Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Late Models:

• Mark Day rockets to the lead from the outside pole.
• Caution, Lap 9- TW Fisher gets into the back of Simon Yates coming off of turn 4. Yates, Fisher, and Clay Greenfield all make contact with the outside wall. Fisher gets the worst end of the incident and has retired from the race. Greenfield has also gone to the garage. Yates suffered the least damage and has continued.
• Lap 30- Running fourth, points leader Daniel Pope dives to pit road with overheating problems.
• Day cruises to an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Mark Day
2. Chevy White
3. Joseph Meyer
4. Tommy Joe Martins
5. Simon Yates


Supertrucks:

• Daniel Bolden shoots to the lead from the pole.
• Lap 26- Bobby Buttrey moves around Bolden for the lead.
• Coming out of turn four on the last lap, Buttrey gets extremely loose allowing Bolden to make one last charge. Buttrey is able to hold on for the victory by only a couple of feet.

Final Results:
1. Bobby Buttrey
2. Daniel Bolden
3. Stacey Crain
4. Terry Hayes
5. Kyle Fletcher


Sportsman:

• Jeff Belt pulls to the early lead.
• Caution, Lap 4- Sam McCord gets into Jimmy Victory spinning Victory into the inside wall. McCord is being sent to the rear of the field.
• Belt takes an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Jeff Belt
2. Lee Goddard
3. Eddie Taylor
4. Cody Buford
5. Howard Tucker

Limited Late Model:

• Richard Hargrove pulls to an early lead.
• Lap 18- Bobby Terry gets around Hargrove for the lead.

Final Results:
1. Bobby Terry
2. Richard Hargrove
3. Matt Murray
4. Bret Miles


Open Wheel:

• David Brown takes the lead from the pole.
• Caution, Lap 1- Roy Dorris cuts a right front tire after contact with John Earheart.
• Caution, Lap 8- Tommy Climer spins John Earheart. Climer is being sent to the rear.
• Caution, Lap 9- Earheart spins Climer in turn 2.
• Lap 25- Coming to the checkered flag, Earheart gets alongside Brown and receives a push from Climer to complete the pass.

Final Results:
1. John Earheart
2. Tommy Climer
3. David Brown
4. Mark Stegall
5. Roy Dorris


Super Stocks:

• Spurt Goddard takes the lead from the pole.
• Lap 2- Clint Ivey takes the lead.
• Lap 3- Robert Forsythe gets around Ivey for the top spot.
• Forsythe captures his sixth victory of the season.

Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Larry Cunningham
3. Spurt Goddard
4. Charlie Briley
5. Clint Ivey


Frontrunners:

• Mark Cummings pulls to a lead at the start of the race.
• Caution, Lap 1- Mark Collins and Stephen Collins crash on the frontstretch.
• Lap 9- Paul Cummings passes his brother for the lead.
• Paul Cummings pulls away for a convincing victory.

Final Results:
1. Paul Cummings
2. Joey Williams
3. John Williams
4. Chad Bush
5. Mark Cummings


Dawrfs:

• Ricky McIllwain takes the lead from the 3rd starting position.
• Caution, Lap 8- Michael Wood hits the outside wall, and careens into the inside wall just before the flag stand. The impact knocked the right front wheel off of the car. In an interview with Larry Weakley, Wood said that his steering wheel came off in his hands causing the carsh.
• Lap 16- McIllwain blows his engine while leading, handing the laed to Greg Gresham.
• Gresham goes unchallenged the rest of the race to take the victory.

Final Results:
1. Greg Gresham
2. Tim Lunn
3. Rick Webster
4. Mark Cole
5. Chris Crutcher

**For complete results, check out the speedway's website at http://www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com/**

Races will begin at 7

Qualifying has been cancelled and the drivers will lineup based on inversions of the point standings. Starting lineups are as follows:

Late Models:
1. Simon Yates
2. Mark Day
3. TW Fisher
4. Chevy White
5. Joseph Meyer
6. Daniel Pope
7. Mark Montgomery
8. Jimmy Victory
9. Tommy Joe Martins
10. Clay Greenfield

Supertrucks:
1. Daniel Bolden
2. Bobby Buttrey
3. Terry Hayes
4. Stacey Crain
5. Kyle Fletcher
6. Clint Crowell
7. Jason Adams
8. Rob Sanders
9. Blake Williams
10. Wesley Hendley
11. Walt Garrison

Sportsman:
1. Jeff Belt
2. Howard Tucker
3. Eddie Taylor
4. Lee Goddard
5. Kyle Ivey
6. Cody Buford
7. Steve Hadley
8. Duane King
9. Taylor Ryman
10. Wayne White
11. Jimmy Victory
12. Sam McCord

Practice is about to get underway

Track drying is almost complete and teams have been notified to prepare for abbreviated practice sessions.

Fairgrounds Speedway drying efforts

More than a dozen race and personal vehicles are circling the Fairgrounds Speedway attempting to get it race ready after this morning's showers.

27 years ago today

Sterling Marlin in the Busch 420 at the Nashville Fairgrounds on July 11, 1981.

Sterling Marlin started and finished the Busch 420 in the 26th position in a car owned by D.K. Ulrich. He ran 244 laps before losing an engine. It was his 10th career Winston Cup start. The race was won by another Nashville driver, Darrell Waltrip. Complete results can be found here.

*Update- And now from NASCAR.com: July 11 -- 1981: In his third Cup race, 22-year-old Mark Martin starts from the pole for the first time. Martin leads the first 36 laps of the Busch Nashville 420 at Nashville (Tenn.) Speedway and finishes 11th. Darrell Waltrip leads 303 laps and picks up one of his eight wins on the.596-mile track. Martin, now 50, has 44 poles, tied with Ryan Newman for 11th all time.

Hall of Fame inductions Saturday night!

The Fairgrounds Speedway Racing Hall of Fame began in 2001 by previous promoter Dennis Grau, who inducted previous track champions Darrell Waltrip, Flookie Buford, Bob Reuther, the late Coo Coo Marlin and Andy Kirby, and long-time promoter Bill Donoho. But, due to the track changing hands numerous times, the program was overlooked and finally dropped until now. Danny Denson, current track promoter, is reinstating the program by inducting Sterling Marlin, Chad Chaffin, Joe Buford, the late Marty Robbins, and one surprise inductee this weekend, Saturday, July 11.

In the near future, the Fairgrounds Speedway plans to have a designated area at the track with memorabilia, video, and historical photos for the fans to enjoy for many years to come.

Denson said, “We feel that the elite number of drivers who have come through this historic place is worth reinstating the Hall of Fame and to nurture it into something the drivers and fans can be proud of. As we prepare to designate an area at the track for the fans, we feel fortunate to have historians like Russ Thompson, Glen Harness, and many others who can assist us with priceless documents and photographs to thrill fans for generations to come.”