Nashville Superspeedway

Nashville Superspeedway is a motor racing complex located in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, about 48 km (30 miles) east of Nashville, Tennessee. It is a concrete oval track 2.145 km (1.333 miles) in length. Nashville Superspeedway is owned by the same organization that owns Dover International Speedway, one of only two NASCAR Nextel Cup venues which are also all concrete (the other is Bristol Motor Speedway).

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Nashville Superspeedway - Motor racing - Lebanon, Tennessee - United States - Nashville, Tennessee - Concrete - Dover International Speedway - NASCAR - Nextel Cup - Bristol Motor Speedway

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The track was built in 2001 and currently hosts four major races: two NASCAR Busch Series races, an Indy Racing League event, and a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race. Current permanent seating capacity is approximately 50,000 http://www.nashvillesuperspeedway.com/aboutUs.html. Additional portable seats are brought in for some events, and the facility is said to have been designed in a way that it would be relatively simple to increase the seating capacity to 150,000 should NASCAR decide to award the track with a NEXTEL Cup event. As of 2005, NASCAR has shown little interest in staging an event at the track, though NASCAR would likely not object if track ownership moved one of its races from Dover International Speedway to Nashville. Management has shown no inclination to move either of its two successful races away from Dover. Nashville Superspeedway is the only track to host two NASCAR Busch Series races and have zero NEXTEL Cup races.

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2001 - Busch Series - Indy Racing League - Craftsman Truck Series - Seating capacity - NEXTEL Cup - 2005 - Dover International Speedway

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The track is known for its tradition of handing out specially-designed Gibson Les Paul guitars to race winners in place of conventional trophies. The track also has a reputation for producing many first-time winners.

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See also: List of NASCAR race tracks

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