing up the area at the back where there was intended to be a drag strip. Once development starts, even if they don't tear up the track itself it's unlikely that racing would return. 24. Canadianfan posted: 06.02.2020 - 8:34 pm Rate this comment: (3) (0) From Jordan Bianchi: NEWS: Nashville Superspeedway to host NASCAR Cup Series race in 2021, sources tell @TheAthleticAUTO. 25. Timothy_Eklund posted: 06.02.2020 - 8:42 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Now THIS is the type of schedule shakeup i was hoping for. 26. SpeedyThexton posted: 06.02.2020 - 8:47 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Well THAT was well out of left field... 27. Canadianfan posted: 06.02.2020 - 8:49 pm Rate this comment: (1) (1) Some more information Dover's first date will be going to Nashville and it will be moved to late June. Dover still owns the track it was never actually sold in 2016. From Matt Weaver: I've been told the Nashville Superspeedway decision is meant to nudge and encourage Tennessee and Nashville officials to invest in the Fairgrounds in the hopes to having a race there. It doesn't change the fact that literally no one wanted a D-shaped concrete intermediate. 28. GoRC10 posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:10 pm Rate this comment: (1) (3) @25 Nashville Superspeedway isn't much different than Kentucky. 29. Sandy posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) That's incredible 30. Ultimate_Warrior_#18 posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:11 pm Rate this comment: (1) (4) Shocking but i rather the Fairgrounds. Are they gonna at least raise the banking cause this track had some epically boring racing at times. 31. Jimmie4life posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) This track has a unique scape compared to a 1.5 mile cookie cutter track: It's smaller, much wider, and a bit slower, which means more passing. it's uniquely shaped, but I would've preferred to see the Fairgrounds, but it doesn't matter: New track on the NASCAR cup schedule! First time since 2011 with Kentucky(not the ROVAL). 32. TeamDCRfan posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) I missed this track. It wasn't the most exciting, but it was a decent one. My biggest memory is Front Row Joe's flip in 09 33. JSPorts posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:37 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I think we would've all preferred the Fairgrounds, but at least NASCAR is trying something new, and going back into the Nashville market. I hope they run this race with the short-track package though, instead of the drafting package. With this track being shorter and flatter, the low-HP package could be a real recipe for disaster. 34. Sector posted: 06.02.2020 - 9:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Maybe if NASCAR pays attention and the schedule isn't fully brought out yet, a double header of the Superspeedway and Fairgrounds might happen. 35. Canadianfan posted: 06.02.2020 - 10:04 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @34 From Matt Weaver: Here's my contribution to the Nashville Superspeedway story. I am told that Dover moved the race to Nashville at the request of SMI. The intent is to encourage Tennessee to approve a ticket tax to cover the costs of renovating Fairgrounds Speedway. 36. Corey posted: 06.02.2020 - 10:22 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @34 I think that's asking a bit much on the teams. They would have to prepare two different cars for something like that. 37. Yeet posted: 06.02.2020 - 10:32 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Here's to hoping they'll bring back the guitar as a trophy again (but hide it from Kyle Busch this time). 38. Iamthedebris posted: 06.03.2020 - 12:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) As The Iceberg said: "Nashville is a market that lacks NASCAR exposure." Now NASCAR should also get some more tracks onto the schedule that give more exposure to new fans, like the Pacific Northwest with the Portland Raceway or the Midwest at the Milwaukee Mile or Iowa. 39. Iamthedebris posted: 06.03.2020 - 12:04 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) NASCAR Silly Season 2020 Edition just gets weirder, doesn't it? Man this season has been a breath of fresh air. 40. RaceFanX posted: 06.03.2020 - 1:45 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) Lazarus rises! 41. Mannoroth posted: 06.03.2020 - 6:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (3) Nashville Superspeedway in the Cup schedule? Cool, Kyle Busch won the Truck and Xfinity race there, so he can add a Cup win as well, if it's true. And when they're at it, they should move the Xfinity race at Martinsville and the Truck race at Richmond, so Kyle could race and win at those tracks as well. 42. PucciMan posted: 06.03.2020 - 6:45 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) Makes me wonder if they're going to increase the seating compacity at Nashville. I'm glad Dover is losing a race, I hate that track. 