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Zillon Felts – #95 Ford Thunderbird

Sunday, November 1st, 2009 Posted in Drivers, History, Uncategorized | No Comments »

#95 Zillon Felts #95 Ford Thunderbird - Nashville Motor Speedway Photo courtesy: Rob Spires

October Fair Board Meeting

Monday, October 5th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Fair Board meeting to decide the fate of the Fairgrounds Speedway will be at Wilson Hall on the campus of the fairgrounds at 4 pm tomorrow, October 6th. If you want to see this historic track continue to operate, go ...

Fairgrounds Speedway 6/20/2009 action

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

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2009 Press Releases: Fairgrounds Speedway

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Fairgrounds Speedway - Tennessee State Fairgrounds - Nashville, TN http://www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com/pages/press.html

The End of an Era This Weekend?

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

This weekend marks the end of the regular weekly racing season at Music City Motorplex. The way things are going, it could mark the end of regular weekly racing, period. The Tennessee State Board of Fair Commissioners (aka the Fair Board) ...

Typical Attitude or Abberation?

Saturday, June 21st, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

The Tennessean today published a letter to the editor that you should read. The letter, titled "Car racing wastes natural resources" was written by a fellow named Todd Liebergen of Madison, Tennessee. It's pretty obvious that Todd isn't a race fan. But ...

Something Stinks

Thursday, June 12th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

According to this story on Fox 17 News, Music City Motorplex owes $487,000 in back property taxes, going all the way back to 2001. The main problem here is that the track is owned by the city. City property is exempt ...

Nashville City Paper Editorial

Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

The Nashville City Paper has an editorial about baseball and auto racing in Nashville. You can read it here.

Petition Reopened

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

In anticipation of the forthcoming recommendations from Markin Consulting, I've reopened the online petition. You can access it by clicking this link or by clicking on the link with the petition count. If you didn't sign this petition before, and you ...

Russ Thompson: Channel 50 Sportsline

Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Russ Thompson with Hope Hines on Channel 50 Sportsline with some interesting facts about the Fairgrounds in 1904.  One comment I agree with that Russ made on the show, it will always be the Fairgrounds regardless of what names they use. http://www.wtvf.com/Global/story.asp?S=5372992&nav=menu374_9