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06-04-2020, 03:11 AM
NASCAR and Dover Motorsports Inc. announced Wednesday that Nashville SuperSpeedway will reopen to host a NASCAR Cup Series race in 2021.
The change will drop Dover International Speedway from two Cup Series races to one event next season. Dover Motorsports Inc. built the 1.33-mile concrete track in Lebanon, Tennessee, about a 40-minute drive from downtown Nashville.
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/06/03/nascar-cup-series-to-race-at-nashville-superspeedway-in-2021/
Some history on the track's closure and hopeful sale that fell thru and then a reopening
C/P from unknown source..
-Closure 2012
Following sluggish attendance for major events and no prospects of gaining a Sprint Cup event, Dover Motorsports announced that the track would not seek NASCAR sanctions in 2012, effectively shutting it down, on August 3, 2011. In the announcement, Dover also hinted that the track may be up for sale. The track remains available for private use, such as car & tire testing. The track is also available, and has been used, as a filming location for various television and film projects. Since 2012, Nashville Superspeedway has been used for testing by NASCAR teams.
-Sale slated 2014
On May 29, 2014, it was announced that NeXovation, Inc. would be purchasing the racetrack and all assets and equipment from Dover Motorsports for $27 million. However, the deal never materialized and Dover Motorsports reopened the sale of the track on July 28, 2015. NeXovation had invested $2.9 million (mostly nonrefundable) into the track, mostly in deadline extensions, and Dover pulled out of the sale after another deadline was missed and no payment was received. The deal with NeXovation was ultimately canceled, though the company lost approximately $2.9 million dollars in earnest money.
On August 25, 2016, Dover announced it had reached an agreement to sell the property to Panattoni Development Company in a $44.7 million deal. Panattoni plans to convert the site into a distribution and logistics park. Later the deal fell through.
-Reopening slated 2021
On June 2, 2020, reports began to surface that Nashville SuperSpeedway would reopen in 2021 and would host a NASCAR Cup Series race, with a tentative date of Sunday, June 20. The race would replace one of the two races the series runs at Dover International Speedway. The track is owned by the same owners as the Dover track, who would move one of their dates to Nashville.
The change will drop Dover International Speedway from two Cup Series races to one event next season. Dover Motorsports Inc. built the 1.33-mile concrete track in Lebanon, Tennessee, about a 40-minute drive from downtown Nashville.
https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/06/03/nascar-cup-series-to-race-at-nashville-superspeedway-in-2021/
Some history on the track's closure and hopeful sale that fell thru and then a reopening
C/P from unknown source..
-Closure 2012
Following sluggish attendance for major events and no prospects of gaining a Sprint Cup event, Dover Motorsports announced that the track would not seek NASCAR sanctions in 2012, effectively shutting it down, on August 3, 2011. In the announcement, Dover also hinted that the track may be up for sale. The track remains available for private use, such as car & tire testing. The track is also available, and has been used, as a filming location for various television and film projects. Since 2012, Nashville Superspeedway has been used for testing by NASCAR teams.
-Sale slated 2014
On May 29, 2014, it was announced that NeXovation, Inc. would be purchasing the racetrack and all assets and equipment from Dover Motorsports for $27 million. However, the deal never materialized and Dover Motorsports reopened the sale of the track on July 28, 2015. NeXovation had invested $2.9 million (mostly nonrefundable) into the track, mostly in deadline extensions, and Dover pulled out of the sale after another deadline was missed and no payment was received. The deal with NeXovation was ultimately canceled, though the company lost approximately $2.9 million dollars in earnest money.
On August 25, 2016, Dover announced it had reached an agreement to sell the property to Panattoni Development Company in a $44.7 million deal. Panattoni plans to convert the site into a distribution and logistics park. Later the deal fell through.
-Reopening slated 2021
On June 2, 2020, reports began to surface that Nashville SuperSpeedway would reopen in 2021 and would host a NASCAR Cup Series race, with a tentative date of Sunday, June 20. The race would replace one of the two races the series runs at Dover International Speedway. The track is owned by the same owners as the Dover track, who would move one of their dates to Nashville.