Last year, it was announced that NASCAR Cup racing would
And while fans were excited that the sport would be returning, many were disappointed that the race would be held at the longer 1.33 mile Nashville Superspeedway in Lebanon and not the shorter half-mile track located at the Nashville Fairgrounds.
Even Dale Earnhardt Jr. said that NASCAR picked the wrong track for their return to Nashville.
Well now it looks like the dream of bringing NASCAR back to the Fairgrounds Speedway is one step closer to reality.
Nashville Mayor John Cooper announced this week that the city has signed a letter of intent with Bristol Motor Speedway to renovate Fairgrounds Speedway, which hasn’t hosted a NASCAR Cup Series race since 1984. And he had a special guest on hand for the announcement: Dale Earnhardt, Jr. himself.
62% of NASCAR fans approve of the addition of road courses to the 2021 schedule.
Roughly 1 in 4 NASCAR fans say they’re rooting for Kyle Larson this season after his suspension for using a racial slur in 2020.
Any other year, Fox Sports’ promotional spot billing the upcoming NASCAR Cup Series campaign as the “Best Season Ever” would seem hyperbolic.
But ahead of Sunday’s Daytona 500, there are reasons to believe NASCAR’s 73rd season could be a transformative one for the sport: the introduction of two celebrity owners, new opportunities for young, diverse drivers and a popular scheduling shake-up that features the series’ first dirt race since 1970.
Lawsuit, Defections, Camping World Highlight Tumultuous Year for NHRA
COVID-19 kept a top team on the sidelines, played a role in loss of series long-time title sponsor.
By Susan Wade Anderson Studio
NHRA President Glen Cromwell really didn’t have a big picture or blueprint once coronavirus barged in by mid-March. Instead, he had a kaleidoscope. The slightest twist of circumstance gave his potential season a constantly changing pattern.
Somehow he and his drastically pared-down staff navigated the season, got lucky with an abrupt series-sponsor change at the start of its title stretch, and crowned champions in history-making fashion.
Here are the NHRA’s top 10 stories for a wild 2020: