Nashville Superspeedway

Nashville Superspeedway

Address: 4847-F McCrary, Lebanon, Tennessee
Lebanon , Tennessee , USA
Route type:	permanent race track
Owner:	Dover Motorsports
Operator:	Dover Motorsports
Start of building:	2001
Opening:	2001
Superspeedway oval
Tri-oval
Route data
Important events:	NASCAR Nationwide Series Pepsi 300 Federated Auto Parts 300 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Toyota Tundra 200 Indy Racing League Firestone Indy 200 ARCA Racing Series
Route length:	2.145  km (1.33  mi )
Curves:	3
Curve superelevation:	Curves: 14 °
Audience capacity:	50,000
http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com

Coordinates: 36 ° 2 ′ 45 "  N , 86 ° 24 ′ 25"  W.

The Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex in Gladeville with an address in Lebanon , both in the US state of Tennessee , approximately 30 miles east of Nashville . The surface of the 1,333 mile (2,145 km) course is made of concrete. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by Dover Motorsports , which also owns Dover International Speedway .

The circuit was built in 2001 and serves as the venue for four major races: two races from the NASCAR Nationwide Series , one from the Indy Racing League and one from the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series . The audience capacity is around 50,000 seats. Portable seats can also be installed for special events, so that a spectator capacity of up to 150,000 seats can be achieved, for example for a NASCAR Sprint Cup race . However, there is little interest on the part of NASCAR in hosting a race there. Dover Motorsports has so far also shown no interest in relocating one of the two successful races in the Sprint Cup from their other speedway, Dover International Speedway . The Nashville Superspeedway is the only circuit that holds two NASCAR Nationwide Series races without a Sprint Cup race.

As is tradition in the Nashville region, the winner will be presented with guitars in a special design by Gibson Les Paul instead of conventional trophies.

The racetrack was given the classic term " Superspeedway " - although this is not a definition - to distinguish it from the former Nashville Speedway USA in Nashville. The track has a very wavy concrete surface for an oval, which is why the lap times for the track layout are comparatively slow. Because of these problems, the track will lose its IndyCar race for 2009, which will be replaced by a city race in Toronto , Canada.

Since the track also lost all NASCAR races in 2012, the track will be closed from 2012 and offered for sale to private customers. On May 29, 2014 it was announced that the investor NeXovation, Inc. would like to purchase this racetrack and associated equipment from Dover Motorsports for US $ 27 million.

Records

• NASCAR Nationwide Series Qualifying: David Stremme , 28,811 s (166,561) mph, 2007
• NASCAR Nationwide Series Race: Carl Edwards , 2:32:20 (128.051 mph), April 17, 2007
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Qualifying: Erik Darnell , 29.601 s (162.116 mph), 2006
• NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race: Scott Riggs , 1:30:34 (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

Previous winners

IndyCar Series

IndyCar Series Results
season	date	winner	chassis	engine	team
2001	21 July	Buddy Lazier	Dallara	Oldsmobile	Hemelgarn Racing
2002	20th of July	Alex Barron	Dallara	Chevrolet	Blair Racing
2003	July 19	Gil de Ferran	Dallara	Toyota	Team Penske
2004	17th July	Tony Kanaan	Dallara	Honda	Andretti Green Racing
2005	16th of July	Dario Franchitti	Dallara	Honda	Andretti Green Racing
2006	15th of July	Scott Dixon	Dallara	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2007	15th of July	Scott Dixon	Dallara	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing
2008	July 12	Scott Dixon	Dallara	Honda	Chip Ganassi Racing

NASCAR Nationwide Series

season	run	month	winner	Manufacturer
2001	Pepsi 300	April	Greg Biffle	ford
2002	Pepsi 300	April	Scott Riggs	ford
2002	Inside Traxx 300	June	Jack Sprague	Chevrolet
2003	Pepsi 300	April	David Green	Pontiac
2003	Trace Adkins Chrome 300	June	Scott Riggs	ford
2004	Pepsi 300	April	Michael Waltrip	Chevrolet
2004	Federated Auto Parts 300	June	Jason Leffler	Chevrolet
2005	Pepsi 300	March	Reed Sorenson	Dodge
2005	Federated Auto Parts 300	June	Clint Bowyer	Chevrolet
2006	Pepsi 300	April	Kevin Harvick	Chevrolet
2006	Federated Auto Parts 300	June	Carl Edwards	ford
2007	Pepsi 300	April	Carl Edwards	ford
2007	Federated Auto Parts 300	June	Carl Edwards	ford
2008	Pepsi 300	April	Scott Wimmer	Chevrolet
2008	Federated Auto Parts 300	June	Brad Keselowski	Chevrolet

NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series

season	run	winner	Manufacturer
2001	Federated Auto Parts 200	Scott Riggs	Dodge
2002	Federated Auto Parts 200	Mike Bliss	Chevrolet
2003	Federated Auto Parts 200	Carl Edwards	ford
2004	Toyota Tundra 200	Bobby Hamilton	Dodge
2005	Toyota Tundra 200	David Reutimann	Toyota
2006	Toyota Tundra 200	Johnny Benson	Toyota
2007	Toyota Tundra 200	Travis Kvapil	ford

See also

• Music City Motorplex

Web links

• Official website

Remarks

1. ↑ http://www.marketwatch.com/story/dover-motorsports-inc-declines-2012-nascar-sanctions-for-nashville-superspeedway-2011-08-03?reflink=MW_news_stmp
2. ↑ Agreement reached to sell Nashville Superspeedway . WKRN-TV. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
3. ↑ German website of NeXovation
4. ↑ Postponed from Saturday evening to Sunday afternoon due to rain.
5. ↑ Aborted after 171 laps due to rain.