Nashville is working to bring NASCAR back to historic Fairgrounds Speedway

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After another successful race this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway in nearby Lebanon, work continues in the hope of bringing NASCAR back to the area at one of the country's oldest, most historic tracks: Fairgrounds Speedway, within sight of downtown.

"It has such a special place in motorsports and in this city," Jerry Caldwell, the president of Bristol Motor Speedway in East Tennesseee, said of the Fairgrounds track. "And one of the many things we think that makes Nashville great is the way they embrace their roots."

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The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway grandstand is viewed Friday, June 23, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. After another successful race this weekend at Nashville Superspeedway in nearby Lebanon, work continues in the hope of bringing NASCAR back to the area at one of the countrys oldest, most historic tracks: Fairgrounds Speedway, within sight of downtown.  (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Nashville has long ignored the track that opened in 1904 despite a city charter mandating that racing continue on that spot.

NASCAR ran its last Cup Series race at the half-mile oval in 1984, but the lengthy list of drivers wanting this track back on the schedule ranges from Hall of Famers Darrell Waltrip and Dale Earnhardt Jr. to current drivers Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr. and Zane Smith.

"This is the best short track in the country," Waltrip said. "It just needs to be upgraded. It hadn’t had anything done to it in so long. That’s why it’s going to