List of Notable Weekly Drivers
The number and quality of former weekly drivers to reach the upper levels of NASCAR demonstrates how high the competition level must have been at the track, and the importance that the track has had to the sport.
- Mike Alexander - 2 time track champion
- Casey Atwood - 1996 Rookie of the Year
- Bunkie Blackburn - regular weekly competitor
- Joe Buford - 4 time track champion
- Chad Chaffin - 2 time track champion
- Mark Day - 2006 track champion
- Jeff Green - 1 time champion
- Bobby Hamilton - 2 time track champion (plus 2 time champion in a lower division)
- Andy Kirby - 3 time track champion
- Coo Coo Marlin - 4 time track champion
- Steadman Marlin- Grandson of Coo Coo Marlin son of Sterling Marlin part-time Busch series driver and part-time Fairgrounds competitor
- Sterling Marlin - 3 time track champion
- Steve Spencer - Track Champion, Rookie of Year, Tenn. State Champion, Track Record Holder
- Jimmy Means - 1 time track champion
- Jeremy Mayfield - regular weekly competitor
- Chase Montgomery - ran the full 2000 season
- Deborah Renshaw - became the first woman to ever lead a NASCAR sanctioned series when the young woman climbed to the top of the points standings at Fairgrounds Speedway at Nashville.
- Darrell Waltrip - 2 time track champion
Read more about this topic: Fairgrounds Speedway
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