Grassroots promoter selected as track leaseholder; NASCAR talks continue
Bob Sargent of Track Enterprises has officially become the leaseholder of Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville for 2020.
The Downtown Nashville, TN track is 0.596-mile paved oval with 18 degree corners. Inside the larger oval sits another paved 1/4-mile surface.
Sargent will host a total of 10 races at the Nashville,
Read MoreWeekly racing events may not be on the table for Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville in 2020 as Bob Sargent enters contract negotiations
Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville is in talks with a new promoter for 2020 and beyond. The city is in talks with Bob Sargent of Track Enterprises Inc.
Each month,
Read More2019 Hoosier Hundred will be the last auto race held at the facility; Track will still be used for horses
Dirt track racing well outside of Indiana are outraged to hear the news.
The Indiana State Fairgrounds will no longer host auto racing events. The last race at the facility will be the Hoosier 100 on May 23,
Read MoreRacing returns to the Milwaukee Mile
On September 29, 1876 a private horse track was built from dirt in West Allis, Wisconsin. On September 11, 1903 the track hosted it’s first session of cars on a new pavement surface.
Following the 2015 season, the track has been mostly activity free.
Read MorePaducah International Raceway and Tennessee National Raceway both closed in May
It’s not uncommon for a dirt track to close or pick up with a new owner. Dirt tracks are hard to keep in operations for a long list of reasons.
However, what is uncommon is for the track promoter to sell yearly suites,
Read MoreOnly weeks apart, two dirt tracks have pressed pause on the 2018 racing season
Tennessee National Raceway is a 1/3-mile slight banked clay oval located in Hohenwald, TN. Paducah International Raceway is a 3/8-mile clay oval.
150-miles apart, each of these tracks fired up for the 2018 racing season.
Read MoreDon’t lose all your money trying to run a weekly program late in the season
Should dirt tracks run a weekly show at all?
“Bob Sargent, our promoter, he takes care of Macon. I’ll leave all the promoters out that are listening right now,” Kenny Wallace states on The Late Shift via Sirius XM NASCAR Radio.
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