NASCAR Winston Cup Track History
The track held at least one Cup race each year from 1958 to 1984.
A capacity crowd of 13,998 watched Joe Weatherly win the first NASCAR race on August 10, 1958.
Geoff Bodine beat Darrell Waltrip for his second career win in the last Winston Cup race at the track.
NASCAR left the track because the grandstands are too small, and because of a dispute over who would manage the track took place prior to the start of the 1985 season. As of 2012, NASCAR's highest level of competition (now called the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series) has not returned to a track in the Nashville market.
Of the 42 Cup races, Richard Petty has nine wins, with Darrell Waltrip right behind with eight wins. Waltrip won 5 of 6 races between 1981 and 1984. Waltrip's victory in the 1988 Busch Series event gives him the career best nine wins total at the track. Counting NASCAR, USAC, ASA, and local track races, Waltrip holds the all-time track record for wins with 67.
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