43. Mile501 posted: 06.03.2020 - 9:09 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @37 - Sadly, the artist who painted the guitar trophies (Sam Bass) died last year. 44. TheDewCrew posted: 06.03.2020 - 9:11 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) It's official. Nashville will make its Cup Series debut on the schedule in 2021 45. RacingDude00 posted: 06.03.2020 - 10:03 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) I see a schedule like this in 2021 for this place: times are eastern time even though Nashville is central time Thursday Night (9pm) / ARCA / 200 miles / 150 laps Friday Night (9pm) / Truck / 200 miles / 150 laps Saturday Night (8pm) / Xfinity / 300 miles / 225 laps Sunday Afternoon (3pm) / Cup / 400 miles / 300 laps 46. Unser1 posted: 06.03.2020 - 10:34 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) I always liked the look of this track because of that unique concrete pavement like Dover and Bristol. Being a modern tri-oval when the others weren't makes it standout amongst the cookie cutters. 47. Jimmie4life posted: 06.03.2020 - 10:36 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Wow, Mannoroth, complaining a new track is on the schedule for the cup. What a shocker, you baby. 48. TTaylor944 posted: 06.03.2020 - 12:16 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @47 It's important to remember that this is all about Kyle Busch. 49. Mannoroth posted: 06.03.2020 - 12:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (2) 47. Complaining? No, I'm glad that Kyle can add another track to his list, where he won at least one race in each series. And too bad that Carl Edwards is retired, because he also won the Truck and Xfinity race there. 50. Canadianfan posted: 06.03.2020 - 1:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bob Pockrass: 4-yr deal for Cup races at Nashville Superspeedway. Total purse and sanction fees: 2021 ? $8.6M, 2022 ? $9.0M, 2023 ? $9.4M and 2024 ? $9.9M. Estimated live broadcast revenue: 2021 ? $18.2M, 2022 ? $18.9M, 2023 ? $19.9M and 2024 ? $20.8M. 51. Tarheel posted: 06.03.2020 - 1:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I would like to see Nascar run the high HP low downforce package at Nashville and Darlington. I think the other package is best suited for 1.5 mile and bigger tracks. 52. RaceFanX posted: 06.03.2020 - 2:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Ironically it was the lack of a Cup date, and the fact that the track stood no realistic chance of getting one, that led to its closure after 2011. Dover Motorsports put the track up for sale but never found a buyer. A land development company was pushing to buy the track in 2016 for just under $45 million so it could demolish the track and build distribution centers but the deal fell through. And after all that now it has that Cup date... 53. Tarheel posted: 06.03.2020 - 2:44 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Does anyone know if this track has ever been repaved? I'm hoping not, let's have some high tire wear and make the drivers work. 54. Canadianfan posted: 06.03.2020 - 2:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @53 No it wasn't that old when it closed still has its original 20 year old concrete surface. 55. TTaylor944 posted: 06.03.2020 - 3:04 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) With a four year deal in place to host the Cup Series, hopefully this means they find a way to finish the other three tracks which were originally planned on the grounds. 56. Canadianfan posted: 06.03.2020 - 3:34 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @55 Fun you should bring that up. From Bob Pockrass: Nashville is getting a 4-year deal because Dover plans to put $7-10 million into the facility over the next two years and Dover wanted some assurance it could cover that investment. 57. 48johnsonfan posted: 06.03.2020 - 3:35 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) If they're going to run in June, looking at a Google Earth picture from December 2019, they got a long way to go remove all of the other used cars around the track, more grandstands, and track repairs if it was rotting away certain parts of the tracks, specifically the in-field buildings. 58. ScottB posted: 06.03.2020 - 4:40 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) This is good news. Yes, the Fairgrounds would have been even better, but moving an SMI date is something that can happen right now, while negotiating a Fairgrounds deal could take years. 59. Yeet posted: 06.03.2020 - 5:12 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Chase Elliot tweeted out how this installation of this track will "put the nail in the coffin of the fairgrounds" but this is not true. I'm sure Chase didn't understand at the time but this track hosting a race is to improve the presence of NASCAR in Nashville, so that Tennessee will allow the construction of the Fairgrounds to talk place. SMI has already said they have a plan to get the Fairgrounds on the schedule, so be patient everyone. 60. Timothy_Eklund posted: 06.03.2020 - 5:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Your actually left out the first part of his tweet. He said that "one snooze fest at (nashville superpseedway) will put the nail in the coffin of the fairgrounds, bummer." 