Here’s what NASCAR hopes is the honky tonk truth — that a Nashville reboot is good enough this time to make the sport a tough ticket in the heart of one of the entertainment hot spots of the south.
The first step? Convincing its star drivers the trip to Nashville Superspeedway in 2021 is the spark of a motorsports rebirth in the area and not just another lazy ride on an intermediate concrete track.
And, that the Superspeedway will prove a worthy choice over the historic half-mile Fairgrounds. “One snooze fest at that joint will put the nail in the coffin of the fairgrounds, bummer,” tweeted Chase Elliott, NASCAR’s most popular driver.