Public Hearing Held on Fairground Nashville s NASCAR Future
Central Tennessee residents debated the merits of renovating the legendary short track. Speedway Motorsports Inc
The latest step towards a potential NASCAR return to Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway played out through dramatic political theater during a Fair Board of Commissioners meeting at the Karl Dean Ballroom in Downtown Music City on Tuesday night.
Speedway Motorsports Inc., which also operates nearby Bristol Motor Speedway, is seeking to obtain the lease to the facility owned by the City of Nashville and Davidson County.
Such an agreement would see Bristol Motor Speedway become the de facto promoters of the historic short track, and pending an eventual renovation project, clear a pathway for all three NASCAR national touring divisions to return.
Rape charges dropped because accused thought victim was someone else
14 Apr, 2021 12:17 AM
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Sexual assaulter not prosecuted because he thought she was someone else . Video / ABC
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A Tennessee woman says she was raped by a man but the charges against him were dropped because he claimed he thought she was someone else .
Amy Dewland told Fox 17 News that the District Attorney s Office in Davidson Country chose not to prosecute the man because they said they could not prove he knowingly assaulted her . The decision is just as bad as the actual rape, that s what it feels like, Dewland told the news station.