61. possum posted: 06.03.2020 - 7:17 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @53 - Repaving a concrete almost unheard of. They did Bristol in 2007, but usually all they do with a concrete track is grind the surface and call it new. @58 - they did not move an SMI date. They moved a Dover date. Like everyone else, I'm not particularly elated by this move. Nashville superspeedway is too much like the cookie cutter ovals. The Fairgrounds would have been a much more interesting addition. I am dubious that anyone would agree to 4 years of racing at the superspeedway and then replace it with the Fairgrounds, but I guess we'll have to wait and see. 62. Yeet posted: 06.03.2020 - 7:36 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @60 Just did a once-over at Elliot's tweet, I made a mistake there and I apologize for it. According to Pockrass the newly introduced minimum attendance policy will be in place at this track, which requires the promoters of the event to fill the stands with 70% capacity or greater. Nashville Superspeedway currently has a seating capacity of 25,000 so if this stays the case in 2021 then the track would have to sell at the very minimum 17,500 tickets. However, Dover International Speedway has many left over seats at the track that have been removed that may be installed here. 63. George_Costanza posted: 06.03.2020 - 7:50 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) Super happy that NASCAR is at least attempting something new with the schedule, and I certainly wasn't expecting Nashville to get a race. Now I'm waiting for the news of Iowa and Gateway on the Cup schedule! 64. Mile501 posted: 06.03.2020 - 9:13 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @61 "I am dubious that anyone would agree to 4 years of racing at the superspeedway and then replace it with the Fairgrounds, but I guess we'll have to wait and see." I suppose it's possible that Nashville eventually ends up with 2 dates, one at each track. The fan base is probably strong enough to support that in Nashville, and it would be a unique way of visiting the same city twice in a year. 65. JSPorts posted: 06.03.2020 - 9:35 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) I'd definitely support having 2 races at Nashville at 2 different tracks. 66. Mannoroth posted: 06.04.2020 - 2:50 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 48. No, it only means that he has a shot at it. That's all. But that's the toll for being so successful - if it was Gateway, it would be about Kevin Harvick, because he's the only one that managed to win the Xfinity and the Truck race there. Kyle only has one Xfinity win from 2009. 67. Anthony posted: 06.04.2020 - 7:40 am Rate this comment: (0) (2) This track never put on decent races. The only exciting moment was an invocation. 68. RaceFanX posted: 06.04.2020 - 8:32 am Rate this comment: (2) (0) @67 You might want to watch the finish of the 2004 Pepsi 300 and reconsider that. Or Nemechek flipping and continuing to race. Since it was a standalone race the Xfinity races here were fun and prone to upsets. 69. Corey posted: 06.04.2020 - 8:55 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @67 You must have forgotten Michael Waltrip inheriting the lead and the win from 6th place after the leaders all wrecked. 70. TheDewCrew posted: 06.04.2020 - 10:45 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) @67 Funny you should say that, cause I compiled a list of memorable moments at Nashville. ? David Green's last lap pass for the win in 2003 ? The whacky 2004 finish ? Johnny Benson going from 4th to 1st in one corner on the last lap in 2006 ? Scott Wimmer's final NASCAR win ? Brad Keselowski's first NASCAR win ? Joe Nemechek's flip in 2009 ? Marc Davis vs Brendan Gaughan ? Kyle Busch Burnout and Guitar Smash ? David Reutimann's crazy save in 2011 ? Austin Dillon's slide (Then Race Hub appearance) 71. Noah posted: 06.04.2020 - 11:57 am Rate this comment: (1) (0) Rumor is Indycar is also headed to Nashville as soon as 2021 aswell. 72. PucciMan posted: 06.04.2020 - 12:26 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @71 Great news to hear. IndyCar needs more oval tracks. I don't want the series to become Formula 1 2.0 73. RacingDude00 posted: 06.04.2020 - 1:07 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Yes definitely IndyCar if they want to be a fun series again balance out the ovals with road/streets because: I would say 8-10 on each / 8-10 ovals & 8-10 on road/streets for a nice 16, 18, or 20 all together races Also Detroit is nice but Roger needs to drop one of them & get back Michigan International in Brooklyn like ASAP 74. Yeet posted: 06.04.2020 - 3:03 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @70 you could also add the Jason Leffler vs James Buescher incidents in 2010. 