All American 400 Weekend Cancelled

The All American 400 Weekend has been canceled and will not be rescheduled. Thank you to all fans, drivers, and crew members who helped keep the track alive for one final season of great racing.

Check back to this blog in the coming months for old pictures and stories from the one and only Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway!

Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Sportsman:

• Ricky Goins leads from the pole.
• Lap 1, Battling in the middle of the pack, Cody Buford and Steve Hadley make contact sending Buford into the wall. He was able to continue, though, and no caution came out.
• Lap 7- DJ Sokol gets around Goins to take the top spot.
• Lap 16- Howard Tucker gets around Sokol to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 17- While battling for second, Buford and Sokol crash hard coming off turn 2. Goins also receives extensive damage in the crash.
• Caution, Lap 22- Duane King goes up in a cloud of smoke on the frontstretch.
• Tucker holds off a late cherge from Jimmy Victory to take the win.

Final Results:
1. Howard Tucker
2. Jimmy Victory
3. Steve Hadley
4. Wesley Pierce
5. Duane King


Ken-Ten Late Models:

• Michael House takes the lead from the outside of the front row.
• Lap 9- Mark Day moves around House to take the top spot.
• Caution, Lap 14- Davey Coble blows an engine and spins in his own oil in turn 2.
• Caution, Lap 31- Phil Renfrow spins in turn 2.
• Lap 36- While running fourth, Michael House falls off the pace and pits.
• Caution, Lap 51- Daniel Bolden and Stacey Crain make contact in turn 1 sending Crain into the wall.
• Caution, Lap 75- Competition Break.
• Dillon Oliver draws a 1 on the inversion and starts at the front of the second segment.
• Oliver dominates a caution free second segment to win the Ken-Ten 125 driving away.

Final Results:
1. Dillon Oliver
2. Clay Alexander
3. Sammy Sanders
4. Mason Mingus
5. Rob Sanders

Super Stocks:

• The initial start wasn't to spec, so they'll line up for another try.
• Caution, Lap 1- Adam Adcock and Joshua Hood come together on the frontstretch. Since a lap wasn't completed, the race will once again be restarted.
• Once the race gets going, Clint Ivey leads.
  
• Caution, Lap 2- Taylor Ryman stalls in turn 1.
• Lap 6- Adam Adcock gets around Ivey to take the lead.
• Lap 17- While battling for the lead, Adcock and Robert Forsythe both spin in turn 4. Cory Jones inherits the lead.
• Caution, Lap 21- George Saldana apparently loses an engine and spins in turn 3.
• Caution, Lap 26- Terry Vickers spins in turn 4.
• Lap 27- Clint Ivey moves back into the lead.
• Lap 32- Forsythe takes the top spot.
• Caution, Lap 36- Saldana comes back out onto the track, but is still leaking oil causing Adcock to spin.
• Forsythe is able to withstand a late charge from Jones to take the win.

Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Cory Jones
3. Clint Ivey
4. CJ Adams
5. Joshua Hood


Frontrunners:

• Stephen Collins grabs the lead from the pole.
• Caution, Lap 1-Kevin Gregory gets turned around coming out of turn 4.
• Lap 2- David Harrod gets around Collins for the lead.
• Lap 5- Billy Schaffer takes the lead from Harrod.
• Caution, Lap 18- J. Isaac Davis gets turned into the outside wall coming off of turn 2.
• The restart was aborted, but the leaders apparently didn't realize as they began racing. On the backstretch, the two came together and both cars have now been knocked out of the race. Sam Owens is the new leader.
• Coming to the flag, Owens is able to win a drag race with second place Scott Allen to take the win.

Final Results:
1. Sam Owens
2. Scott Allen
3. David Harrod
4. Aaron Ashcroft
5. Hardy Krantz


Dwarf cars:

• Don Walls leads from the pole.
• Lap 2- Walls gets loose in turn 1, allowing Mark Cole and Greg Gresham past. Gresham then gets around Cole going into turn 3 to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 9- Walls spins on the frontstretch and is unable to get his car refired.
• Caution, Lap 13- Michael Wood gets turned around in turn 2. Rick Webster is being sent to the rear for his part in the incident.
• Lap 18- Tim Lunn pulls underneath of Gresham to take the lead.
• Lunn is able to hang on for the win. On the final lap, Webster's car got loose and shot hard into the wall on the backstretch. He was able to climb from the car unhurt.

