It's music to NASCAR's ears: the stock car series is set to return to Nashville, Tennessee in 2021.
Nashville Superspeedway will hold a Cup race for the first time next season, ending NASCAR's decade-long absence from the track. The Nashville track is owned by Dover Motorsports, Inc., which has held Cup race weekends each year since 1969. Dover will give up one of its dates and move it to Nashville for an expected late June 2021 race weekend.
The 1.33-mile concrete track was built in 2001 by Dover Motorsports and hosted NASCAR and IndyCar events until 2011. The track is situated on approximately 1,000 acres just outside Nashville, and currently has 25,000 permanent grandstand seats and lights for night racing. Tatoian said he's hopeful the Truck, second-tier Xfinity Series and IndyCar could again find a home on the Nashville schedule.
Dover has sold nearly 300 acres of property near Nashville Superspeedway since 2018 for nearly $10 million. Dover, the site of two NASCAR weekends each year since 1971, was scheduled to hold a race in May this season until the coronavirus pandemic forced a postponement. Dover is expected to run Cup races on Aug. 22 and 23.
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