75. Sector posted: 06.04.2020 - 11:25 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) You know, this race track is similar to the other tracks such as Pikes Peak International Raceway, Milwaukee Mile, Lucas Oil Raceway, Memphis International Raceway, Nazareth Speedway and more that hosted a race in the Truck, Xfinity/Nationwide/Busch series for years, but never a Cup race. Not even one. I always wondered why NASCAR didn't feel the need to do so at their most premier series. Thankfully, after a decade of not being on the NASCAR schedule, Nashville will no longer be on this list. Hopefully we don't see the current Xfinity/Truck popular tracks at Iowa Speedway, Gateway Raceway, Road America and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park suffer the same fate. Eldora Speedway is a tough call. 76. German500 posted: 06.05.2020 - 2:10 pm Rate this comment: (0) (1) I find it so fasnation that the 1-mile ovals have been suppressed by NASCAR. Chicago Motor Speedway was demolished in favor of the Chicagoland Speedway. Walt Disney World and Pikes Peak had only short appearances in IndyCar and Trucks/Xfinity. Nazareth was deliberately destroyed and Milwaukee was deliberately ignored. Iowa, Memphis and LOR, as big short tracks, have good chances to play again a role in a future NASCAR concept. And Gateway (WWT) has also made itself attractive through massive investments. It is good that the former Busch racetracks of the 2000s are taken into account again. Too bad the Myrtle Beach Speedway will be closed, would also have been an option for future Xfinity or truck races. Greenville-Pickens, South Boston and Barber Motorsports Park should also be kept in mind. 77. GoRC10 posted: 06.05.2020 - 2:34 pm Rate this comment: (1) (0) @76 That's a good bit of speculation and/or faulty research. Many of the tracks you listed had multiple issues. Milwaukee, for example, had issues with the promoter. NASCAR included the track on the initial 2010 schedule, but ultimately pulled the date. It was not "ignored" as you suggest. 78. Jason24 posted: 06.05.2020 - 3:49 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @76 Chicago Motor Speedway was located in a dense neighborhood in Cicero where residents complained of the noise. The area also wasn't ideal. Construction on Chicagoland began in 1999, the same year Chicago Motor Speedway opened. Both tracks operated for a couple of years before Chicago Motor closed in 2003. NASCAR's truck series visited the Chicago Motor Speedway twice in 2001 and again in 2002 but didn't take up the new track until 2009. Its failure could arguably be more closely be attributed to the demise of CART, who visted the track all 4 years it operated and was the track's premier event. Nazareth was more abandoned than deliberately destroyed. The location of the track had something to do with why it was left alone after 2004. 79. Corey posted: 06.05.2020 - 5:38 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) @76 Walt Disney World Speedway stopped racing more because of the logistical nightmare Disney had to go through. The track itself was right next to the Magic Kingdom parking lot, and the event took insignificant parking for both the grandstands and the race fans. Also, Walt Disney World held there races in January when park attendance was the probably the lowest, but for both the IRL and NASCAR truck series, that was too early in the season and both left. 80. possum posted: 06.05.2020 - 6:48 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @76 - as others have said, a lot of misguided speculation there. NASCAR had nothing against 1 mile tracks, it's just coincidence that the 1-mile tracks for various reasons were not attractive to NASCAR at the time. Specific to Pikes Peak and Nazareth, ISC (i.e. the France family, same folks running NASCAR) bought both and shut them down to avoid competition to the tracks they planned to build in Denver and New York City. Pikes Peak in particular is a good example of how brain-dead ISC management was at the time - there was no interest at all in Denver for a track, and ISC never came close to getting a deal lined up, yet they threw away a track only an hour and a half from Denver (Colo Springs is only ~10 miles further from Denver than Joliet is from Chicago). 81. possum posted: 06.05.2020 - 6:51 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @78 - Nazareth was destroyed. The deed is encumbered with a restriction that anyone who purchases the property cannot use it as a race track. (also, of course, all the grandstands were torn down, and much of the other facilities moved off to Watkins Glen). ISC did not abandon it, they took specific steps to ensure it would never be used again. 82. Jimmie4life posted: 06.05.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @76 Pikes Peak was in a relatively quiet area. I know the mountain Pikes Peak in Colorado is a tour destination for climbers, but who wants to travel down south 75 miles to watch a race in an area with almost nothing nearby other than a mountain to climb? Not as many people as you'd think. 83. Jimmie4life posted: 06.05.2020 - 6:52 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) South Boston is a bit too small to fit 36 cars into it. I don't know why they tried over 40 cars back in the late 90s, but they did. South Boston is also in the middle of nowhere, with no major highways or cities around it. Martinsville's at least located north of Greensboro. 84. German500 posted: 06.06.2020 - 5:24 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) I forget to mention North Carolina Speedway aka Rockingham Speedway. Another 1-mile track, to removed from calendar. But from all existing tracks, the one withe the highest possibility to come back. Pikes Peak Raceway has a theoretical chance to come back, because they have only to clear the contractual hurdle. South Boston is ideal for a truck race with 30 oder 32 cars. Greenville-Pickens Speedway or Myrtle Beach Speedway (now no option, because will close after 2020 season) or Hickory Speedway too. All traditional short tracks from past in a region, where NASCAR was born. For Cup, you need at least a bigger track like Rockingham Speedway or Memphis Motorsports Park or Nashville Superspeedway. 