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

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

Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Ken-Ten Late Models:

1. Clay Alexander 19.006
2. Dillon Oliver 19.087
3. Rob Sanders 19.129
4. Sammy Sanders 19.153
5. Michael House 19.220
6. Mark Day 19.281
7. Bobby Buttrey 19.350
8. Daniel Bolden 19.453
9. Mason Mingus 19.509
10. Jimmy Victory 19.596
11. Brian Bentley 19.771
12. Jeff Belt 19.939
13. Stacey Crain 19.468
14. Phil Renfrow 19.997
15. Davey Coble 20.053
16. Billy Brock 21.121

Sportsman:

1. Cody Buford 21.815
2. Howard Tucker 21.995
3. Jeff Belt 22.533
4. Steve Hadley 22.669
5. Jimmy Victory 22.675
6. Ricky Goins 22.775
7. Wesley Pierce 22.994
8. Duane King 24.270

Inversion:6

Fairgrounds Speedway Pre-Qualifying Notes

The air temperature is cool, meaning that the action on the track will be hot for tonight's Bobby Hamilton Memorial Ken-Ten 125!
Former Fairgrounds Speedway regular, and recent ASA Late Model Series winner Dillon Oliver will be competing tonight.



Michael House will also be returning to action with this sharp paint scheme.


James Climer's Late Model Sportsman. Climer will be inducted into the Fairgrounds Speedway Hall of Fame tonight.

Congratulations to the 2009 Fairgrounds Speedway track champions

Late Model: Chevy White
Supertrucks: Bobby Buttrey
Sportsman: Eddie Taylor
Super Stock: Robert Forsythe
Thunderstox: Bobby Joe Rippey
Open Wheel: John Earheart
Limited Late Models: Bobby Terry
Front Runners: Mark Cummings
Legends Pro: Josh Berry
Legends Master: Kenny Summers
Legends Semi-Pro: Cody Fernett
Legends Young Guns: Tucker Wingo
Dwarfs: Greg Gresham

Thanks to all drivers, crews, and the fans for a great 51st season of racing at the historic Fairgrounds Speedway!

Fairgrounds Speedway Race Results

Late Model:

• Chevy White jumps to the lead at the start.
• Mark Day and White are locked in a side by side battle. Day leads the third lap, but White is able to pull back in front.
• Lap 9, White and Day make contact coming off the fourth corner, allowing Marlin to slip by them both and take the lead.
• Once Marlin got to the lead he was untouched and cruised to the victory.

Final Results:
1. Sterling Marlin
2. Mark Day
3. Daniel Pope
4. Joseph Meyer
5. Chevy White


Supertruck:

• Clint Crowell pulls to the lead from the pole.
• Caution, Lap 13- Kyle Fletcher gets into Stacey Crain sending him spinning in turn 4. Points leader Bobby Buttrey has to slam on the breaks to narrowly avoid Crain's spinning truck.
• Lap 16- Wade Buttrey moves around Crowell to take the lead.
• Lap 28- Willie Allen gets around Buttrey to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 29- Terry Hayes spins in turn 1.
• Allen is able to pull away from the field and take a convincing victory.

Final Results:
1. Willie Allen
2. Wade Buttrey
3. Daniel Bolden
4. Tommy Climer
5. Kyle Fletcher


Sportsman:

• The first attempt at the start was aborted after Jeff Belt jumped too soon.
• Jeff Belt wastes no time taking the lead on the start and pulls to a 5 car length lead by the end of the first lap.
• Caution, Lap 12- Michael Mitchell gets loose coming off of turn 4 and makes contact with the outside wall. He is able to continue.
• Belt is in a class of his own and leads every lap en route to an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Jeff Belt
2. Howard Tucker
3. Cody Buford
4. Ricky Goins
5. Michael Mitchell


Super Stocks:

• After battling for a couple of laps, George Saldana hooks up on the outside to take the lead from pole sitter Jay Pryor.
• Lap 3-Pryor and Clint Ivey make contact in turn 1 sending both cars spinning. No caution.
• Lap 5- Cory Jones gets around Saldana for the top spot.
• Caution, Lap 9- In a tight battle for the lead, the lapped car of Pryor gets into Jones sending him spinning. Robert Forsythe is able to slip by on the inside to take the lead.
• Caution, Lap 9- LeRoy Binkley comes to a stop in turn 1.
• Caution, Lap 22- Binkley, Jones, and Ivey all crash heavily on the backstretch. Jones and Binkley have both been disqualified from the race for their part in the incident.
• Once Forsythe got the lead he was never challenged and he hangs on for an easy victory.

Final Results:
1. Robert Forsythe
2. Clint Ivey
3. Matt Barnes
4. Tim Rodgers
5. George Saldana


Thunderstox:

• Bobby Joe Rippey takes the lead from the outside pole.
• Lap 23, Mitchell Vickers gets around Rippey to take the top spot.

*Bobby Joe Rippey has been disqualified.
Final Results:
1. Mitchell Vickers
2. CJ Adams
3. Gary Goss
4. Art Choate

Frontrunners:

• Caution, Lap 1- On the start, Jenee Avaritt gets spun going into turn 1. Kevin Figueroa has nowhere to go and gets into the nose of Avaritt's car. The race will be completely restarted.
• Steve Vincent jumps to the lead at the start.
• Caution, Lap 2- Paul Cummings gets turned around going into turn 1. Billy Schaffer is being sent to the rear for aggressive driving.
• Lap 4, Scott Allen gets around Vincent for the lead.
• Lap 5, Kevin Gregory slips into the lead.
• Caution, Lap 12- Gary Davis turns Figueroa around in turn 3.
• Lap 19, Coming to the checkered flag, Toby Tobitt makes an outside move to get around Gregory and take the win.

Final Results:
1. Toby Tobitt
2. Kevin Gregory
3. Billy Schaffer
4. Steve Vincent
5. Scott Allen


Dwarf:

• David Ring jumps to the early lead from the pole.
• Lap 6, Grag Gresham gets around Ring for the lead.
• Lap 10, Ricky McIllwain takes the lead from Gresham as they work through traffic.
• Lap 18, Grasham gets back around McIllwain.
• Lap 19, Coming to the checkered flag, Gresham gets loose allowing McIllwain to get around him on the outside. Gresham loses control of his car and spins across the line.

Final Results:
1. Ricky McIllwain
2. Greg Gresham
3. Tim Lunn
4. David Ring
5. Allen Ring


Legends:

• Josh Berry grabs the early lead.
• Caution, Lap 2- Tyler Cordell spins in turn 1.
• Caution, Lap 5- Jeff Young spins in turn 1.
• Berry takes the win in a dominating performance.

Final Results:
1. Josh Berry
2. Tyler Slaydon
3. Kevin Rollins
4. Cody Fernett
5. Tucker Wingo

**For complete results, visit the Speedway's webpage at http://www.fairgroundsspeedwayatnashville.com/**

Fairgrounds Speedway Qualifying Results

Late Model:

1. Sterling Marlin 18.967 *New Track Record*
   
2. Mark Day 19.180
3. Daniel Pope 19.270
4. Chevy White 19.271
5. Joseph Meyer 19.468
6. Mark Montgomery 19.995
7. Jacob France 20.137

Inversion: 4

Supertrucks:

1. Stacey Crain 20.451
2. Wade Buttrey 20.589
3. Daniel Bolden 20.637
4. Clint Crowell 20.742
5. Tommy Climer 20.748
6. Bobby Buttrey 20.769
7. Kyle Fletcher 20.798
8. Larry Cunningham 21.064
9. Wendell Modley 21.112
10. Terry Hayes DNS

Inversion: 4

Sportsman:

1. Howard Tucker 21.869
   
2. Jeff Belt 22.014
3. Eddie Taylor 22.064
4. Cody Buford 22.242
5. Sam McCord 22.335
6. Steve Hadley 22.688
7. Ricky Goins 22.763
8. Duane King 23.287

Inversion: 2