"A 1.33-mile concrete oval in Lebanon, Tennessee, the longest concrete track in NASCAR, where the Cup Series arrived in 2021 and every winner goes home with a Gibson guitar instead of a trophy."
Location: Lebanon, Tennessee (about 30 miles southeast of downtown Nashville) Track Type: Concrete oval Length: 1.33 miles Surface: Concrete Opened: 2001 First NASCAR Cup Series Race: June 20, 2021 Owner: Speedway Motorsports (since 2021)
Quick Answers
How big is Nashville Superspeedway? The oval is 1.33 miles, the longest concrete oval NASCAR races on.
Where is Nashville Superspeedway? In Lebanon, Tennessee, about 30 miles southeast of downtown Nashville. It is a different track from Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway, the short track in the city that hosted 42 Cup Series races between 1958 and 1984.
Who has won Cup races at Nashville Superspeedway? A different driver every year: Kyle Larson (2021), Chase Elliott (2022), Ross Chastain (2023), Joey Logano (2024), Ryan Blaney (2025) and Denny Hamlin (2026).
What do winners get at Nashville? A specially designed Gibson Les Paul guitar in place of a conventional trophy. Gibson is headquartered in Nashville.
Who won at Nashville in 2026? Layne Riggs won the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race on May 29, Justin Allgaier won the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on May 30, and Denny Hamlin won the NASCAR Cup Series race on May 31.
When does NASCAR race at Nashville in 2027? On the weekend of June 4 to 6, with all three national series. Full dates are below.
Nashville Superspeedway Schedule: 2027 NASCAR Dates
| Date | Day | Series |
|---|---|---|
| June 4 | Friday | NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series |
| June 5 | Saturday | NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series |
| June 6 | Sunday | NASCAR Cup Series |
Dates are from NASCAR's 2027 national series schedule. Race names and start times have not been announced. Confirm at nashvillesuperspeedway.com before you travel.
Overview
Nashville Superspeedway is a 1.33-mile concrete oval in Lebanon, Tennessee, east of Nashville. It opened in 2001, closed to racing after 2011 and came back in 2021 with its first NASCAR Cup Series race. All three national series now race there on the same weekend each year.
The concrete is the point. At 1.33 miles, Nashville is the longest concrete oval on the NASCAR schedule. Races there have been long and unpredictable: in 2024 the Cup race went 31 laps past its scheduled distance, through five overtimes, the most extra laps in Cup Series history. (Overtime is the extra-lap finish NASCAR uses when a caution falls near the end.) No driver has won the Cup race there twice in its six runnings.
History
Dover Motorsports built Nashville Superspeedway and opened it in 2001. The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, the Craftsman Truck Series, ARCA and IndyCar all raced there from the first season, but crowds dwindled and the Cup Series never came, and Dover Motorsports stopped holding events after the 2011 season.
In June 2020, Dover Motorsports announced that it would move one of the two Cup Series dates at its Delaware track, Dover, to Nashville. Kyle Larson won the first Cup race there on June 20, 2021, leading 264 of 300 laps and beating Ross Chastain by 4.335 seconds. Later in 2021, Speedway Motorsports bought Dover Motorsports, and with it both the Dover track and Nashville Superspeedway, in a deal valued at about $131.5 million.
Timeline
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Track opens |
| 2011 | Last season of racing before the track closes to events |
| 2020 | Dover Motorsports announces in June that a Cup race will move to Nashville |
| 2021 | Kyle Larson wins the first Cup race, June 20; Speedway Motorsports buys the track |
| 2024 | Joey Logano wins a Cup race that runs 31 laps long through five overtimes |
| 2026 | Denny Hamlin wins, the first Cup win at Nashville for Toyota |
Key Drivers
Kyle Larson, winner of the first Cup race at Nashville in 2021, when he led 264 of 300 laps.
Joey Logano, winner in 2024, the race that went 31 laps long.
Denny Hamlin, winner in 2026, leading a 1-2-3 finish for Joe Gibbs Racing.
Justin Allgaier, three O'Reilly Series wins at Nashville (2022, 2025, 2026).
Rajah Caruth, Truck Series winner in 2025 and runner-up in 2026.
2026 at Nashville Superspeedway
NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, Allegiance 200 (Friday, May 29): Layne Riggs won in the No. 34 Front Row Motorsports Ford, beating defending winner Rajah Caruth by 0.468 seconds after passing him in the closing laps. Riggs started first after qualifying was rained out, won both stages, the scored segments of the race, and took his eighth career Truck Series win. The win moved him into the series points lead.
NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series, Sports Illustrated Resorts 250 (Saturday, May 30): Justin Allgaier won in the No. 7 JR Motorsports Chevrolet, 1.403 seconds ahead of rookie Brent Crews, for his third Nashville win and the 32nd of his career. He passed Crews for good with 20 laps left. Jesse Love started on the pole and led a race-high 87 laps but finished 16th.
NASCAR Cup Series, Cracker Barrel 400 (Sunday, May 31): Denny Hamlin started from the pole after rain canceled qualifying, led a race-high 57 laps and beat Joe Gibbs Racing teammate Christopher Bell by 0.115 seconds, with a third teammate, Chase Briscoe, in third. It was Hamlin's 62nd career Cup win and Toyota's first Cup win at Nashville. The lead changed 31 times among 15 drivers, and 11 cautions slowed the race.