85. possum posted: 06.07.2020 - 5:46 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @82 - so your theory is that a track 75 miles from a major metropolitan area will be a failure because nobody would go? By that rationale no-one would go to races at Darlington. Loudon, 75 miles from Boston, would be a failure. There'd be no hope for Talladega, 100 miles from Atlanta. Even Daytona, not particularly close to either Jacksonville or Orlando, would be doomed. No, I think your theory is totally invalid. Pikes Peak is plenty close enough to Denver to attract a good attendance, had ISC chosen to promote it. (I also think you've never been to Colorado, but that's a different subject). 86. possum posted: 06.07.2020 - 5:53 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @84 - while Rockingham might have the best chance of coming back (mostly because unlike the most of the others it hasn't been destroyed), that chance is pretty close to zero. Rockingham's problem is that it's not particularly close to anywhere, and unlike Pikes Peak that we've been speaking of, or for instance Darlington, there's few hotels in the area and no good highway to get to it (if North Carolina ever finishes I-74 that'll change, but there's no evidence they have any intention of doing that). 87. Jimmie48fan posted: 06.09.2020 - 11:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Cup Series coming back here in 2021 could make for an interesting race. 88. TheDewCrew posted: 06.13.2020 - 10:31 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) @83 Slow your roll on South Boston. It's along Route 58, that goes from the Cumberland Gap to the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia Beach. It's near Martinsville and Danville, and isn't far from Interstate 85 that runs through South Hill. Danville is a lot bigger than people give it credit for. There's a lot more to the East, than to the West. So, theoretically South Boston being just over an hour away shouldn't turn away too many fans. Plus it's just North or Durham. So, theoretically a truck race at South Boston is very much plausible 89. Anon posted: 07.21.2020 - 9:43 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Rumor is the truck and xfinity races at Iowa have been moved to Nashville. 2021 would see Nashville have 1 truck race,2 xfinity races,and 1 cup race. 90. Mannoroth posted: 07.21.2020 - 11:55 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) 89. If it's true and if it isn't part of the Dash 4 Cash or Triple Truck Challenge, then Kyle Busch can return to race at those tracks, because that track will also have a Cup race. 91. Drakion posted: 08.22.2020 - 8:17 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) @90 No one cares about Kyle Busch being able to add this track to his cup wins so will you stop already for crying out loud. You seriously have a problem in your head, your obsessment is sickening. Funny how you assume he will easily win considering how he is underperforming in cup now. Im sure Kyle is glad you dont live in the usa because he would probably have to file a restraining order against your creepy stalker like behavior. 92. Mannoroth posted: 08.22.2020 - 11:22 am Rate this comment: (0) (1) 91. Just like your stupid opinion about Cup drivers running lower series races in previous years, so I wouldn't be too brash in your case... He's underperforming due to that stupid COVID-19 and too many changes at once. If this was a normal season with practice and qualifying, I'm sure the results would be different. Besides, there is no Nashville race in 2020, so he still has plenty of time to get ready for it, because he has some experience there from his lower series starts. 93. Land0nFand0n posted: 08.22.2020 - 12:16 pm Rate this comment: (2) (0) We really arguing about Kyle Busch on the Nashville Superspeedway page 94. JSPorts posted: 08.22.2020 - 12:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) There's been a Kyle Busch argument (usually started by Mannoroth bringing him up out of nowhere) on basically every page on this site at this point, it seems... 95. Mannoroth posted: 08.22.2020 - 2:00 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) 93. Well, my post was one month old, but Drakion is like Ryan, who has to reply to everything many days after someone writes it... 96. Canadianfan posted: 03.18.2021 - 9:28 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) From Bob Pockrass: Nashville Superspeedway is adding additional grandstand seating its Cup race June 20. Still TBD on what % can be full and policies, but obviously the additional seating will help meet the demand. The track has 25,000 permanent seats. The seating being added at Nashville Superspeedway is temporary seating and it would increase a full capacity from 25,000 to 40,000 (still TBD on what the percentage of seats will be filled). 97. Yeet posted: 03.23.2021 - 12:43 pm Rate this comment: (0) (0) Kurt Busch, Chase Briscoe, and Christopher Bell are taking part in a Goodyear tire test today in preparation for the Ally 400 this June. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: